Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ
1) Dead souls
Author
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chichikov, an amusing and often confused schemer, buys deceased serfs' names from landholders' poll tax lists hoping to mortgage them for profit
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. Saunders approaches...
Series
Lapham's Quarterly volume 7, no. 1
Publisher
American Agora Foundation
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English