{"product_id":"signature-editions-dead-souls","title":"Signature Editions: Dead Souls","description":"\u003cb\u003eGogol's hilarious and scathing satire of Imperial Russia, freshly repackaged for the Union Square \u0026amp; Co. Signature Editions line.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePavel Ivanovitch Tchitchikov, a mysterious and charming gentleman, arrives in a provincial Russian town with a curious business proposition. In a bid to build a new fortune, he plans to purchase the names of \"dead souls\"-serfs who have died since the last census but are still legally a landowner's property.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Tchitchikov travels the countryside, he encounters a gallery of eccentric, corrupt landowners, offering a grotesque and comic glimpse into the moral rot at the heart of Imperial Russia. A biting, lyrical, and darkly humorous epic, \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e remains a timeless portrait of greed and spiritual decay.","brand":"Nikolai Gogol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67670110437554,"sku":"9781454967552","price":315.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781454967552.jpg?v=1791598396","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/signature-editions-dead-souls","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}