Dead Souls is a socially critical black comedy. Set in Russia before the emancipation of serfs in 1861, the "dead souls" are dead serfs still being counted by landowners as property, as well as referring to the landowners' morality. Through surreal and often dark comedy, Gogol criticizes Russian society after the Napoleonic Wars. He intended to also offer solutions to the problems he satirized, but died before he ever completed the second part of what was intended to be a trilogy. The work famously ends mid-sentence.
- Available now
- New eBook additions
- Series Starters
- New kids additions
- New teen additions
- Most popular
- See all ebooks collections
- Available now
- New audiobook additions
- New kids additions
- New teen additions
- Always Available Audiobooks
- Most popular
- Celebrate Pride Month with an Audiobook
- Can't Miss Mysteries on Audio
- See all audiobooks collections