Chichikov's journeys; or, Home life in old Russia,

Chichikov's journeys; or, Home life in old Russia,

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A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls," the serfs who have died in their service and for whom they must continue to pay taxes until the next census. The landowner receives a payment and a relief o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852
Other Authors: Guerney, Bernard Guilbert, 1894-1979 (Translator), Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999 (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Russian
Published: [New York], [The Readers Club], [1942]
Subjects:
Serfs > Soviet Union > Fiction.
Landowners > Fiction.
Russian fiction > 19th century.
Peasants > Fiction.
Paysannerie.
peasants.
peasantry.
Peasants.
Russia > Fiction.
Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Russian fiction
Annotations (Provenance)

Bemidji State University

Holdings details from Bemidji State University
Call Number: PG3333 .M4 1942

Minnesota State University Moorhead

Holdings details from Minnesota State University Moorhead
Call Number: PZ3.G558 Ch2

Winona State University

Holdings details from Winona State University
Call Number: PZ3.G558 Ch2

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