Dead Souls

Misanthropic aristocrat Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov travels through rural Russia collecting "dead souls" - decrepit serfs whose value has depreciated with age, making them worthless for anything but taxes. As he navigates the crumbling Russian nobility, he unearths the dark secrets and moral decay beneath the surface of 19th century Russian society.

• Dead Souls
• Part I - Chapter Ii
• Part I - Chapter Iii
• Part I - Chapter Iv
• Part I - Chapter V
• Part I - Chapter Vi
• Part I - Chapter Viii
• Part I - Chapter Ix
• Part I - Chapter Xi
• Part Ii
• Part Ii - Chapter Ii
• Part Ii - Chapter Iv
• Footnotes: