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The Inspector-General by Nikolai Gogol
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از سال ها قبل که دیدن نمایش بازرس کل بهمون توصیه شد قصد داشتم این نمایشنامه کمدی رو بخونم، هر چند که تا همین اواخر با ارزش و اهمیت این اثر در ادبیات روسی آشنا نشده بودم.
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از بداقبالی ماست که داستان این نمایشنامه هنوز هم کهنه نشده.
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Reading Progress

December 22, 2016 – Shelved
January 4, 2017 – Started Reading
January 4, 2017 –
page 23
13.37% "Too much brain is sometimes worse than none at all"
January 4, 2017 –
page 24
13.95% "Ah, Heaven save us from being in the educational department! One's afraid of everything. Everybody meddles and wants to show that he is as clever as you."
January 5, 2017 –
page 34
19.77% "And if the functionary that has come here asks any of the officials whether they are satisfied, they are to say, "Perfectly satisfied, your Honor"; and if anybody is not satisfied, I'll give him something to be dissatisfied about afterwards."
January 6, 2017 –
page 58
33.72% "On an empty stomach any load seems heavy."
January 6, 2017 –
page 61
35.47% "Honors, of course, are alluring; but as against the happiness which comes from doing one's duty, they are nothing but dross and vanity."
January 6, 2017 –
page 68
39.53% "No talking is possible without some lying."
January 6, 2017 –
page 99
57.56% "The officer's widow lied to you when she said I flogged her. She lied, upon my word, she lied. She flogged herself."
January 6, 2017 –
page 119
69.19% "It's really true, whom the gods want to punish they first make mad."
January 7, 2017 – Finished Reading

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