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Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov arrived in the county city of NN, settled in a hotel, quickly met large city officials and visited the governor’s ball. Everyone considered Chichikov a “predefined man”, and two landowners invited him to visit. Chapter 2. The first he visited Manilov. Manilov’s economy was in a mess, the manager and the keychain robbed him, and the men deceived him. Chichikov’s advertising quickly found an approach to Manilov and offered to buy the dead peasants from him, who were still listed alive on the audit lists.

Surprised Manilov promised to give them Chichikov, and he, very pleased, went to the next landowner. Chapter 3. The landowner Nastasya Petrovna Box Chichikov got lost, fell under a thunderstorm and late at night reached the estate of Nastasya Petrovna Box. Seeing in the morning that the box had a strong household, Chichikov invited her to sell him dead souls. The landowner did not understand how to sell the dead for a long time, offered a hemp and honey.

Chichikov barely persuaded the “tubin -headed” landowner, promising to buy it all from her, and went on. Chapter 4. The landowner Nozdrav on the road Chichikov stopped to eat in the tavern, where Nozdrav drove and took him to his visit. Nozdrav constantly fell into bad stories, lost something, won, sold and exchanged, could let a nasty gossip about a friend, not considering himself guilty.

At home, he could not sit for more than a day. A sensitive nose he heard in a few dozen miles where there was a fair ... He was already there in an instant, argued and started the confusion at the green table ... Chichikov’s advertisement asked Znozdrav to give him dead souls. The landowner suspected Chichikov in fraud, refused to give and even sell dead souls, but offered to play cards on them.

Knowing that Nozdrav is Shuler, Chichikov refused to play cards with him, but agreed to play checkers. During the game, the landowner tried to be quiet, and Chichikov refused to play. Nozdrav almost beat him. Chichikov barely carried his legs. Chapter 5. The landowner Mikhail Semenovich Sobakevich on the road Brichka Chichikova collided with a stroller, in which a pretty summer blonde rode.

Chichikov liked her, but he did not dare to speak with her. Soon Chichikov drove up to the village of Mikhail Semenovich Sobakevich. The village of Sobakevich was built of thick logs. The same strong, built for centuries, was his estate. Sobakevich himself was a turquoil, never looked at the interlocutor, did not respect and did not like anyone except his wife. Advertising for dead souls Sobakevich traded for a long time and sold them to Chichikov at a time.

Then Chichikov went to Sobakevich’s neighbor, learning that he had died many peasants. Chapter 6.

The landowner Stepan Plyushkin village Stepan Plyushkin was large, but very dilapidated, the economy was in full decline, and the Lord house was very cluttered. Once Plyushkin was rich, had a wife and three children. The wife and youngest daughter died, the eldest daughter escaped with the hussar, the son went to the military, and Plyushkin could not forgive them. He abandoned the deeds and turned into a "gap on humanity." Plyushkin willingly sold Chichikov and dead souls and fugitive peasants.

Chichikov left very pleased, and in the evening returned to the NN Hotel. Chapter 7. Reasoning about writers. Chichikov concludes a briefly detailed retelling in the morning Chichikov made documents for the transfer of serfs in his name, rewrote all the dead on one list and hastened to “make a merchant into the civilian ward”. The Chairman of the Chamber managed to become his friend, and the deal ended very quickly.

The Dogachevich present during the transaction said that all the serfs sold by him were alive, and Chichikov said that he intends to settle them in the Kherson province, where he has excellent lands. Advertising meanwhile all the main city officials gathered in the ward. After the transaction, they arranged a magnificent dinner Chichikov and persuaded to stay in the city for at least a week, although he was going to leave immediately.

Chapter 8. Ball at the governor soon became a millionaire Chichikov. County ladies loved him especially dusty. However, at the ball at the governor, Chichikov began to grit for the governor's daughter - the young blonde, whom he collided on the road. By this, he restored all the ladies against himself. Then the nostrov appeared at the ball that Chichikov was selling with dead souls.

Nobody believed the landowner, but Chichikov still left for the hotel. At dawn, a box arrived in the city to find out, how much dead souls today. Chapter 9. The conversation of two ladies. Gossip about Chichikov, hearing the story of the box about Chichikov and dead souls, two friends decided that dead souls were to take his eyes off, but in fact Chichikov “wants to take the governor’s daughter”.

Soon, all city ladies believed this. A sea of ​​tears spilled in the governor’s family, and Chichikov was ordered not to be allowed. Advertising men believed that the whole thing is in dead souls, and this is something very bad. Then a paper came from the new governor with warnings about the counterfeiter and a fugitive robber. The officials realized that they really did not know anything about Chichikov.They gathered at the police officer to decide what to do with Chichikov.

Head of a meeting of officials. The story of Captain Kopeikin officials gathered for a meeting. Some claimed that Chichikov is a counterfeiter, others - that a robber. The postmaster said that Chichikov is Captain Kopeikin. Having lost his hand and leg during the Patriotic War, Captain Kopeikin tried to get his pension. The Petersburg general refused him, and the captain became a robber.

Then it was suggested that Chichikov was disguised Napoleon, and almost believed this. Finally, Nozdrav confirmed all suspicions, spoke a bunch of stupid things and finally confused officials. And it turned out to be clear what kind of creation a person: wise, smart and a mud, he is in everything that concerns others, and not himself ... Chichikov’s advertising at that time caught a cold and did not leave the hotel.

Having recovered, he discovered that they did not want to communicate with him, and Nozdrav said what they were thinking about him in the city. The frightened Chichikov decided to run. Chichikov runs from the city. Chichikov’s past is a briefly detailed retelling for the next day after exposing Chichikov's day left the city. Chichikov’s past was not impeccable.

He was born in a poor noble family, and when he grew up, the harsh father took him to study in the city and gave some advice: to please his superiors, to be friends with those who are richer, and “save a penny”. A comrade or friend will inflate you and the first in trouble will give you out, but the penny will not give you out, no matter what trouble you are. You will do everything and sew everything in the world with a penny.

Both in the school and after its completion, Chichikov followed his father’s instructions and tried to quickly get rich in illegal ways. Twice he almost reached this goal, and both times his scams collapsed. Finally, he planned a new scam: he decided to buy dead souls from the landowners, take free lands in the Kherson province and lay the state a nonexistent village with dead serfs.

This scam was also exposed. Chichikov scored away from NN on his three bird. The second volume of “dead souls” briefly in detail the original after the failed scam Chichikov traveled in Russia for a long time, and then decided to make another attempt and asked the landowner to shelter him. The landowner, who lived a hermit in a running estate, decided that Chichikov was a wandering scientist, and let him stay.

Chichikov quickly took root in the estate and found out that the landowner-lover was in love with a neighbor-retired general's lovely daughter. The landowner could not take care of the girl, because he quarreled with the general. Chichikov reconciled the landowner with the general, after which the landowner and the girl engaged. Along the way, Chichikov got the dead souls from the general.

Advertising General asked Chichikov to go around his relatives and inform them about the engagement. Chichikov went on a trip, met several landowners, got even dead souls and bought the estate. Some time later, Chichikov got rich and settled in the city of YFUSLEVEVA, where he started another scam to fake a will of the rich old woman. Soon there was an earlier testament of the old woman, and the truth came out.

The governor personally took up the investigation and almost put Chichikov in prison. However, Chichikov was saved by his friends, and he left the city with nothing. A significant part of the second volume of “dead souls” was lost. Julia Peskova retold.