In what year was the work The Inspector General written? History of creation and analysis of the comedy "The Inspector General" by N.V. Gogol

Lesson objectives:

• To acquaint students with the history of comedy.
• consolidate knowledge about the dramatic genre of literature.
• explain the nature of Gogol's laughter.
• cultivate interest in the works of the writer.
• develop presentation creation skills.
• develop expressive reading skills and text analysis.

Equipment: Multimedia projector, theatrical masks, posters, illustrations for the play, textbook, portrait of N.V. Gogol.

During the classes

1. The teacher's word about Gogol's comedy "The Inspector General". The history of comedy.
2. About the comedy genre.
3. Literary commentary (working with terms).
4. Composition of the play.
5. Commented reading of the poster, “Notes for Gentlemen Actors.”
6. Checking homework.
7. The nature of Gogol's humor. Laughter is “the only honest, noble face in comedy.”
8. Homework (compiling a table).

The progress of the lesson is projected on the screen.

Teacher's word:

1. In the 30s of the 19th century, Gogol seriously thought about the future of Russian comedy.

The writer believes that comedy will fulfill its purpose only when the idea of ​​the work is revealed in the system of images, in the composition, in the plot, and not in direct verbal edifications, with the punishment of vices in front of the audience.

Gogol turned to Pushkin: “Do me a favor, give me some kind of story, at least some kind, funny or unfunny, but a purely Russian joke. My hand is trembling to write a comedy in the meantime.”

In response to Gogol's request, Pushkin told him a story about an imaginary auditor, about a funny mistake that entailed the most unexpected consequences. Based on this story, Gogol wrote his comedy “The Inspector General.” The writer worked on the text of the comedy for 17 years. The story was typical for its time. It is known that in Bessarabia, the publisher of the journal Otechestvennye Zapiski, Svinin, was mistaken for an auditor. In the city of Ustyuzhna, at the other end of Russia, a certain gentleman, posing as an auditor, robbed the entire city. There were other similar stories told by Gogol's contemporaries. The fact that Pushkin's anecdote turned out to be so characteristic of Russian life made it especially attractive to Gogol. He wrote in “Petersburg Notes of 1836”: “For God’s sake, give us Russian characters, give us ourselves, our rogues, our eccentrics on their stage, for everyone’s laughter!” The plot of the comedy is based on the commotion among officials, their desire to hide their “sins” from the auditor. The hero of the comedy was the mass of bureaucrats. Gogol ridiculed the dark sides of Russian reality: arbitrariness of power, bribery, ignorance, rudeness, embezzlement.

The comedy also ridiculed the everyday side of life of the city's inhabitants: the insignificance of interests, hypocrisy and lies, vulgarity, arrogance, superstition and gossip. At the center of the comedy is a person who is least capable of leading intrigues and games. It is not the hero who leads the action, but the action that leads the hero.

2. Creative groups perform: (students select the material independently).

Comedy genre was conceived by Gogol as a genre of social comedy, touching on the most fundamental issues of people's and social life. From this point of view, Pushkin's anecdote was very suitable for Gogol. After all, the characters in the story about the pseudo-auditor are not private people, but government officials. Events associated with them inevitably involve many people: both those in power and those under power. The anecdote told by Pushkin easily lent itself to such an artistic development, in which it became the basis of a truly social comedy. Gogol wrote in “The Author's Confession”: “In “The Inspector General” I decided to collect in one pile everything bad in Russia that I knew then, all the injustices that are done in those places and in those cases where justice is most required from a person, and laugh at everything at once.”

Gogol was accused of distorting reality. But that was not the case. The events depicted in the comedy took place in St. Petersburg, and in Kazan, and in Siberia, and in Saratov, and in Penza. Khlestakov was everywhere, everywhere.

The Inspector General was completed by Gogol on December 4, 1835. Completed in the first edition, then there were more alterations. In April 1936, the comedy was staged. Few true connoisseurs - educated and honest people - were delighted. The majority did not understand the comedy and reacted to it with hostility.

“Everyone is against me...” Gogol complained in a letter to the famous actor Shchepkin. “The police are against me, the merchants are against me, the writers are against me.” And a few days later, in a letter to the historian M.P. After a while, he bitterly notes: “And what would be accepted by enlightened people with loud laughter and sympathy, is what the bile of ignorance outrages; and this is general ignorance..."

After the production of The Inspector General on stage, Gogol is full of gloomy thoughts. He was not entirely satisfied with the acting. He is depressed by the general misunderstanding. In these circumstances it is difficult for him to write, it is difficult for him to live. He decides to go abroad, to Italy. Reporting this to Pogodin. He writes with pain: “A modern writer, a comic writer, a writer of morals should be away from his homeland.” The Prophet has no glory in the Fatherland.” But as soon as he leaves the borders of his homeland, the thought of her, the great love for her with new strength and poignancy arises in him: “Now there is a foreign land in front of me, a foreign land around me, but in my heart is Rus', not nasty Rus', but only beautiful Rus' "

3. Literary commentary.(teacher speaking)

In order to understand the work “The Inspector General,” we will talk about what are the features of a literary work intended for the theater, for production on stage (this work is called play).

