Dead Souls

1842 novel by Nikolai Gogol
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Dead Souls
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Dead Souls

Summary

Dead Souls is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (687 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dead Souls authored Nikolai Gogol[3].
  • Dead Souls's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Dead Souls's genre is satirical fiction[5].
  • Dead Souls's genre is picaresque novel[6].
  • Dead Souls's depicts is recorded as soul[7].
  • Dead Souls's depicts is recorded as serfdom[8].
  • Dead Souls's Commons category is recorded as Dead Souls[9].
  • Dead Souls's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[10].
  • Dead Souls's country of origin is recorded as Russian Empire[11].
  • Dead Souls comprises Q117318976[12].
  • Dead Souls comprises Q117319018[13].
  • 1835 marks the founding of Dead Souls[14].
  • Dead Souls was released on 1842[15].
  • Dead Souls's translator is recorded as Zygmunt Kierdej[16].
  • Dead Souls's characters is recorded as Plyushkin[17].
  • Dead Souls's characters is recorded as Sobakevich[18].
  • Dead Souls's characters is recorded as Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov[19].
  • Dead Souls's has edition or translation is recorded as Q98769234[20].
  • Dead Souls's has edition or translation is recorded as Dead Souls[21].
  • Dead Souls's has edition or translation is recorded as Q99194531[22].
  • Dead Souls's has edition or translation is recorded as Q99689232[23].
  • Dead Souls's has edition or translation is recorded as Q99689701[24].
  • Dead Souls's has edition or translation is recorded as Dead Souls—A Poem[25].
  • Dead Souls's has edition or translation is recorded as Q117319032[26].
  • Dead Souls's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138507483[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Dead Souls authored Nikolai Gogol[3].

Publication

Dead Souls was released on 1842[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Russian[10]. Genres include satirical fiction[5] and picaresque novel[6].

Why It Matters

Dead Souls ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (687 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . en.wiktionary.org. en.wiktionary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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