{"product_id":"dead-souls-gogol-nikolai-9781500801892","title":"Dead Souls","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gogol Nikolai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1500801895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781500801892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.64d","brand":"Gogol Nikolai","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153709609215,"sku":"9781500801892","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c61f41e4-26e2-445b-ad95-e2967296b2e3.jpg?v=1770785305","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dead-souls-gogol-nikolai-9781500801892","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}