In the preface to this novel, the author implores every reader to correct this work, as a lifetime is insufficient to know "a hundredth-part" of what happens in the country.
In the preface to this novel, the author implores every reader to correct this work, as a lifetime is insufficient to know "a hundredth-part" of what happens in the country. Ending in mid-sentence with, "and we scarcely..." the author's unfinished sequel to it was burned just before his death in 1852. In one town the main character visits, people discuss a rumor that he is neither more or less than a millionaire, though Stepan Dmitryevitch and Ivan Grigoryevitch are bit more skeptical about the rectitude of his acquisitions. For 10 points, name this novel in which Pavel Chitchikov buys the rather moribund title characters from landowners, written by Nikolai Gogol.
In the preface to this novel, the author implores every reader to correct this work, as a lifetime is insufficient to know "a hundredth-part" of what happens in the country.
Dead Souls [or Mertvye dushi]