Dead souls : an epic poem /
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 tax on them, and to use the 'souls' as collateral to...
Full description
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: |
Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852,
Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852 |
Other Authors: |
Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985
(Translator),
Rayfield, Donald, 1942-
(Illustrator) |
Format: | Book
|
Language: | English Russian |
Published: |
London :
Garnett Press,
2008
|
Subjects: |
|