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Nikolai Gogol

The Government Inspector: Full Text and Introduction (NHB Drama Classics)

Drama Classics series
The world's great plays at a great little price.
Each pocket-sized volume contains:
a full introduction
an author biography notes on historical and theatrical context
a plot synopsis key dates
a further reading list a glossary of unusual words and phrases (English-language texts)
The Government Inspector is a classic satire of provincial bureaucracy, which only saw the stage after the personal intervention of Tsar Nicholas I.
A small, corrupt Russian town receives a letter informing them of the imminent visit of a government inspector travelling incognito. When a passing civil servant is mistaken for the inspector, panic soon sets in.
Translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
122 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2014
Publication year
2014
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