The Inspector General (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Nikolai Gogol
- First Published: 1836
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: Russia
- Genres: Satire, Drama
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Small-town life, Corruption, Russia or Russian people, Bureaucracy or bureaucrats
- Locales: Russia
Characters Discussed
Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmokhanovsky (ahn-TOHN ahn-TOH-nuh-vihch SKVOHZ-nihk-dmew-hahn-OHF-skih), the prefect of a small provincial town in early nineteenth century Russia. He has received a warning letter from a friend that an inspector general is coming, traveling incognito, to visit the district in an attempt to find evidence of bribery and injudicious acts. The prefect calls a meeting of the citizens and orders them to mend their ways. He does not take kindly to their criticism that he has been taking bribes and recently had the wife of a...
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