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The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
- Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
- A feed, not a wall of text. 23 characters, 7 places, 8 objects and 6 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 37 passages of The Inspector-General sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Nikolai Gogol wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on Nikolai Gogol instead.
The Inspector-General feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of The Inspector-General
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- An Inspector Is Coming
- The Wrong Man
- The Bribes
- The Engagement
- The Letter
- The Silent Scene
The author's pen in The Inspector-General
The passages themselves, Nikolai Gogol's own words, as Literah maps it.
- The Inspector General Arrivesch. 1
- News of the Inspectorch. 1
- A System of Neglectch. 1
- Tidying Up for the Inspectorch. 1
- Bribes Are Bribesch. 1
- The Postmaster's Curiositych. 1
- The Official at the Innch. 1
- Two Weeks Too Latech. 1
- Osip Counts the Costch. 2
- Starving for a St. Petersburg Suitch. 2
- A Frightened Misunderstandingch. 2
- The Governor's Invitationch. 2
- Waiting at the Windowch. 3
- Boasting to a Fallch. 3
- Who Will Go Firstch. 4
- Passing the Task Alongch. 4
- Enjoying Their Hospitalitych. 4
- Counting the Borrowed Moneych. 4
- Osip Urges Flightch. 4
- The Merchants' Complaintch. 4
The characters of The Inspector-General
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovskymajor
- Ivan Aleksandrovich Khlestakovmajor
- Osipmajor
- Anna Andreyevnamajor
- Marya Antonovnamajor
- Piotr Ivanovich Bobchinskysupporting
- Piotr Ivanovich Dobchinskysupporting
- Ammos Fiodorovich Liapkin-Tiapkinsupporting
- Artemy Filippovich Zemlianikasupporting
- Luka Lukich Khlopovsupporting
- Ivan Kuzmich Shpekinsupporting
- The Merchantssupporting
- Fevronya Petrova Poshliopkinaminor
- Widow of the Non-Commissioned Officerminor
- The Gendarmesupporting
- Christian Ivanovich Hübnerminor
The locations in The Inspector-General
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Governor's househouse
- The inninn
- Hospital and charitable institutionshospital
- Courthousecourthouse
- Post officepost office
- St. Petersburgcapital city
- Road and departing coachroad
The core concepts in The Inspector-General
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Fear Makes Authority
- Corruption as Ordinary Life
- Rank as Fantasy
- Language as Self-Exposure
- Gossip as Bureaucracy
- Comedy as Judgment
- The Town as Collective Character
- Khlestakovism
The objects of note in The Inspector-General
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Warning letter
- Khlestakov's unpaid inn bill
- Bribe money
- Khlestakov's letter to Triapichkin
- Governor's Persian rug
- Uniforms and ranks
- Petitions
- Luggage and departing coach
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