Sämmtliche Werke 1: Die Abenteuer Tschitschikows oder Die toten Seelen I by Gogol
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"Die Abenteuer Tschitschikows oder Die toten Seelen I" by Nikolai Gogol is a novel published in 1842. The story follows Pawel Iwanowitsch Tschitschikow, a cunning opportunist determined to enrich himself through an audacious scheme. He travels through provincial Russia purchasing "dead souls"—deceased serfs still listed on official records—to use as collateral for state loans. Through satirical encounters with eccentric landowners, Gogol exposes the corruption, absurdity, and moral decay of the Russian landed
gentry in pre-revolutionary Russia. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich, 1809-1852 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Buek, Otto, 1873-1966 |
| Translator | Buek, Otto, 1873-1966 |
| Title | Sämmtliche Werke 1: Die Abenteuer Tschitschikows oder Die toten Seelen I |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_toten_Seelen |
| Credits |
Produced by Jens Sadowski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Satire |
| Subject | Humorous stories |
| Subject | Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Swindlers and swindling -- Russia -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 54262 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2017 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 558 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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