Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol

⏱ 8 minRussian classic

A smooth swindler tours the Russian provinces buying up 'dead souls' — serfs dead on paper but still taxed — and meets a gallery of grotesques. Gogol's wild comic masterpiece.

Listen to the whole of Dead Souls in about 8 minutes — professionally narrated, with Apple-Music-style synced subtitles. One book free every day; Folio Premium unlocks the entire library.