Dead souls
(Book)
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Edition
First Vintage classics edition, April 1997.
ISBN
0679776443, 9780679776444
Physical Desc
xxiv, 402 pages ; 21 cm
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cheney - Novel - Adult Area | GOGOL | Checked Out |
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Format
Book
Edition
First Vintage classics edition, April 1997.
Language
English
ISBN
0679776443, 9780679776444
Notes
General Note
Translation of: Mertvye dushi.
General Note
Introduction by Richard Pevear.
General Note
"Originally published in the United States in hardcover by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 1996"--Title page verso.
Description
"Since its publication in 1842, Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the Russian spirit and as a remorseless satire of imperial Russian venality, vulgarity, and pomp. As Gogol's wily antihero, Chichikov, combs the back country wheeling and dealing for "dead souls"--deceased serfs who still represent money to anyone sharp enough to trade in them--we are introduced to a Dickensian cast of peasants, landowners, and conniving petty officials, few of whom can resist the seductive illogic of Chichikov's proposition. This lively, idiomatic English version by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky makes accessible the full extent of the novel's lyricism, sulphurous humor, and delight in human oddity and error"--Amazon.com.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gogolʹ, N. V., Pevear, R., & Volokhonsky, L. (1997). Dead souls (First Vintage classics edition, April 1997.). Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852, Richard Pevear and Larissa. Volokhonsky. 1997. Dead Souls. New York [New York]: Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852, Richard Pevear and Larissa. Volokhonsky. Dead Souls New York [New York]: Vintage Books, 1997.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Gogolʹ, N. V., Pevear, R. and Volokhonsky, L. (1997). Dead souls. First Vintage classics edn, April 1997. New York [New York]: Vintage Books.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, Richard Pevear, and Larissa Volokhonsky. Dead Souls First Vintage classics edition, April 1997., Vintage Books, 1997.
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