By (author) Gogol, Nikolai
Short description/annotation:
A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls," the serfs who have died in their service. A comic masterpiece.
Description:
A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls," the serfs who have died in their service. Gogol''s comic masterpiece offers a vast and satirical painting of 19th-century Russia. A work of great symbolism, it continues to inspire 21st-century authors and readers.
Short description/annotation:
A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls," the serfs who have died in their service. A comic masterpiece.
Description:
A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls," the serfs who have died in their service. Gogol''s comic masterpiece offers a vast and satirical painting of 19th-century Russia. A work of great symbolism, it continues to inspire 21st-century authors and readers.
| Author | By (author) Gogol, Nikolai |
|---|---|
| Date Of Publication | Sep 28, 2003 |
| EAN | 9780486426822 |
| Contributors | Gogol, Nikolai |
| Publisher | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Languages | English |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Width | 133 mm |
| Height | 210 mm |
| Thickness | 18 mm |
| Product Forms | Paperback / Softback |
| Weight | 0.236000 |
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