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3.79 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
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Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Gogol and his beautiful witty writing (only read him in french if you dont know russian) made it to my favorite top 5 authors so far.
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Surprisingly light hearted for Russian lit - I struggle to think of other 19th century Russian novels that actually attempt comedy. There's a sort of charm to it. It's a novel about the Russian people cross-sectionally: I think of The Canterbury Tales as an english equivalent to this.
Gogol, in Dead Souls comes across as chronically insecure - he is constantly appealing to the reader to judge or not to judge, to disregard this or that character (often women), and to move on from scenes without too much thought. It's an unfinished novel, so it must be said that the last third is pretty chaotic tonally as well as in terms of narrative. In truth, the novel does not resolve itself.
I was much amused by the incredibly backhanded description of a woman as 'not wholly of an unpleasing exterior'.
Gogol, in Dead Souls comes across as chronically insecure - he is constantly appealing to the reader to judge or not to judge, to disregard this or that character (often women), and to move on from scenes without too much thought. It's an unfinished novel, so it must be said that the last third is pretty chaotic tonally as well as in terms of narrative. In truth, the novel does not resolve itself.
I was much amused by the incredibly backhanded description of a woman as 'not wholly of an unpleasing exterior'.
dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Uwielbiam Gogola, żałuje że tak późno to przeczytałam bo to najlepsze jego dzieło obok Wija i Portretu. Nie czytajcie tego tłumaczenia tho, tylko nowsze, niestety niewygodnie sie czyta tlumaczenie z 1876 roku...
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Why did no one tell me Russian lit could be funny
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes