{"product_id":"dead-souls-new-translation-nikolai-gogol-9781847496287","title":"Dead Souls: New Translation","description":"A mysterious stranger named Chichikov arrives in a small provincial Russian town and\nproceeds to visit a succession of landowners, making each of them an unusual and\nsomewhat macabre proposition. He offers to buy the rights to the dead serfs who are\nstill registered on the landowner’s estate, thus reducing their liability for taxes. It is not\nclear what Chichikov’s intentions are with the dead serfs he is purchasing, and despite\nhis attempts to ingratiate himself, his strange behaviour arouses the suspicions of everyone\nin the town.\nA biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity, Dead Souls has been revered\nsince its original publication in 1842 as one of the funniest and most brilliant novels of\nnineteenth-century Russia. Its unflinching and remorseless depiction of venality in Russian\nsociety is a lasting tribute to Gogol’s comic genius.","brand":"Alma Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51556475306272,"sku":"9781847496287","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781847496287.jpg?v=1777873981","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/dead-souls-new-translation-nikolai-gogol-9781847496287","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}