Dead Souls is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature.
These people typify the Russian middle-class of the time..
The novel chronicles the travels and adventures of Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov and the people whom he encounters.
Dead Souls is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature