Chichikov, an amusing and often confused schemer, buys deceased serfs' names from landholders' poll tax lists hoping to mortgage them for profit.
Dead Souls: A Novel (Vintage Classics)
β Scribed by Nikolai Gogol
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Classics
- Year
- 2009;2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 455 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
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