Dead Souls (Russian:Мёртвые ду́ши, Myórtvyjye dúshi) is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The purpose of the novel was to demonstrate the flaws and faults of the Russian mentality and character. Gogol masterfully portrayed those defects through Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov (the main character) and the people whom he encounters in his endeavours. These people are typical of the Russian middle-class of the time. Gogol himself saw it as an "epic poem in prose", and within the book as a "novel in verse". Despite supposedly completing the trilogy's second part, Gogol destroyed it shortly before his death. Although the novel ends in mid-sentence (like Sterne's Sentimental Journey), it is usually regarded as complete in the extant form.
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The original title, as shown on the illustration (cover page), was "The Wanderings of Chichikov, or Dead Souls. Poema", which contracted to merely "Dead Souls". In the Russian Empire, before the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, landowners had the right to own serfs to farm their land. Serfs were for most purposes considered the property of the landowner, who could buy, sell or mortgage them, as any other chattel. To count serfs (and people in general), the measure word "soul" was used: e.g., "six souls of serfs". The plot of the novel relies on "dead souls" (i.e., "dead serfs") which are still accounted for in property registers. On another level, the title refers to the "dead souls" of Gogol's characters, all of which represent different aspects of poshlost (a Russian noun rendered as "commonplace, vulgarity", moral and spiritual, with overtones of middle-class pretentiousness, fake significance and philistinism).
While investigating a poisoner at Edinburgh Zoo, Detective Inspector John Rebus sees a known paedophile photographing children. After a chase ending in the sea lion enclosure, Rebus decides to 'out' the man, in spite of assurances that he is trying to reform. As a campaign against the man starts, Rebus hears that the son of an ex-girlfriend has gone missing and starts investigating his disappearance from a nightclub with a mysterious blonde.
A convicted killer comes back from the U.S. having served his time in prison, with an agenda he wants to pursue. Rankin incorporated the novella Death Is Not the End as the missing person plot-line of this novel.
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The title refers to Joy Division's song "Dead Souls" and to the 1842 Nikolai Gogol novel Dead Souls, quotes from which appear at the beginnings of the two parts of the book.
Dead souls, Dead souls they're coming, I'know (2 times) Dead souls, Dead souls they want my soul (2 times) Dead souls, Dead souls they'll find me, I'know (2 times) Dead souls, Dead souls they need to feed (2 times) Dead souls, Dead souls they'll find me, I'know (2 times)
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At the crime scene, the Los Angeles Police Department reported they found the victim just after midnight inside a Kia Soul suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, KTLA-TV reported.
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Lee had an elaborate funeral procession; the air was filled with yellow spirit money or paper pierced with a hole because of the belief that demons had to go through each hole before they could reach the soul of the dead.
Meanwhile, our elders surrendered their memories only after their souls ... As Tamim Al-Barghouti writes in his poem My Soul is a Sacrifice. "I know that you do not fear a living child, but I truly call upon you to fear the dead children.".
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was it due to the accident that caused his memory loss, or is something more sinister at play? This leads Ji Young to develop resentment toward Hyun Min, which culminates in a negative emotion that prevents her soul from attaining peace.
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Is there a man, with a heart so cold and a soul so dead, capable of committing a crime as hideous as the attack on LakenRiley and show no remorse? Yes, his name is Jose Ibarra and there are many more.
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