Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls (1842) is a masterpiece of Russian literature, often described as an "epic poem" that satirizes moral decay through the story of Chichikov's bizarre, fraudulent acquisition of deceased serfs. The novel presents a grotesque, yet humorous, portrait of 19th-century society, following the protagonist's journey to build a fortune.
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