Brief retelling, summary“Dead Souls” is a poem by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol. “Dead Souls” is one of the brilliant works of Russian and world literature. The poem presents the image of serf Russia in the 30s and 40s of the 19th century. “Dead Souls” shocked all of Russia. Present modern Russia such an accusation was necessary. This is a medical history written by a master. Gogol's poetry is a cry of horror and shame that is uttered by a man who has fallen under the influence of a vile life, when he suddenly sees his bruised face in the mirror. But in order for such a cry to escape from the chest, it was necessary that something healthy remained in it, that something healthy lived in it. great power revival..." Alexander Ivanovich Herzen.
Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov arrives in the small town of N. At the hotel during dinner, he asks the innkeeper about the city, rich landowners, and officials. Soon, at a reception with the governor, Chichikov personally meets rich people and gains a positive reputation. Then he pays visits to the vice-governor, the prosecutor, the tax farmer, and receives an invitation to visit the landowner Manilov and Sobakevich.
First, Chichikov goes to visit Manilov, in the village of Manilovka, which was a boring sight. Manilov himself at first glance seemed to be a prominent man, but in reality “neither this nor that.” Chichikov invites Monilom to sell him peasants who have died, but are still listed as alive in the audit documents. Manilov was at first confused and perplexed by such a proposal, but still agrees to conclude a deal when they meet in the city.
On the way to Sobakevich, Chichikov was caught in bad weather; he who lost his way decides to spend the night in the first estate that happens to be on his way. This was the house of Nastasya Petrovna Korobochka, a thrifty and thrifty landowner. Chichikov made her the same offer as he made to Manilov. (asked to sell dead peasants) She accepted his request with surprise, but then began to bargain with Chichikov, fearing to sell things too cheap. After completing the deal, Pavel Ivanovich hurried to leave quickly. Continuing on his way, he stopped for lunch at a roadside tavern. 
There he meets the landowner Nozdryov, whom he had previously met at a reception with the governor. Nozdryov is sociable and open man a lover of drinking and playing cards, and he played dishonestly. Therefore, he often took part in fights. When asked to sell him “the souls of dead peasants,” Nozdryov invited Chichikov to play checkers. This game almost ended in a fight; Chichikov hurried to leave quickly.
Finally, Chichikov ends up with Mikhail Semenovich Sobakevich. Sobakevich himself is a large and straightforward person. Sobakevich took the proposal to sell the “souls of peasants” very seriously, and even decided to bargain. They also decide to formalize the deal in the city. In a conversation with Chichikov, Sobakevich let slip that the stingy landowner Plyushkin lives not far from him, and he has more than a thousand peasants, people are dying like flies or simply running away.
Chichikov finds his way to the landowner Plyushkin. In the courtyard of the house, Chichikov meets a man about whom he cannot even say whether he is a man or a woman, and decides that the housekeeper is in front of him. Chichikov is unpleasantly surprised to learn that in front of him is the owner of the house, landowner Stepan Plyushkin. Having learned about the purpose of Chichikov’s visit, Plyushkin sold the “dead peasants” (120 dead souls and 70 whites) with joy, considering the guest a fool. Chichikov returns to the hotel.
The next day, Pavel Ivanovich meets with Sobakevich and Manilov to finalize the deal. They signed a bill of sale. Afterwards, we decided to celebrate the successful completion of the case with a festive dinner. At the table, Chichikov said that he would take all the peasants to the Kherson province, allegedly buying land there.
The rumor about the purchases quickly spread throughout the city, the townspeople were surprised at Chichikov’s wealth, not knowing what souls he was actually buying. The ladies began to worry very much about not missing out on the rich groom. Chichikov receives an anonymous love letter. The governor invites him to his home for a ball. At the ball he is surrounded by many ladies. But Chichikov really wants to know who sent him the love letter. Having found out that this is the governor's daughter, Chichikov neglects the other ladies, thereby offending them greatly. Nozdryov appears at the ball and blabs how Chichikov tried to buy the “dead souls” of the peasants from him. Pavel Ivanovich got very excited and left the ball. The next day, the landowner Korobochka arrives in the city. She wants to know how much “Dead Souls” cost these days, fearing that she has sold it too cheap.