In the stage directions, explanations for the directors of the play and actors, it is reported which characters are participating in the play, what their age, appearance, position are, what kind of family relationships they are connected with (these author's remarks are called posters); the location of the action is indicated (a room in the mayor’s house), it is indicated what the hero of the play is doing and how he pronounces the words of the role (“looking around”, “to the side”).

Gogol was very attentive to his reader. With comments on the play, he sought to help perceive the comedy .

4. Composition of the play:

The action in the play develops through the following stages:

Definitions on screen. (write in notebook)

• Exposition- the action of the play, depicting the characters and positions of the characters before the action begins.
• The beginning– an event from which the active development of an action begins.

Development of the play's action.

• Climax- the moment of highest tension in the play.
• Denouement– an event that completes an action.

As students analyze the play, they work on these concepts.

In terms of volume, the play cannot be large, since it is designed for stage performance (lasting 2-4 hours). Therefore, the plays depict the most significant events that develop quickly, energetically, pitting characters who are engaged in a struggle, hidden or overt.

5. Reading the poster and notes for actors.

Notes for gentlemen actors give a detailed description of the characters.

After reading the list of characters, we will find that there is no auditor there. Does the title character turn out to be an off-stage character?

We will answer this question during the comedy analysis.

6. Checking homework.

Students make a presentation (theater poster) and hand in illustrations for the play.

7. The nature of Gogol's laughter.

Laughter is the only “honest, noble face in comedy.”

Creative group performing.

Gogol ridiculed the dark sides of Russian reality: the arbitrariness of the authorities, bribery, embezzlement. ignorance, rudeness. And the exposure of negative heroes has long been in comedy not through a noble face, but through the actions, actions, and dialogues of themselves. Gogol’s negative heroes expose themselves in the eyes of the viewer.”

But... the heroes of N.V. Gogol is exposed not with the help of morality and teachings, but through ridicule. “Vice is struck here only by laughter.” (Gogol).

The author chose high, noble laughter to combat everything bad that was in Tsarist Russia, because he was deeply convinced that “even those who are not afraid of anything are afraid of laughter.” With faith in the healing power of laughter, he created his comedy.

Teacher's final words: What is depicted is a mirror in which Gogol shows society to society.

The fear of exposure is the driving force of the plot.

8. Homework.

1. Prepare a message. Characteristics of one of the heroes.

Table “Image Characteristics”

2. How do you understand the epigraph: “There’s no point in blaming the mirror if your face is crooked”?

Answer the question in writing.

The people depicted by Gogol in the comedy “The Inspector General” with amazingly unprincipled views and ignorance of any reader amaze and seem completely fictitious. But in fact, these are not random images. These are faces typical of the Russian province of the thirties of the 19th century, which can be found even in historical documents.

In his comedy, Gogol touches on several very important public issues. This is the attitude of officials to their duties and the implementation of the law. Oddly enough, the meaning of comedy is also relevant in modern realities.

The history of writing "The Inspector General"

Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol describes in his works rather exaggerated images of Russian reality of that time. At the moment the idea of ​​a new comedy appeared, the writer was actively working on the poem “Dead Souls”.

In 1835, he turned to Pushkin regarding an idea for a comedy, expressing a request for help in a letter. The poet responds to requests and tells a story when the publisher of one of the magazines in one of the southern cities was mistaken for a visiting official. A similar situation, oddly enough, happened with Pushkin himself at the time when he was collecting materials to describe the Pugachev riot in Nizhny Novgorod. He was also mistaken for the capital's auditor. The idea seemed interesting to Gogol, and the very desire to write a comedy captured him so much that work on the play lasted only 2 months.

During October and November 1835, Gogol wrote the comedy in its entirety and a few months later read it out to other writers. Colleagues were delighted.

Gogol himself wrote that he wanted to collect everything bad that is in Russia into a single pile and laugh at it. He saw his play as a cleansing satire and a weapon in the fight against the injustice that existed in society at that time. By the way, the play based on Gogol’s works was allowed to be staged only after Zhukovsky personally made a request to the emperor.

Analysis of the work

Description of the work

The events described in the comedy “The Inspector General” take place in the first half of the 19th century, in one of the provincial towns, which Gogol simply refers to as “N”.

The mayor informs all city officials that he has received news of the arrival of the capital's auditor. Officials are afraid of inspections because they all take bribes, do poor work, and there is chaos in the institutions under their subordination.

Almost immediately after the news, a second one appears. They realize that a well-dressed man who looks like an auditor is staying at a local hotel. In fact, the unknown person is a minor official, Khlestakov. Young, flighty and stupid. The mayor personally showed up at his hotel to meet him and offer to move to his home, in much better conditions than the hotel. Khlestakov happily agrees. He likes this kind of hospitality. At this stage, he does not suspect that he has been mistaken for who he is.

