Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky , Richard Pevear

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Everyman Hardcovers
02 September 2004

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS

Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

Since its publication in 1842, Dead Souls has been celebrated as a supremely realistic portrait of provincial Russian life and as a splendidly exaggerated tale; as a paean to the Russian spirit and as a remorseless satire of imperial Russian venality, vulgarity, and pomp. As Gogol's wily antihero, Chichikov, combs the back country wheeling and dealing for ""dead souls""--deceased serfs who still represent money to anyone sharp enough to trade in them--we are introduced to a Dickensian cast of peasants, landowners, and conniving petty officials, few of whom can resist the seductive illogic of Chichikov's proposition. This lively, idiomatic English version by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky makes accessible the full extent of the novel's lyricism, sulphurous humour, and delight in human oddity and error.

By: Nikolai Gogol
Introduction by: Richard Pevear
Translated by: Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, Larissa Volokhonsky
Imprint: Everyman Hardcovers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 592g
ISBN: 9781857152807
ISBN 10: 1857152808
Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 02 September 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky are known for their highly-acclaimed translations of Dostoevsky (Demons, The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment and The Idiot have been published by Everyman). Their translation of The Brothers Karamazov won America's prestigious PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize.