The Government Inspector

Nikolai Gogol

Translated by Thomas Seltzer

55 chapters · about 2 h

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The opening

SCENE I

A Room in the Governor’s House.

Anton Antonovich, the Governor, Artemy Filippovich, the Superintendent of Charities, Luka Lukich, the Inspector of Schools, Ammos Fiodorovich, the Judge, Stepan Ilyich, Christian Ivanovich, the Doctor, and two Police Sergeants.

GOVERNOR. I have called you together, gentlemen, to tell you an unpleasant piece of news. An Inspector-General is coming.

AMMOS FIOD. What, an Inspector-General?

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The words
Thomas Seltzer's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • The source library's header, footer and license
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • A preface, foreword or afterword
  • The act label is represented by this chapter's part field (5 blocks)
  • The source's terminal label "THE END" after the curtain-fall description