: A paranoid, superstitious widow who is terrified of being cheated on the price of her dead serfs.
: A giant, bear-like man who is ruthlessly efficient and drives a hard bargain for his deceased property. Dead Souls
: The landowners get a tax break, and Chichikov plans to take his massive list of paper serfs to a bank, mortgage them as if they are living property, and buy himself a real estate empire. 🎭 A Gallery of Grotesques : A paranoid, superstitious widow who is terrified