Author: Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol
Book Title: Dead Souls

Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol considered “Dead Souls” to be his main work, to which he devoted 17 years of his life. The work was conceived as a cheerful satirical novel.

The events in the poem begin with the arrival of a certain Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov in town N. Thanks to cunning, resourcefulness and activity, Chichikov easily rubbed himself into the society of the city nobility, becoming a welcome guest at any ball and dinner. The main persons of the city recognized him and loved him.

But Chichikov has his own goal and for its implementation he goes to get acquainted with the most influential landowners of the city. Resourcefulness and resourcefulness help Pavel Ivanovich to find an approach to everyone.

First, he visited the landowner Manilov. Chichikov offered to buy dead souls from him and, despite the surprise of such an offer, Manilov agreed.

The next was the landowner Korobochka, ignorant and interested in nothing but her household. Dead souls were bought from her too.

Inveterate player and reveler Nozdrev Chichikov wanted to win dead souls at checkers, but because of a quarrel nothing happened.

Sobakevich, a wealthy landowner and cunning businessman, bargained for a long time, but agreed to the sale.

The pathetic miser and miser Plyushkin gladly gave the dead souls to Chichikov, mistaking him for an absolute fool.

As a result, Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov became the owner of 400 dead souls and planned to receive a cash loan for them from the board of trustees. But soon he was close to being exposed because of Nozdryov and was forced to hastily leave the city of N.

Rumors and rumors about buying dead souls shook the city for a long time and even caused the sudden death of the local prosecutor.

The poem by N.V. Gogol presents all the estates of landlord Russia and their vices: ignorance and venality, meanness and greed, stupidity and narrow-mindedness.

By the way, similar craftsmen met in real life. The idea of ​​buying dead souls for the purpose of personal enrichment was not invented by Gogol.