Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), a Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist, is the author of the novels Dead Souls and Taras Bul'ba, the play The Inspector-General, and the short stories 'Diary of a Madman,' 'The Nose,' and 'The Overcoat.'
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Regarded as the first great masterpiece of Russian literature, Dead Souls mixes realism and symbolism for a vivid and highly original portrait of Russian life. Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town with a bizarre but seductive ... SEE MORE