{"product_id":"dead-souls-nikolai-gogol-paperback","title":"Dead Souls Nikolai Gogol - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eD. J. Hogarth\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003ePaula Benitez\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNikolai Gogol\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its publication in 1842, Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the Russian spirit and as a remorseless satire of imperial Russian venality, vulgarity, and pomp. As Gogol's wily antihero, Chichikov, combs the back country wheeling and dealing for \"dead souls\"--deceased serfs who still represent money to anyone sharp enough to trade in them--we are introduced to a Dickensian cast of peasants, landowners, and conniving petty officials, few of whom can resist the seductive illogic of Chichikov's proposition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42741060796479,"sku":"9781541090729","price":31.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4cb821626d404e269ff1abf2d477dd65.webp?v=1765160781","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/dead-souls-nikolai-gogol-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}