Author: Nikolai Gogol
Year: 1835
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Classic, Play, Humor
Culture: Russia
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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.
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