The Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, and Selected Stories (Penguin Classics) marvel spanning discussions of love and

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The Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, and Selected Stories (Penguin Classics) marvel spanning discussions of love andAuthor, dramatist and satirist, Nikolai Gogol deeply influenced later Russian literature with his powerful depictions of a society dominated by petty bureaucracy and base corruption. This volume includes both his most admired short fiction and his most famous drama. A biting and frequently hilarious political satire, "The Government Inspector" has been popular since its first performance and was regarded by Nabokov as the greatest Russian play every