Project Gutenberg 2003-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 844 Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich 1809 1852 Gogol, Nikolay Vasilyevich Гоголь, Николай Васильевич Gogol, Nikolaj Seltzer, Thomas 1873 1943 Revizor. English The Inspector-General Produced by Judy Boss, and David Widger "The Inspector-General" by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol is a classic comedy written in the early 19th century, often hailed as one of the greatest works of Russian literature. The play centers around the character of Ivan Aleksandrovich Khlestakov, a low-level government clerk who becomes mistakenly identified as a high-ranking inspector by the corrupt officials of a small provincial town. The narrative seamlessly blends humor with sharp social commentary, exploring themes of bureaucracy, corruption, and the absurdity of human behavior. At the start of the play, the Governor and various officials are thrown into a state of panic when they learn that an Inspector-General is coming to their town incognito. Fearing exposure of their corruption and incompetence, they start making frantic preparations to present a façade of efficiency and proper conduct. In the midst of this chaos, Khlestakov arrives at the inn, and a series of misunderstandings leads the officials to believe he is the inspector. As they fawn over him and try to impress, Khlestakov—who is only scraping by himself—becomes embroiled in the absurdity of their grandiose attempts to placate him, setting the stage for a hilarious critique of power dynamics and societal pretensions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Comedy plays Russia -- Social life and customs -- Drama Russian drama -- Translations into English PG Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Classics of Literature Category: Russian Literature 239071 2025-07-02T08:28:15.261891 text/html 237309 2013-02-04T11:28:50 text/html 149785 2025-07-02T08:28:21.111868 application/epub+zip 153725 2025-07-02T08:28:17.688903 application/epub+zip 145571 2025-07-02T08:28:16.623888 application/epub+zip 274124 2025-07-02T08:28:23.690877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256795 2025-07-02T08:28:20.484864 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233228 2022-09-02T11:27:51.916341 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191516 2025-07-02T08:28:14.841934 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 191383 2010-02-14T11:15:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 191376 2010-02-14T11:16:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22389 2025-07-02T08:28:23.825835 application/rdf+xml 10575 2025-07-02T08:28:17.114861 image/jpeg 2743 2025-07-02T08:28:16.868875 image/jpeg 71756 2010-02-14T11:17:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 76471 2013-02-04T11:28:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 71733 2010-02-14T11:17:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 147918 2025-07-02T08:28:15.277896 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia de.wikipedia fi.wikipedia