Inspector General

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 1995
Edition: Reprint

Description: 72 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page.

Publishers Description: A small-town policeman scrambles to conceal bribery and other misdeeds from a visiting official in Gogols masterpiece of dramatic satire. Biting, highly entertaining treatment of universal human foibles and failings. Considered the high point of Gogols writing for the stage and a masterpiece of dramatic satire, The Inspector General skewers the stupidity, greed, and venality of Russian provincial officials. When it is announced that the Inspector General is coming to visit incognito, Anton, the chief of police, hastens to clean up the town before his arrival. Local officials scurry to hide evidence of bribe-taking and other misdeeds, setting the stage for the arrival from St. Petersburg of Ivan, a penurious gambler and rake who is promptly taken by the townspeople to be the dreaded Inspector General. Ivan, and his servant, Osip, soon take advantage of the situation with hilarious results. First performed in 1836, the play transcends regional and national boundaries to offer a biting, highly entertaining glimpse of universal human foibles and failings.

ISBN: 9780486285009