Dead Souls

Dead Souls, first published in 1842, is the great prose classic of Russia.

《死魂灵》，首次出版于1842年，是俄罗斯伟大的散文经典。

The predominating and distinguishing quality of the work is undeniably something foreign to both and quite peculiar to itself; something which, for want of a better term, might be called the quality of the Russian soul.

这部作品的主要和独特的品质无疑是某种既不属于两者也不属于它自己的东西；某种可以称之为俄罗斯灵魂的品质。