Dead Souls (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) - Hardcoverby Nikolai Gogol (Author), Charles James Hogarth (Translator) Chichikov, a middle aged gentleman of middling social class and means arrives in a small town and turns on the charm to woo key local officials and landowners. He reveals little about his past, or his purpose, as he sets about carrying out his bizarre and mysterious plan to acquire "dead souls." When rumors flare up about his ideas, Chichikov flees to another part of Russia and attempts to