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(BookJacketStatus:Jacketed)NikolaiGogol's"DeadSouls"isthegreatcomicmasterpieceofRussianliterature-asatiricalandsplendidlyexaggeratedepicoflifeinthebenightedprovinces.Gogolhopedtoshowtheworld"theuntoldrichesoftheRussiansoul"inthis1842novel,whichhepopulatedwithaDickensianswarmofcharacters:roguesandscoundrels,landownersandserfs,connivingpettyofficials-allofthembothutterlylifelikeandalarminglylargerthanlife.Settingeverythinginmotionisthewilyantihero,Chichikov,thetraffickerin"deadsouls"-deceasedserfswhostillrepresentprofittothosecleverenoughtotradeinthem.Thislively,idiomaticEnglishversionbytheaward-winningtranslatorsRichardPevearandLarissaVolokhonskymakesaccessiblethefullextentofthenovel'slyricism,sulphuroushumor,anddelightinhumanoddityanderror.