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

Name: The Government Inspector: Full Text and Introduction (NHB Drama Classics)
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ISBN: 9781780013893

By
- Nikolai Gogol
Publisher
- Nick Hern Books

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Series: 1 of 27
Language: English
Format
Category: Lyric Poetry

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.

Release date

Ebook: 6 October 2014