Dead Souls
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Dead Souls is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The novel chronicles the travels and adventures of Pavel Ivanovi
Cover page of the first edition of Dead Souls. Moscow, 1842
Chichikov in the house of M-me Korobochka.
Chichikov and Nozdryov.
Illustration by Alexander Agin: The Simply Pleasant Lady and The Lady Who Is Pleasant In All Respects
Nikolai Gogol
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Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin.
Dead Souls
…Dead Souls (Russian: Мёртвые души Myórtvyye dúshi, pre-reform spelling: Мертвыя души) is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The novel chronicles the travels and adventures of…
Cover of the first edition of The Government Inspector (1836)
Commemorative plaque on his house in Rome
One of several portraits of Gogol by Fyodor Moller (1840)
Gogol's grave at the Novodevichy Cemetery, as it looked in 1952–2009