{"product_id":"dead-souls","title":"DEAD SOULS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA mysterious stranger named Chichikov arrives in a small provincial Russian town and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eproceeds to visit a succession of landowners, making each of them an unusual and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003esomewhat macabre proposition. He offers to buy the rights to the dead serfs who are\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003estill registered on the landowner’s estate, thus reducing their liability for taxes. It is not\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eclear what Chichikov’s intentions are with the dead serfs he is purchasing, and despite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehis attempts to ingratiate himself, his strange behaviour arouses the suspicions of everyone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein the town.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity, Dead Souls has been revered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003esince its original publication in 1842 as one of the funniest and most brilliant novels of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003enineteenth-century Russia. Its unflinching and remorseless depiction of venality in Russian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003esociety is a lasting tribute to Gogol’s comic genius.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie du Globe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55127892722001,"sku":null,"price":12.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/5405\/0378\/files\/66yE0fMOp2yYjpqZ5HiRBC27LP1TZlPw8cT388TSGqM4_Hx4rYNlsA-cover-large.jpg?v=1790767019","url":"https:\/\/librairieduglobe.com\/products\/dead-souls","provider":"Librairie du Globe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}