Alexia reviewed Dead souls by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Penguin classics)
Dead Souls is a socially critical black comedy. Set in Russia before the emancipation of …
Review of 'Dead souls' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The first book is very amusing, but then it seems that Gogol does not know what direction to take. He seems to want to redeem his hero but probably got bored with writing about good people giving him the good example.