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Dead Souls

by Nikolai Gogol
D. J. Hogarth
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Dead Souls is a socially critical black comedy. Set in Russia before the emancipation of serfs in 1861, the "dead souls" are dead serfs still being counted by landowners as property, as well as referring to the landowners' morality. Through surreal and often dark comedy, Gogol criticizes Russian society after the Napoleonic Wars. He intended to also offer solutions to the problems he satirized, but died before he ever completed the second part of what was intended to be a trilogy. The work famously ends mid-sentence.

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Publisher: Duke Classics

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  • Release date: February 20, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781620111840
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  • ISBN: 9781620111840
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  • ISBN: 9781620111840
  • File size: 515 KB
  • Release date: February 20, 2012

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Classic Literature Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1080
Text Difficulty:7-9

Dead Souls is a socially critical black comedy. Set in Russia before the emancipation of serfs in 1861, the "dead souls" are dead serfs still being counted by landowners as property, as well as referring to the landowners' morality. Through surreal and often dark comedy, Gogol criticizes Russian society after the Napoleonic Wars. He intended to also offer solutions to the problems he satirized, but died before he ever completed the second part of what was intended to be a trilogy. The work famously ends mid-sentence.

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Classic Literature Fiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Duke Classics

    Kindle Book
    Release date: February 20, 2012

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781620111840
    Release date: February 20, 2012

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781620111840
    File size: 520 KB
    Release date: February 20, 2012

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781620111840
    File size: 515 KB
    Release date: February 20, 2012

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    Open EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    Lexile® Measure: 1080
    Text Difficulty: 7-9