Unbelievable rumors began to spread around the city that Chichikov and Nozdryov wanted to kidnap the governor’s daughter. Residents of the city gather at the chief of police and try to understand what Chichikov represents. It is believed that this is Captain Kopeikin. Who was expelled from the city for bad deeds. Then society decides that it is not him, and they send for Nozdryov. Nozdryov skillfully begins to compose: supposedly Chichikov is a counterfeiter spy and wanted to take away the prosecutor’s daughter.
The rumors negatively affect the prosecutor's well-being, he suffers a stroke and dies. 
Nozdryov comes to Chichikov’s hotel and keeps telling him that he is accused of forging banknotes in the death of the prosecutor.
Chichikov decides to leave the city; on the way he meets a funeral procession where the prosecutor is being buried.
And now it’s time to find out who Chichikov really is. He himself was one of the poor nobles; his mother died early, his father was often ill, and he left a small inheritance. In order to somehow survive, Pavel Ivanovich got a job at customs. There he was caught running a scam, escaped prison, but lost his entire fortune. In order to get rich again, he had the idea of buying up the “dead souls” of peasants (lists of peasants who died, but according to the audit were still listed as alive; the audit took place every few years) and pawning them in the treasury as if they were alive, to receive money.
This concludes the first volume. Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol burned the second volume, only the drafts survived.
Section topic; Brief retelling, summary of “Dead Souls” - Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol.
Gogol “Dead Souls”, chapter 1 – summary. You can read the full text of this chapter on our website.
Chichikov
Gogol “Dead Souls”, chapter 2 – briefly
A few days later, Chichikov moved his visits out of town and first visited Manilov’s estate. Sweet Manilov claimed enlightened humanity, European education and loved to build fantastic projects, such as building a huge bridge across his pond, from where one could see Moscow during tea drinking. But, mired in dreams, he never put them into practice, being characterized by complete impracticality and mismanagement. (See Description of Manilov, his estate and dinner with him.)
Receiving Chichikov, Manilov demonstrated his refined courtesy. But in a private conversation, Chichikov made him an unexpected and strange offer to buy from him for a small sum recently deceased peasants (who, until the next financial audit, were listed as alive on paper). Manilov was extremely surprised by this, but out of courtesy he could not refuse the guest.
For more details, see the separate article Gogol “Dead Souls”, Chapter 2 - summary of the full text of this chapter.
Manilov. Artist A. Laptev
Gogol “Dead Souls”, chapter 3 – briefly
From Manilov, Chichikov thought of going to Sobakevich, but the drunken coachman Selifan took him in a completely different direction. Caught in a thunderstorm, the travelers barely made it to some village - and found accommodation for the night with the local landowner Korobochka.
The widow Korobochka was a simple-minded and frugal old woman. (See Description of Korobochka, her estate and lunch with her.) The next morning, over tea, Chichikov made her the same proposal as before to Manilov. The box at first widened its eyes, but then calmed down, most of all caring about how not to make a cheap sale when selling the dead. She even began to refuse Chichikov, intending first to “apply to the prices of other merchants.” But her resourceful guest pretended to be a government contractor and promised to soon buy flour, cereals, lard and feathers in bulk from Korobochka. In anticipation of such a profitable deal, Korobochka agreed to sell the dead souls.
For more details, see the separate article Gogol “Dead Souls”, chapter 3 - summary. You can read the full text of this chapter on our website.
Gogol “Dead Souls”, chapter 4 – briefly
After leaving Korobochka, Chichikov stopped for lunch at a roadside tavern and met there the landowner Nozdryov, whom he had previously met at a party with the governor. An incorrigible reveler and reveler, a liar and a sharpie, Nozdryov (see his description) was returning from the fair, having completely lost at cards there. He invited Chichikov to his estate. He agreed to go there, hoping that the broken Nozdryov would give him the dead souls for free.
On his estate, Nozdryov led Chichikov around the stables and kennels for a long time, assuring him that his horses and dogs were worth many thousands of rubles. When the guest started talking about dead souls, Nozdryov suggested playing cards with them and immediately took out the deck. Thoroughly suspecting that it was marked, Chichikov refused.
The next morning, Nozdryov suggested playing the dead peasants not at cards, but at checkers, where cheating is impossible. Chichikov agreed, but during the game Nozdryov began to move several checkers at once with the cuffs of his robe in one move. Chichikov protested. Nozdryov responded by calling two hefty serfs and ordering them to beat the guest. Chichikov barely managed to escape unharmed thanks to the arrival of the police captain: he brought Nozdryov a summons to trial for an insult inflicted while drunk with rods on the landowner Maximov.
