A land that does not like doing things by halves.

Nikolai Gogol

Dead Souls

On Russia.

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Russia

Author

Nikolai Gogol

Source

Dead Souls

Medium

Novel

Language

Russian

Time

1842 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Ukraine Europe

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Original Citation

Gogol, Nikolai. Мёртвые души [Dead Souls]. 1842, pt. 1, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Gogol, Nikolai. Dead Souls, translated Robert A. Maguire. Penguin Classics, 2004, pt. 1, ch. 11.

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Another quote originally in Russian

The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.

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