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THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL(Or “REVIZÓR.”)
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 hisRevizór, or Inspector-General, which has appeared in English. A satire on Russian administrative functionaries, theRevizóris 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 naïveté, of unexpected fancy, characteristically Russian. The present translation will be found to be admirably fluent, idiomatic, and effective.