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The Adventures of Chichikov (Nozdryov). An excerpt from a cartoon based on the plot of Gogol’s “Dead Souls”
Gogol “Dead Souls”, chapter 5 – briefly
Having galloped away at full speed from Nozdryov, Chichikov finally reached the estate of Sobakevich - a man whose character was the opposite of Manilov. Sobakevich deeply despised having his head in the clouds and was guided in everything only by material benefit. (See Portrait of Sobakevich, Description of the estate and interior of Sobakevich's house.)
Explaining human actions solely by the desire for selfish gain, rejecting any idealism, Sobakevich certified city officials as swindlers, robbers and sellers of Christ. In figure and posture he resembled a medium-sized bear. At the table, Sobakevich disdained low-nutritive overseas delicacies, dined on simple dishes, but devoured them in huge pieces. (See Lunch at Sobakevich's.)
Unlike others, the practical Sobakevich was not at all surprised by Chichikov’s request to sell dead souls. However, he charged an exorbitant price for them - 100 rubles each, explaining it by the fact that his peasants, although dead, were “select goods”, because they used to be excellent craftsmen and hard workers. Chichikov laughed at this argument, but Sobakevich only after a long bargaining reduced the price to two rubles and a half per head. (See the text of the scene of their bargaining.)
In a conversation with Chichikov, Sobakevich let it slip that an unusually stingy landowner Plyushkin lives not far from him, and this owner of more than a thousand peasants has people dying like flies. Having left Sobakevich, Chichikov immediately found out the way to Plyushkin.
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Sobakevich. Artist Boklevsky
Gogol “Dead Souls”, chapter 6 – briefly
Plyushkin. Drawing by Kukryniksy
Gogol “Dead Souls”, chapter 7 – briefly
Returning to the provincial town of N, Chichikov began finalizing the registration of deeds of sale in the state chancellery. This chamber was located in the main city square. Inside it, many officials were diligently poring over papers. The noise from their feathers sounded as if several carts with brushwood were passing through a forest littered with withered leaves. To speed up the matter, Chichikov had to bribe the clerk Ivan Antonovich with a long nose, colloquially called a pitcher's snout.
Manilov and Sobakevich arrived to sign the bills of sale themselves, and the rest of the sellers acted through attorneys. Not knowing that all the peasants bought by Chichikov were dead, the chairman of the chamber asked what land he intended to settle them on. Chichikov lied about allegedly having an estate in the Kherson province.
To “sprinkle” the purchase, everyone went to the police chief. Among the city fathers, he was known as a miracle worker: he only had to blink when passing a fish row or a cellar, and the merchants themselves would carry snacks in great abundance. At the noisy feast, Sobakevich especially distinguished himself: while the other guests were drinking, he secretly ate a huge sturgeon to the bones in a quarter of an hour, and then pretended that he had nothing to do with it.
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Gogol “Dead Souls”, chapter 8 – briefly
Chichikov bought dead souls from landowners for pennies, but on the paper in the deeds of sale it was stated that he had paid about a hundred thousand for everyone. Such a large purchase caused the most lively talk in the city. The rumor that Chichikov was a millionaire greatly raised his profile in everyone's eyes. In the opinion of the ladies, he became a true hero, and they even began to find in his appearance something similar to Mars.
Gogol “Dead Souls”, chapter 9 – briefly
Nozdryov’s words were initially considered drunken nonsense. However, soon the news of Chichikov’s purchase of the dead was confirmed by Korobochka, who came to the city to find out if she had gone cheap in her deal with him. The wife of a local archpriest told Korobochka’s story to one well-known in the city world nice lady, and she - to her friend - lady, pleasant in every way. From these two ladies the word spread to everyone else.
The whole city was at a loss: why did Chichikov buy dead souls? In the female half of society, prone to frivolous romance, a strange thought arose that he wanted to cover up the preparations for the kidnapping of the governor’s daughter. More down-to-earth male officials wondered whether there was a strange visitor - an auditor sent to their province to investigate official omissions, and "dead souls" - some kind of conventional phrase, whose meaning is known only to Chichikov himself and the top authorities. The bewilderment reached the point of true trepidation when the governor received two papers from above, informing them that a well-known counterfeiter and a dangerous fugitive robber might be in their area.
