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THE INSPECTOR- GENERAL 



(Or "REVIZOR.") 



A RUSSIAN COMEDY. 



BY NIKOLAI VASILIYEVICH GOGOL. 



Translated from the original Russian, with Introduction and 

 Notes, by A. A. SYKES, B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. 



Though one of the most brilliant and characteristic of 

 Gogol's works, and well-known on the Continent, the 

 present is the first translation of his Revizbr, or Inspector- 

 General, which has appeared in English. A satire on 

 Russian administrative functionaries, the Revizbr is a 

 comedy marked by continuous gaiety and invention, full 

 of " situation," each development of the story accentuating 

 the satire and emphasising the characterisation, the whole 

 play being instinct with life and interest. Every here and 

 there occurs the note of caprice, of naivete*, of unexpected 

 fancy, characteristically Russian. The present translation 

 will be found to be admirably fluent, idiomatic, and 

 effective. 



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