{"product_id":"9781607785545","title":"The Inspector-General: (a.k.a. The Government Inspector)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Government Inspector\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, also known as \u003ci\u003eThe Inspector   General\u003c\/i\u003e (Russian: \u003ci\u003eRevizor\u003c\/i\u003e or in German \u003ci\u003eDer Revisor\u003c\/i\u003e), is a   satirical play by the Russian playwright and novelist Nikolai Gogol, published   in 1836 and revised for the 1842 edition. Based upon an anecdote allegedly   recounted to Gogol by Pushkin, the play is a comedy of errors, portraying human   greed, stupidity, and the deep corruption of powers in Tsarist Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAccording to D.S. Mirsky, the play \"is not only supreme in character and   dialogue -- it is one of the few Russian plays constructed with unerring   art from beginning to end. The great originality of its plan consisted in the   absence of all love interest and of sympathetic characters. The latter feature   was deeply resented by Gogol's enemies, and as a satire the play gained   immensely from it. There is not a wrong word or intonation from beginning to   end, and the comic tension is of a quality that even Gogol did not always have   at his beck and call.\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e— Excerpted from \u003cem\u003eWikipedia, \u003c\/em\u003ethe free encyclopedia. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169821114608,"sku":"9781607785545","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781607785545_p0.jpg?v=1763834196","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781607785545","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}