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Originally Posted by Sonist
Wow. Strong words.
Gogol is a very good writer and Dead Souls is a significant work (this is why it's usually part of Russian lit school curriculum.) Have you ever considered that it may have been over your 7th grade head?
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No one liked it when we had to read it.
Although the same applies to any Russian classic. I didn't read one russian classic book I enjoyed or found it bearable at least (well maybe War and Peace had a few "OK moments" that were not about war).
But Gogol is probably one of the worst of them.