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304 pages • first pub 1842 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 0030099005
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Publication date: 01 June 1966
Dead Souls is ideal for readers who enjoy darkly humorous, character-driven satires that critique societal structures through a slow-burning, reflective narrative.
Description
One of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a devastating satire on social hypocrisy Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. He proposes...
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AntisemitismModerate
Misogyny, Slavery, ClassismMinor
Racial slurs, Alcohol
304 pages • first pub 1842 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 0030099005
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Publication date: 01 June 1966
Dead Souls is ideal for readers who enjoy darkly humorous, character-driven satires that critique societal structures through a slow-burning, reflective narrative.
Description
One of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a devastating satire on social hypocrisy Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. He proposes...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
AntisemitismModerate
Misogyny, Slavery, ClassismMinor
Racial slurs, Alcohol