''The Living Corpse'' () is a
Gothic novel
Gothic fiction, sometimes referred to as Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name of the genre is derived from the Renaissance era use of the word "gothic", as a pejorative to mean ...
written by
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.
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 Odoevsky's own philosophical ideas.
References
1838 novels
1830s fantasy novels
Novels by Vladimir Odoevsky
Russian Gothic novels
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