{"product_id":"dead-souls-2","title":"Dead Souls","description":"\u003cb\u003eGogol’s hilarious and scathing satire of Imperial Russia, freshly repackaged for the Union Square \u0026amp; Co. Signature Editions line.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pavel Ivanovitch Tchitchikov, a mysterious and charming gentleman, arrives in a provincial Russian town with a curious business proposition. In a bid to build a new fortune, he plans to purchase the names of “dead souls”—serfs who have died since the last census but are still legally a landowner’s property.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As Tchitchikov travels the countryside, he encounters a gallery of eccentric, corrupt landowners, offering a grotesque and comic glimpse into the moral rot at the heart of Imperial Russia. A biting, lyrical, and darkly humorous epic, \u003ci\u003eDead Souls\u003c\/i\u003e remains a timeless portrait of greed and spiritual decay.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57504737558901,"sku":"9781454967552","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781454967552.jpg?v=1786953655","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/dead-souls-2","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}