by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol · Orbis. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788475303857
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«Almas muertas» is the satirical novel by Nikolai Gogol, published by Orbis in hardback (394 pages, in Spanish).
Set in nineteenth-century Russia, it recounts the exploits of Chichikov, a man who travels the country buying «almas muertas»: deceased serfs still listed in the records as alive. With this peculiar merchandise he seeks to gain social status and fortune. The work offers a scathing critique of society, administrative corruption, and the human condition, with humorous episodes and memorable characters.
It belongs to the Historia Universal de la Literatura collection, number 97, in its 1983 edition. Translation by Teresa Suero.
For readers of classic Russian novels and nineteenth-century social satire.
