One chapter in this novel opens with a brief interlude describing the author's youthful love of arriving in new places, before abruptly returning to the main story. One character is obsessed with market prices, while another wagers with the protagonist in a game of draughts.  The protagonist of this
One chapter in this novel opens with a brief interlude describing the author's youthful love of arriving in new places, before abruptly returning to the main story. One character is obsessed with market prices, while another wagers with the protagonist in a game of draughts.  The protagonist of this story is described as "neither handsome nor ugly, neither too fat or too thin" when he rides into the small town.  Selifan and Petrushka serve the protagonist, who seeks collateral for a loan from Skudronzhoglo to purchase an estate.  The historical backdrop for this novel is the practice of landowners paying a tax on their serfs, even those that died before the census had recorded them.  For 10 points, name this Gogol "poem in prose" about the con man Pavel Chichikov, who travels to buy the title moribund objects.
One chapter in this novel opens with a brief interlude describing the author's youthful love of arriving in new places, before abruptly returning to the main story.
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