Dead Souls -

What if you could buy people who didn't exist to make yourself a millionaire? That is the exact premise of Nikolai Gogol’s 1842 masterpiece, Dead Souls . Part scam artist's travelogue, part blistering social satire, it remains one of the most bizarre and brilliant stories in world literature. 🧮 The Absurdity of the Scam

: A compulsive liar, gambler, and bully who nearly ruins the entire scheme. Dead Souls

As Chichikov travels from estate to estate, Gogol introduces us to a hilarious and terrifying lineup of Russian landowners. They are not flat stereotypes, but neurotically individual caricatures: What if you could buy people who didn't

: A paranoid, superstitious widow who is terrified of being cheated on the price of her dead serfs. part blistering social satire