Dead Souls
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Main Ideas
- Exposing the vices of early 19th-century Russian society
- Critique of serfdom and bureaucracy
- Search for true morality and honesty in a world of deceit and greed
- The problem of the 'superfluous man' in Russian literature
- The idea of moral self-improvement
- Satire on human vices and societal shortcomings
- Philosophical view on the meaning of life and death
Date of publication: 22 May 2024
Last updated: 9 July 2024
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Genre: Classical literature