Dead Souls (Everyman's Library CLASSICS)

Since its publication in 1842Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the Russian spirit and as a remorseless satire of imperial Russian venality vulgarity and pomp. As Gogols wily antihero Chichikov combs the back country wheeling and dealing for dead souls--deceased serfs who still represent money to anyone sharp enough to trade in them--we are introduced to a Dickensian cast of peasants landowners and conniving petty officials few of whom can resist the seductive illogic of Chichikovs proposition. This lively idiomatic English version by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky makes accessible the full extent of the novels lyricism sulphurous humour and delight in human oddity and error. About the Author Nikolai Gogol (Author) Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky are known for their highly-acclaimed translations of Dostoevsky Gogol ad Tolstoy. Their translation ofThe Brothers Karamazov won Americas prestigious PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize.