Nikolai Gogol translator: Robert A. Maguire
overview
Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying taxes on them, and to use these 'souls' as collateral to re-invent himself as a gentleman. In this ebullient masterpiece, Gogol created a grotesque gallery of human types, from the bear-like Sobakevich to the insubstantial fool Manilov, and, above all, the devilish con man Chichikov. Dead Souls , Russia's first major novel, is one of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a devastating satire on social hypocrisy.
In his introduction to this new translation, Robert A. Maguire discusses Gogol's life and literary career, his depiction of Russian society, and the language and narrative techniques employed in Dead Souls . This edition also includes a chronology, further reading, appendices, a glossary, map and notes.
other editions
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死魂灵 2018 -
死魂灵 2018 -
死魂灵 人民文学出版社 2018 -
死魂灵 中国友谊出版公司 2013 -
死魂灵 2013 -
死魂灵 2012 -
死农奴 上海译文出版社 2012 -
死魂灵 2009 -
死农奴 上海译文出版社 2007 -
死魂灵 长江文艺出版社 2006 -
死魂灵 中国书籍出版社 2005 -
Dead Souls Everyman's Library 2004 -
死魂灵 浙江文艺出版社 2003 -
死魂灵 译林出版社 2000 -
死魂灵 安徽文艺出版社 1999 -
死魂灵 人民文学出版社 1996 -
死魂灵 人民文学出版社 1995 -
死靈魂 桂冠 1994 -
死农奴 湖南文艺出版社 1991 -
死魂灵 人民文学出版社 1983 -
死魂灵 人民文学出版社 1983 -
死魂灵 人民文学出版社 1983 -
死魂灵 人民文学出版社 1977 -
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