I remember reading Dead Souls and finding it a good read, but perhaps my tastes have changed. While some of the stories carried me along - the famous Nose story is in this collection - I found the style too overwritten for me. I guess I'm into a sparser writing style these days. The book just seemed to go on and on... Cultural sacrilege, but what can I do? The social criticism, while perennially valid, is just set in a context a bit too distant from me at this time.
Not Gogol's fault. I recently tried reading some Balzac, which I have enjoyed in the past, and gave it up for the same reasons regarding writing style.
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