Dead Souls

'But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.' First published in 1842, and considered one of the greatest novels borne out of nineteenth century Russian literature, Dead Souls is a dark reckoning with modern society's appalling hypocrisies. A mysterious stranger, Chichikov, arrives at a small town to set about a bizarre plan: to acquire all the dead 'souls' (AKA serfs), freeing local landowners from the tax they still p...