The Living Corpse () is a Gothic novel written by Vladimir Odoyevsky in 1838 and published in 1844.
Written in the first person, it tells the story of Vasilii Kuzmich Aristidov, who wakes up one morning to find himself a ghost.Vladimir Odoevsky and Romantic Poetics: Collected Essays by Neil Cornwell A work of social satire, the novel can be read on several levels and is considered a vehicle for Odoyevsky's own philosophical ideas.
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