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272 pages • first pub 1842 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 0486426823
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
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A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls," the serfs who have died in their service and for whom they must continue to pay taxes until the next census. The ...
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272 pages • first pub 1842 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 0486426823
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
A stranger arrives in a Russian backwater community with a bizarre proposition for the local landowners: cash for their "dead souls," the serfs who have died in their service and for whom they must continue to pay taxes until the next census. The ...