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The Government Inspector: Newly Translated and Annotated (Alma Classics) - Softcover

Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich

 
9781847498151: The Government Inspector: Newly Translated and Annotated (Alma Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1847498159 ISBN 13: 9781847498151
Verlag: Alma Classics, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

The mayor and local officials of a small provincial town in Russia have got it made: corruption is rife and they have all the power. Yet, when they learn that an undercover government inspector is about to make a visit, they face a mad dash to cover their tracks. Soon, the news that a suspicious person has recently arrived from St Petersburg and is staying in a local inn produces a series of events and misunderstandings that lead to a hilarious dénouement.

Often quoted as Russian literature's greatest comedy, The Government Inspector is a trenchant satire of the corruption, greed and stupidity of petty officialdom, and the crowning achievement of Gogol's skills as a playwright.

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One of the leading figures in nineteenth-century Russian literature, Nikolai Gogol (1809–52) is best known for his satirical masterpiece, Dead Souls, and humorous plays and short stories such as The Government Inspector and The Overcoat, written in a highly original and often experimental style.

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The mayor and local officials of a small provincial town in Russia have got it made: corruption is rife and they have all the power. Yet, when they learn that an undercover government inspector is about to make a visit, they face a mad dash to cover their tracks. Soon, the news that a suspicious person has recently arrived from St Petersburg and is staying in a local inn produces a series of events and misunderstandings that lead to a hilarious denouement. Often quoted as Russian literature's greatest comedy, The Government Inspector is a trenchant satire of the corruption, greed and stupidity of petty officialdom, and the crowning achievement of Gogol's skills as a playwright.

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Verlag
Alma Classics
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1847498159
ISBN 13 
9781847498151
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
141
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