{"product_id":"dead-souls-nikolai-gogol-9781454967552","title":"Dead Souls","description":"\u003cb\u003eGogol's hilarious and scathing satire of Imperial Russia, freshly repackaged for the Union Square \u0026amp; Co. Signature Editions line.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pavel Ivanovitch Tchitchikov, a mysterious and charming gentleman, arrives in a provincial Russian town with a curious business proposition. In a bid to build a new fortune, he plans to purchase the names of \"dead souls\"--serfs who have died since the last census but are still legally a landowner's property. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Tchitchikov travels the countryside, he encounters a gallery of eccentric, corrupt landowners, offering a grotesque and comic glimpse into the moral rot at the heart of Imperial Russia. A biting, lyrical, and darkly humorous epic, \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e remains a timeless portrait of greed and spiritual decay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nikolai Gogol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1454967552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781454967552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Union Square \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.04d","brand":"Nikolai Gogol","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623606792447,"sku":"9781454967552","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dead-souls-nikolai-gogol-9781454967552","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}