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Embark on a satirical journey through 19th-century Russia with Nikolai Gogol's brilliant novel, ""Dead Souls."" This timeless classic explores the abs...
"Dead Souls" is a novel by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol that tells the story of a man named Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov, who travels through the Russian co...
How the Two Ivans Quarrelled: Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol's Tale of Conflict and Rivalry by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
How the Two Ivans Quarrelled by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol: Enter the world of Russian literature with this humorous and satirical tale by Nikolai Vasi...
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian writer. Although his early works, such as "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka," were heavily influ...
Gogol was a Ukrainian writer from the early 19th century. Dead Souls was first published in 1842 as the first part of a projected trilogy. Censorship ...
Russian Literature
INTRODUCTION The Inspector-General is a national institution. To place a purely literary valuation upon it and call it the greatest of Russian comedie...
The Inspector-General is a national institution. To place a purely literary valuation upon it and call it the greatest of Russian comedies would not c...
Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. He proposes to buy ...
In the department of — but it is better not to mention the department. There is nothing more irritable than departments, regiments, courts of justic...
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The idea is that the Russian state taxes these landowners pay are based on the number of serfs (or "souls") on record. The problem is that many of the...
This edition of the play seeks to provide the reader with all that is required for a full understanding of Gogol's classic. Every aspect of the play h...
A Modest Proposal, Candide, The Devil's Dictionary, Dead Souls, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Wind in the Willows, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, Never Bet The Devil Your Head, The Importance of Being Earnest
Books in the satire genre. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals...
Translated By D. J. Hogarth With An Introduction By John Cournos
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