Nicolai Gogol Dead Souls

In frensh Les Âmes mortes

Dead Souls is a work of the famous writer and poet Nicolai Gogol,Russian but with Ukrainian origins.It is more precisely a novel,which was published in the year 1842,at least for the first part,and still is considered one of the most iconic and important works of Russian literature.Note that it was published with the subtitle'' The Adventures of Chichikov taking shape,according to the author of a novel-poem.Literary criticism often regarded this work as the Russian version of the famous Italian Divine Comedy.This novel will also be the subject of several adaptations to the theater,through the extravagance of some characters,situation comedy and reflection made around what is moral,what is not,as a comedy with an educational purpose,an analysis of the company of the author,by the author.