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Gogol “Dead Souls”, chapter 10 – briefly
The city fathers gathered for a meeting with the police chief to decide who Chichikov was and what to do with him. The most daring hypotheses were put forward here. Some considered Chichikov a forger of banknotes, others - an investigator who would soon arrest them all, and still others - a murderer. There was even an opinion that he was Napoleon in disguise, released by the British from the island of St. Helena, and the postmaster saw in Chichikov Captain Kopeikin, a disabled war veteran against the French, who did not receive a pension from the authorities for his injury and took revenge on them with the help of a gang of robbers recruited in the Ryazan forests.
Remembering that Nozdryov was the first to talk about dead souls, they decided to send for him. But this famous liar, having come to the meeting, began to confirm all the assumptions at once. He said that Chichikov had previously kept two million counterfeit money and that he even managed to escape with it from the police who surrounded the house. According to Nozdryov, Chichikov really wanted to kidnap the governor’s daughter, prepared horses at all stations and bribed the priest, Sidor’s father, in the village of Trukhmachevka for a secret wedding for 75 rubles.
Realizing that Nozdryov was carrying game, those present drove him away. He went to Chichikov, who was ill and knew nothing about the city rumors. Nozdryov “out of friendship” told Chichikov: everyone in the city considers him a counterfeiter and an extremely dangerous person. Shocked, Chichikov decided to hastily leave early tomorrow morning.
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Gogol “Dead Souls”, chapter 11 – briefly
The next day, Chichikov almost escaped from the city of N. His chaise rolled along the high road, and during this journey Gogol told the readers the life story of his hero and finally explained for what purpose he acquired dead souls.
Chichikov's parents were nobles, but very poor. As a young boy, he was taken from the village to the city and sent to school. (See Chichikov's childhood.) The father finally gave his son advice to please his bosses and save a penny.
Chichikov always followed this parental instruction. He did not have brilliant talents, but he constantly curried favor with teachers - and graduated from school with an excellent certificate. Selfishness, the thirst to rise from the poor into wealthy people were the main properties of his soul. After school, Chichikov entered the lowest bureaucratic position, achieved a promotion by promising to marry the ugly daughter of his boss, but deceived him. Through lies and hypocrisy, Chichikov twice achieved prominent official positions, but the first time he stole money allocated for government construction, and the second time he acted as the patron of a gang of smugglers. On both occasions he was exposed and narrowly escaped prison.
He had to be content with the position of trial attorney. At that time, loans against the mortgaging of landowners' estates to the treasury became widespread. While doing one such thing, Chichikov suddenly learned that dead serfs were listed as alive on paper until the next financial audit, which took place in Russia only once every few years. When mortgaging their estates, the nobles received from the treasury amounts according to the number of their peasant souls - 200 rubles per person. Chichikov came up with the idea of traveling around the provinces, buying up dead peasant souls for pennies, but not yet marked as such in the audit, then pawning them wholesale - and thus getting a rich sum...
Here is a summary of chapter 3 of the work “Dead Souls” by N.V. Gogol.
A very brief summary of “Dead Souls” can be found, and the one presented below is quite detailed.
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Chapter 3 – summary.
Chichikov went to Sobakevich in the most pleasant mood. He didn’t even notice that Selifan, cordially accepted by people Manilov, he was drunk. Therefore, the britzka quickly lost its way. The coachman could not remember whether he drove through two or three turns. It started to rain. Chichikov became worried. He finally realized that they had been lost for a long time, and Selifan was drunk as a cobbler. The britzka swayed from side to side until it finally capsized completely. Chichikov fell into the mud with his hands and feet. Pavel Ivanovich was so angry that he promised Selifan to flog him.
A dog barking was heard from afar. The traveler ordered the horses to be driven. Pretty soon the chaise hit the fence with its shafts. Chichikov knocked on the gate and asked to stay for the night. The owner turned out to be a thrifty old lady
from small landowners who cry about crop failures, losses... and meanwhile they gradually collect money in colorful bags...
Chichikov apologized for his intrusion and asked how far Sobakevich’s estate was located, to which the old woman replied that she had never heard such a name. She named several names of local landowners unfamiliar to Chichikov. The guest asked if any of them were rich. Having heard that they were not, Pavel Ivanovich lost all interest in them.
