Gogol, Nikolai. DEAD SOULS. Chichikov's Journeys; Or, Home Life in Old Russia. Illustrated by Lucille Corcos, published by Heritage Press, 1944, 484 pages with illustrations, Hardcover Edition. Inside the cover the previous owner has neatly inscribed "May 15, 1945 Love, Miriam". Text is clean with no marks, writing, creases, rips,tears, bent or loose pages. No Dust Jacket was issued with this edition. Cover shows some wear along the edges. A very nice copy. "Dead Souls" follows the exploits of Chichikov, a gentleman of middling social class and position. Chichikov arrives in a small town and quickly tries to make a good name for himself by impressing the many petty officials of the town. Despite his limited funds, he spends extravagantly on the premise that a great show of wealth and power at the start will gain him the connections he needs to live easily in the future. He also hopes to befriend the town so that he can more easily carry out his bizarre and mysterious plan to acquire "dead souls." Chichikov's macabre mission to acquire "dead souls" is actually just another complicated scheme to inflate his social standing (essentially a 19th century Russian version of the ever popular "get rich quick" scheme). He hopes to collect the legal ownership rights to dead serfs as a way of inflating his apparent wealth and power. Once he acquires enough dead souls, he will retire to a large farm and take out an enormous loan against them, finally acquiring the great wealth he desires. However, his plan starts to unravel in this entertaining Russian Classic that was adapted for the stage, screen and radio (BBC-2006). We ship within 24 hours of your purchase with a Delivery Confirmation.
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