Dead Souls
A satirical novel following the scheme of a middle-class man who travels through provincial Russia buying the titles to deceased serfs. Nikolai Gogol uses this premise to paint a darkly comic portrait of social corruption, greed, and the moral emptiness of the landed gentry.
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Ranked #1207 of 1942
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