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Waking up quite late the next morning, Chichikov saw the landlady looking into his room. After getting dressed and looking out the window, the traveler realized that the old woman’s village was not small. Behind the manor's garden one could see fairly decent peasant huts. Chichikov looked through the crack of the door. Seeing that the hostess was sitting at the tea table, he entered her with a gentle look. Having started a conversation, the uninvited guest found out that the hostess's name was Nastasya Petrovna Korobochka. The college secretary had nearly eighty souls. Chichikov began asking the hostess about dead souls. Nastasya Petrovna had eighteen of them. The guest asked if it was possible to buy dead peasants. At first, Korobochka was completely bewildered: would Pavel Ivanovich really dig them out of the ground? Chichikov explained that the souls would be registered with him only on paper.
At first the landowner was stubborn: the business seemed profitable, but too new. The old woman, selling dead souls, was afraid of incurring a loss. Finally, with great difficulty, Chichikov convinced his interlocutor to sell her dead peasants for fifteen banknotes. After having lunch at Korobochka’s, Pavel Ivanovich ordered the britzka to be laid. The yard girl accompanied the travelers to the main road.
Here is a summary of chapter 6 of the work “Dead Souls” by N.V. Gogol.
A very brief summary of “Dead Souls” can be found, and the one presented below is quite detailed.
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Chapter 6 – summary.
Pretty soon Chichikov drove into the middle of a vast village with many huts and streets. Particular disrepair was noticeable in all the village buildings. Then the manor’s house appeared: “ this strange castle looked like some kind of decrepit invalid " When Pavel Ivanovich drove into the courtyard, he saw a strange figure near one of the buildings. This man scolded the man. Chichikov could not understand for a long time what gender this figure was:
The dress she was wearing was completely indefinite, very similar to a woman’s bonnet, and on her head was a cap, the kind worn by village courtyard women.
The guest decided that it was the housekeeper and asked her where he could find the master. The housekeeper led Chichikov into the rooms.
The house was in complete disorder: furniture was piled up, there was a lot of stuff on the tables, there was a bunch of things in the corner of the room. Chichikov was able to see a piece of a wooden shovel and the sole of an old boot. In the house, the guest saw that he was dealing with a man, and not a woman. This creature turned out to be Plyushkin.
Pavel Ivanovich was very surprised by such a beggarly appearance of a landowner who owned more than a thousand souls, full barns of all kinds of food, stocks of linen and cloth. Wood, dishes, etc. Not content with this, the master walked every day through the streets of his village and picked up everything he came across. Sometimes he even stole from peasants.
There was a time when Plyushkin was simply a thrifty owner. He had a wife, 2 daughters and a son. The landowner had a reputation smart person, people came to him to learn how to run a farm. Soon the wife died, the eldest daughter ran away with the officer. The landowner began to reveal stinginess. The son did not listen to his father and enlisted in the regiment, for which he was deprived of his inheritance, the youngest daughter died. Plyushkin was left alone and became more and more stingy every year. He himself forgot what riches he had. Gradually he turned into a sexless creature, which Chichikov found him to be.
Pavel Ivanovich could not start a conversation for a long time, attracted by such a picturesque appearance of the owner. Finally he started talking about peasants. Plyushkin had more than one hundred and twenty dead souls. The owner was delighted when he learned that the guest was undertaking to pay taxes for them, and would also settle the matter with the clerk himself. The conversation also turned to runaway peasants, of whom Plyushkin had more than seventy. Chichikov immediately decided to buy these peasants and offered twenty-five kopecks per head. After the auction, the new acquaintances agreed on thirty kopecks per head. To celebrate, Plyushkin wanted to treat Chichikov to liqueur, in which various boogers were stuffed, and last year's Easter cake. Pavel Ivanovich refused, which earned him even more favor from the owner. They immediately made a deed of sale, and the owner, reluctantly, allocated a quarter of old paper for the power of attorney. In addition, Pavel Ivanovich gave twenty-four rubles and ninety-six kopecks for the runaway peasants and forced Plyushkin to write a receipt.
Pleased with yourself. Chichikov said goodbye to the owner and ordered to return to the city. Arriving at the hotel. Pavel Ivanovich learned about the new lieutenant who had arrived, complained about the stale air in the room, ate the lightest dinner and climbed under the covers.
