Act IV, sc. xv
The Inspector General (1836)
Quotes from book
The Government Inspector
Nikolai Gogol
Original title
Ревизор
(Russian, 1836)
The Government Inspector, also known as The Inspector General , is a satirical play by the Russian and Ukrainian dramatist and novelist Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the play was revised for an 1842 edition. Based upon an anecdote allegedly recounted to Gogol by Pushkin, the play is a comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption of Imperial Russia.
“Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?”
Epigraph; said of a history teacher who smashed a chair in his excitement when discussing the conqueror
The Inspector General (1836)
“It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.”
Epigraph
The Inspector General (1836)
Act I, sc. i
The Inspector General (1836)
“The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.”
Act I, sc. i
The Inspector General (1836)
“What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourselves!”
Act V, sc. viii
The Inspector General (1836)
