Dead souls : a poem /
Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852,
Dead souls : a poem / Nikolay Gogol ; translated with an introduction and notes by Robert A. Maguire. - xli, 464 pages : maps ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics .
Includes appendix. Includes glossary.
Includes bibliographical references.
Chichikov, an enigmatic stranger and schemer, buys deceased serfs' names from their landlords' poll tax lists hoping to mortgage them for profit and to reinvent himself as a gentleman.
Text in English ; translated from the original Russian.
9780140448078
Swindlers and swindling--Russia--Fiction.
Russia--Social life and customs--1533-1917--Fiction.
--Reading book
891.733 / GOG
Dead souls : a poem / Nikolay Gogol ; translated with an introduction and notes by Robert A. Maguire. - xli, 464 pages : maps ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics .
Includes appendix. Includes glossary.
Includes bibliographical references.
Chichikov, an enigmatic stranger and schemer, buys deceased serfs' names from their landlords' poll tax lists hoping to mortgage them for profit and to reinvent himself as a gentleman.
Text in English ; translated from the original Russian.
9780140448078
Swindlers and swindling--Russia--Fiction.
Russia--Social life and customs--1533-1917--Fiction.
--Reading book
891.733 / GOG