Dead Souls Book by Nikolai Vasil’evich Gogol (Farsi)

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Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasil’evich Gogol is a comic novel celebrated for its dark humor and vivid portrayal of 19th-century Russian society. The story follows Chichikov, a cunning man who travels across Russia buying the names of recently deceased serfs from landowners at low prices, planning to use them as collateral to amass wealth. Gogol populates the novel with a rich array of eccentric, greedy, and absurd characters, capturing the vices, superstitions, and vanity of provincial life. Through witty dialogue, fantastical episodes, and philosophical reflections, Gogol paints a satirical, unforgettable portrait of human folly, ambition, and social corruption that remains timeless.