Dead Souls
1842 novel by Nikolai Gogol / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dead Souls (Russian: Мёртвые души Myórtvyye dúshi, pre-reform spelling: Мертвыя души) is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The novel chronicles the travels and adventures of Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov and the people whom he encounters. These people typify the Russian middle aristocracy of the time. Gogol himself saw his work as an "epic poem in prose", and within the book characterised it as a "poem in prose". Gogol intended the novel to be the first part of a three-volume work, but burned the manuscript of the second part shortly before his death.[1][2] Although the novel ends in mid-sentence (like Sterne's Sentimental Journey), it is regarded by some as complete in the extant form.[3]
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Author | Nikolai Gogol |
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Original title | Мертвыя души |
Country | Russian Empire |
Language | Russian |
Genre | Picaresque, political, satire |
Publication date | 1842 |
Text | Dead Souls at Wikisource |