{"product_id":"dead-souls-nikolai-gogol","title":"Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mysterious stranger named Chichikov arrives in a small provincial Russian town and\u003cbr\u003eproceeds to visit a succession of landowners, making each of them an unusual and\u003cbr\u003esomewhat macabre proposition. He offers to buy the rights to the dead serfs who are\u003cbr\u003estill registered on the landowner's estate, thus reducing their liability for taxes. It is not\u003cbr\u003eclear what Chichikov's intentions are with the dead serfs he is purchasing, and despite\u003cbr\u003ehis attempts to ingratiate himself, his strange behaviour arouses the suspicions of everyone\u003cbr\u003ein the town.\u003cbr\u003eA biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity, Dead Souls has been revered\u003cbr\u003esince its original publication in 1842 as one of the funniest and most brilliant novels of\u003cbr\u003enineteenth-century Russia. Its unflinching and remorseless depiction of venality in Russian\u003cbr\u003esociety is a lasting tribute to Gogol's comic genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNikolai Gogol\u003c\/b\u003e (1809-1852) won fame as a short story writer, and in 1836, his satirical comedy \u003ci\u003eThe Government Inspector\u003c\/i\u003e created such a furore that Gogol left Russia to settle in Rome, in self-imposed exile. Religious mania in his later years contributed to his early death in Moscow.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 368 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65808634282333,"sku":"K060372765","price":9.2,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6037276500001A.jpg?v=1788503514","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/dead-souls-nikolai-gogol","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}