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Author Gogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich, 1809-1852.

Title The government inspector / Nikolai Gogol ; an English version by Edward O. Marsh and Jeremy Brooks
Published London : Methuen, 1968

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Description 107 pages ; 19 cm
Series Methuen's theatre classics
Methuen's theatre classics.
Summary "In this classic satire on human vanity, the corrupt, self-seeking officials of a small town in Tsarist Russia mistake a penniless clerk from Moscow for a government inspector. Through the wild inventiveness of Gogol's comic fantasy the play becomes a celebration of the grotesque and absurd elements in human nature and remains one of the great comedies of all time." "As well as the complete text of the play itself, the volume contains a chronology of the playwright's life and work, an introduction giving the background to the play, a discussion of the various interpretations, and notes on individual words and phrases in the text."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Orig. pub. in Russian, 1836
Subject Russian drama -- 19th century.
Author Brooks, Jeremy.
Marsh, Edward O.
LC no. 78356657
ISBN 0416193803