Called “the greatest play written in Russian” by Vladimir Nabokov

Nikolai Gogol’s immortal comedy is a pitch-perfect satire of social corruption.

Now, renowned American playwright Richard Nelson and the foremost contemporary translators of classic Russian literature Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, collaborate on a revelatory new translation of Gogol’s biting masterpiece.

With an introduction and text notes by Richard Pevear, this essential edition marks the first in a series of translations of major works of Russian drama for TCG.