Dead souls (Forsyte chronicles)
Classic fiction, Modern classic fiction
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town, visiting a succession of landowners and making each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax… on them, and to use these souls as collateral to re-invent himself as a gentleman. 2004.