{"product_id":"dead-souls-paperback-13","title":"Dead Souls - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eD. J. Hogarth\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eVincent Kelvin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNikolai Vasilievich 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. This lively, idiomatic English version by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky makes accessible the full extent of the novel's lyricism, sulphurous humor, and delight in human oddity and error.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730957439039,"sku":"9781508427902","price":30.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/529a3e94e070dd33ef4f36f0444f8a44.webp?v=1765127212","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/dead-souls-paperback-13","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}