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Dead Souls

by Nikolai Gogol

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  1. Introduction by John Cournos, and Author's Preface

    25:39

  2. Part I, Chapter I

    37:00

  3. Part I, Chapter II - Section 1

    25:07

  4. Part I, Chapter II - Section 2

    38:10

  5. Part I, Chapter III - Section 1

    29:38

  6. Part I, Chapter III - Section 2

    28:19

  7. Part I, Chapter IV - Section 1

    29:05

  8. Part I, Chapter IV - Section 2

    39:52

  9. Part I, Chapter V - Section 1

    23:49

  10. Part I, Chapter V - Section 2

    38:33

  11. Part I, Chapter VI

    34:54

  12. Part I, Chapter VII - Section 1

    17:37

  13. Part I, Chapter VII - Section 2

    30:18

  14. Part I, Chapter VIII

    42:55

  15. Part I, Chapter IX

    26:13

  16. Part I, Chapter X

    29:22

  17. Part I, Chapter XI - Section 1

    44:28

  18. Part I, Chapter XI - Section 2

    40:04

  19. Part II, Chapter I - Section 1

    38:12

  20. Part II, Chapter I - Section 2

    33:05

  21. Part II, Chapter II

    13:57

  22. Part II, Chapter III - Section 1

    52:09

  23. Part II, Chapter III - Section 2

    43:23

  24. Part II, Chapter IV - Section 1

    41:31

  25. Part II, Chapter IV - Section 2

    33:36

  26. Part II, Chapter IV - Section 3

    22:28

  27. Part II, Chapter IV - Section 4

    24:39

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Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov arrives in a provincial Russian town with a scheme that baffles everyone who hears it. He wants to buy up 'dead souls,' the serfs who have died but still count on the tax census and so still cost their owners money. As he calls on one landowner after another, Gogol assembles a gallery of misers, dreamers, and fools that adds up to a portrait of a whole society quietly rotting. The comedy is broad and the satire merciless, yet the prose carries a strange lyrical warmth. Left unfinished at Gogol's death, it stands as one of the founding works of Russian fiction. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available here.

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Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) was a Russian writer of Ukrainian birth and one of the first great masters of Russian prose. He mixed grotesque comedy, satire, and the supernatural across his plays, stories, and the novel Dead Souls before a deepening religious crisis darkened his final years.

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First published
1842
Reading time
About 10 hours
Pages
333
Language
English
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