Dead Souls (Classical Literature)

We present to the readers' attention the poem in prose by the great Russian writer N. V. Gogol "Dead Souls", telling about the adventures of Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov, an adventurer who buys "dead souls" from provincial landowners. The reader is presented with a panorama of Russian provincial life in the mid-19th century. Translation into English by C. J. Hogarth.