num_pages: 216
description: The corrupt officials of a small town in Tsarist Russia mistake a penniless clerk from Moscow for a government agent in Gogol's satire on the grotesque side of human nature. A play described by Vladimir Nabokov as the greatest ever written in the Russian language. Includes text, notes, commentary and background.Nikolai Gogol (1809--1852) was the leader of the realist revolution in19th century Russian drama and literature. His plays include Marriage and The Gamblers.
language: Russian
title: Ревизор
titlecomplete: Ревизор
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Drama, Russian Literature, Plays, Russia, Fiction, Humor, Theatre
ratings_count: 15935
publisher: Bristol Classical Press