The Living Corpse (novel)
Appearance
The Living Corpse (
Vladimir Odoevsky
in 1838 and published in 1844.
Written in the first-person, it tells the story of Vasilii Kuz'mich Aristidov, who wakes up one morning to find himself a ghost.[1] A work of social satire, the novel can be read on several levels, and is considered a vehicle for Odoevsky's own philosophical ideas.[2]
References
- ^ Vladimir Odoevsky and Romantic Poetics: Collected Essays by Neil Cornwell
- ISBN 9781571819079. Retrieved 2015-05-14.