“Dead Souls” is characterized by the author of the poem himself. The original version was conceived as a work consisting of three books. The first volume of the book was released, only drafts remained of the second, and only some fragmentary information is known about the third volume. I used the idea for the plot of the work at the suggestion of Alexander Sergeevich. Happening use of the dead the shower actually existed and took place in Bessarabia.
"Dead Souls" summary
The first volume of the book begins with the appearance of Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov, who claimed to everyone that he was an ordinary landowner. Once in the small town of “N”, Chichikov gains the trust of the city’s residents, who occupy a privileged status. Neither the governor nor other residents of the city suspect the real purpose of Chichikov’s visit. The main goal of his actions is to purchase the dead souls of peasants, but not registered as dead and listed as alive in the register.
After completing a deal with local landowners, Chichikov transferred the peasants to himself. During his life, Chichikov tried many ways to achieve significant weight and high income in society. He once served at customs and collaborated with smugglers, but did not share something with his accomplice and he handed him over to the authorities, as a result, a case was opened against both, but Chichikov, using his remarkable mind, connections and money, managed to get out of on trial.
Manilov
Chichikov made his first visit to Manilov. The author is very critical of Manilov and characterizes him as too saccharine. After Chichikov expresses the purpose of his visit, Manilov, at first perplexed, simply completely without money, gives him the dead souls of the peasants. After Chichikov’s departure, Manilov is convinced that the service rendered to Chichikov is so great, and the friendship is so significant, that in his mind the Emperor will definitely reward them both with the rank of general.
Visit to Korobochka
Chichikov's next visit was to Nastasya Petrovna Korobochka, a woman who was certainly very economical and distinguished by her frugality. Having spent the night on her estate, he, without unnecessary ado, declares to her his desire to buy dead souls from her, which greatly surprises the landowner. He manages to persuade her to make a deal only after he promises to buy additional honey and hemp from her.
Failure with Nozdrev
On the way to the city, Chichikov meets Nozdryov, who, without much persuasion, rather unceremoniously, draws him in. The author characterizes the owner as an easy-going, broken person with very diverse interests and unpredictable moods. Here the main character faces failure; the owner, seemingly agreeing to give Chichikov dead souls, persuades him to buy a horse, a dog and a barrel organ, to which he, of course, refuses. The whole adventure of Chichikov and Nozdryov ends with a game of checkers, as a result of which Chichikov manages only to miraculously avoid a flogging or even an ordinary beating, he escapes.
Visit to Sobakevich
Sobakevich, whom Chichikov visited next, impressed him with his bearish habits. The owner has a rather harsh opinion about the officials in the city, he is hospitable and loves to treat his guest to a hearty lunch. The guest’s message about the desire to buy the dead souls of peasants from him was met in a businesslike manner, the price was requested at one hundred rubles for each soul, this was motivated by the fact that the men were all of the highest quality; after a long bargaining, Chichikov acquired peasant souls for two and a half rubles.
Plyushkin
Dissatisfied with the bargaining, Chichikov goes to Plyushkin, whom Sobakevich informed him about. Complete disorder greeted Chichikov on the estate, and the master himself, whom the guest initially mistook for the housekeeper, made a depressing impression on him. Life's misfortunes turned the once zealous owner into a stingy, petty person. Having promised Plyushkin to pay taxes for them after acquiring souls, Chichikov made him very happy. Chichikov left in the most cheerful mood, because he managed to acquire as many as 120 souls.
Consequences
After completing all the actions, Chichikov enjoys universal respect in the city and is accepted for a millionaire. Trouble awaits the hero; Nozdryov accuses him of buying dead souls. Worried about whether she has sold herself short, Korobochka comes to town. The secret becomes clear. Chichikov's flirtation with the governor's daughter, Korobochka's message about buying dead souls, did not make a favorable impression on the townspeople. And then there are the rumors and absurdities expressed by the ladies, the police chief’s notification about the escape of the criminal, the death of the prosecutor, everything was not at all favorable to the hero, he was refused admission in all houses. And Chichikov is forced to flee.
And again the road lies before him. Critics about the poem Despite the fact that critics greeted Gogol's poem ambiguously, they were all unanimous in their opinion about the unusualness of the work, both in its internal inconsistency and straightforwardness, and in the beauty of the writing, how beautiful, for example, is the description of the three-bird. How harmoniously the contradictions of life are shown existing world and the world of art. And only Gogol was able to give the reader a complete understanding of the difference between the reality of life and fiction.
