Dead Souls -

: A hoarder so consumed by miserliness that his estate is crumbling and his own family is starving. 🔥 Why You Should Read It Today Dead Souls - ...on the B.L.

: Landowners had to pay taxes on their male serfs (referred to officially as "souls") based on the latest census. Dead Souls

: Enter our protagonist, Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov . He travels the countryside offering to "buy" these dead souls on paper. : A hoarder so consumed by miserliness that

: A compulsive liar, gambler, and bully who nearly ruins the entire scheme. Dead Souls

: Because censuses were conducted years apart, landowners kept paying taxes on serfs who had died in the interim.