Dead Souls

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Dead Souls is a satirical novel by Nikolai Gogol that critiques 19th-century Russian society through the misadventures of a scheming landowner who buys the rights to deceased serfs.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
adaptedAs film ⓘ
opera ⓘ
television series ⓘ
author Nikolai Gogol ⓘ
censorshipStatus subject to censorship in the Russian Empire ⓘ
containsCharacter Governor of the town ⓘ
Manilov ⓘ
Nozdryov ⓘ
Plyushkin ⓘ
Sobakevich ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
criticizes 19th-century Russian society ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1842 ⓘ
genre picaresque novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasUnfinishedContinuation Dead Souls, Part II ⓘ
linked to: Dead Souls
inspiredBy Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy ⓘ
linked to: Divine Comedy
languageFeature extensive authorial digressions ⓘ
use of grotesque and absurd elements ⓘ
literaryMovement Realism ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
literarySignificance considered Gogol's masterpiece ⓘ
major work of 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableAdaptation Dead Souls (opera) by Rodion Shchedrin ⓘ
numberOfCompletedParts 1 ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
originalTitle Мёртвые души ⓘ
linked to: Dead Souls
originalTitleTransliteration Myortvye dushi ⓘ
plannedAs trilogy ⓘ
plotElement Chichikov buys rights to deceased serfs ⓘ
journey through provincial estates ⓘ
protagonist Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition Nikolai Gogol (self-arranged publication in Moscow) ⓘ
settingLocation Russian provinces ⓘ
structure prose narrative in chapters ⓘ
theme bureaucracy and officialdom ⓘ
corruption in Russian society ⓘ
identity and deception ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ
serfdom in Russia ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted first half of the 19th century ⓘ
titleMeaning metaphor for spiritual emptiness ⓘ
refers to deceased serfs still listed as taxable souls ⓘ

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Nikolai Gogol → notableWork → Dead Souls ⓘ
Dead Souls → originalTitle → Мёртвые души ⓘ
linked to: Dead Souls
Dead Souls → hasUnfinishedContinuation → Dead Souls, Part II ⓘ
linked to: Dead Souls
Myortvye dushi → translatedTitle → Dead Souls ⓘ
Myortvye dushi → hasEnglishTitle → Dead Souls ⓘ
Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov → firstAppearance → Dead Souls, Part I ⓘ
linked to: Dead Souls
Dead Souls (opera) by Rodion Shchedrin → basedOn → Dead Souls (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Dead Souls
Dead Souls (opera) by Rodion Shchedrin → originalTitle → Мёртвые души ⓘ
linked to: Dead Souls
Dead Souls (opera) by Rodion Shchedrin → hasCharacterOrigin → Dead Souls (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Dead Souls
Manilov → appearsIn → Dead Souls ⓘ
Manilov → firstAppearance → Dead Souls, Part I ⓘ
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Sobakevich → appearsIn → Dead Souls ⓘ
Sobakevich → characterIn → Dead Souls ⓘ
Nozdryov → characterIn → Dead Souls ⓘ
Plyushkin → appearsIn → Dead Souls ⓘ
Plyushkin → firstAppearance → Dead Souls, Part I ⓘ
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Plyushkin → belongsTo → Gallery of landowners in Dead Souls ⓘ
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Mariangela Melato → notableWork → Dead Souls (stage role) ⓘ
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The Hanging Garden → followedBy → Dead Souls ⓘ
The Falls → followsWork → Dead Souls ⓘ
Rodion Shchedrin → notableWork → Dead Souls ⓘ