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'''''The Living Corpse''''' ({{lang-ru|''Живой труп''}}) is a [[Gothic novel]] written by [[Vladimir Odoevsky]] written in 1838 and published in 1844.

Written in the [[first-person narrative|first-person]], it istells the story of Vasilii Kuz'mich Aristidov, who wakes up one morning to find himself a ghost.<ref>[httphttps://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=62805956 Vladimir Odoevsky and Romantic Poetics: Collected Essays] by Neil Cornwell</ref> A work of social satire, itthe readsnovel oncan abe numberread ofon several levels, and can beis considered a vehicle for Odoevsky's own philosophical ideas.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Vladimir Odoevsky and Romantic Poetics: Collected Essays|author=Cornwell, N.|date=1998|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=9781571819079|url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=trSlzb7CcocC|page=13|accessdate=2015-05-14}}</ref>

[[Category:Russian Gothic novels]]