{"product_id":"dead-souls-9780140448078","title":"Dead Souls","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a devastating satire on social hypocrisy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them, and to use these \"souls\" as collateral to reinvent himself as a gentleman. In this ebullient masterpiece, Gogol created a grotesque gallery of human types, from the bear-like Sobakevich to the insubstantial fool Manilov, and, above all, the devilish con man Chichikov. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140448078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Rossica Translation Prize - Finalist","brand":"Nikolai Gogol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634786103452,"sku":"9780140448078","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8e517438-72ea-4d7e-b57e-9ed13d71a233.jpg?v=1603837644","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dead-souls-9780140448078","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}