Khlestakov is also introduced to other officials, each of whom hands him a large sum of money, supposedly as a loan. They do everything so that the check is not so thorough. At this moment, Khlestakov understands who he was mistaken for and, having received a round sum, keeps silent that this is a mistake.

Afterwards, he decides to leave the city of N, having previously proposed to the daughter of the Mayor himself. Joyfully blessing the future marriage, the official rejoices at such a relationship and calmly says goodbye to Khlestakov, who is leaving the city and, naturally, is not going to return to it.

Before this, the main character writes a letter to his friend in St. Petersburg, in which he talks about the embarrassment that occurred. The postmaster, who opens all letters at the post office, also reads Khlestakov’s message. The deception is revealed and everyone who gave bribes learns with horror that the money will not be returned to them, and there has been no verification yet. At the same moment, a real auditor arrives in town. Officials are horrified by the news.

Comedy heroes

Ivan Aleksandrovich Khlestakov

Khlestakov's age is 23 - 24 years. A hereditary nobleman and landowner, he is thin, thin and stupid. Acts without thinking about the consequences, has abrupt speech.

Khlestakov works as a registrar. In those days, this was the lowest-ranking official. He is rarely present at work, increasingly plays cards for money and takes walks, so his career is not moving forward. Khlestakov lives in St. Petersburg, in a modest apartment, and his parents, who live in one of the villages in the Saratov province, regularly send him money. Khlestakov does not know how to save money; he spends it on all kinds of pleasures, without denying himself anything.

He is very cowardly, loves to brag and lie. Khlestakov is not averse to hitting on women, especially pretty ones, but only stupid provincial ladies succumb to his charm.

Mayor

Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky. An official who has grown old in the service, in his own way, is intelligent, and makes a completely respectable impression.

He speaks carefully and in moderation. His mood changes quickly, his facial features are hard and rough. He performs his duties poorly and is a swindler with extensive experience. The mayor makes money wherever possible, and is in good standing among the same bribe-takers.

He is greedy and insatiable. He steals money, including from the treasury, and unprincipledly violates all laws. He doesn’t even shun blackmail. A master of promises and an even greater master of keeping them.

The mayor dreams of being a general. Despite the mass of his sins, he attends church weekly. A passionate card player, he loves his wife and treats her very tenderly. He also has a daughter, who at the end of the comedy, with his blessing, becomes the bride of the nosy Khlestakov.

Postmaster Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin

It is this character, responsible for sending letters, who opens Khlestakov’s letter and discovers the deception. However, he opens letters and parcels on a regular basis. He does this not out of precaution, but solely for the sake of curiosity and his own collection of interesting stories.

Sometimes he doesn’t just read letters that he particularly likes, Shpekin keeps them for himself. In addition to forwarding letters, his duties include managing postal stations, caretakers, horses, etc. But this is not what he does. He does almost nothing at all and therefore the local post office works extremely poorly.

Anna Andreevna Skvoznik-Dmukhanovskaya

Mayor's wife. A provincial coquette whose soul is inspired by novels. She is curious, vain, loves to get the better of her husband, but in reality this only happens in small things.

An appetizing and attractive lady, impatient, stupid and capable of talking only about trifles and the weather. At the same time, he loves to chat incessantly. She is arrogant and dreams of a luxurious life in St. Petersburg. The mother is not important because she competes with her daughter and boasts that Khlestakov paid more attention to her than to Marya. One of the entertainments for the Governor's wife is fortune-telling on cards.

The mayor's daughter is 18 years old. Attractive in appearance, cutesy and flirtatious. She is very flighty. It is she who, at the end of the comedy, becomes Khlestakov’s abandoned bride.

Composition and plot analysis

The basis of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol’s play “The Inspector General” is an everyday joke, which was quite common in those days. All the comedy images are exaggerated and, at the same time, believable. The play is interesting because all its characters are interconnected and each of them, in fact, acts as a hero.

The plot of the comedy is the arrival of the inspector expected by the officials and their haste in drawing conclusions, because of which Khlestakov is recognized as the inspector.

What is interesting about the composition of the comedy is the absence of love intrigue and love line, as such. Here vices are simply ridiculed, which, according to the classical literary genre, receive punishment. Partly they are already orders for the frivolous Khlestakov, but the reader understands at the end of the play that even greater punishment awaits them ahead, with the arrival of a real inspector from St. Petersburg.

Through simple comedy with exaggerated images, Gogol teaches his reader honesty, kindness and responsibility. The fact that you need to respect your own service and comply with the laws. Through the images of heroes, each reader can see his own shortcomings, if among them are stupidity, greed, hypocrisy and selfishness.

QUESTIONS In what year was N.V. Gogol’s comedy The Inspector General written? In what year was N.V. Gogol's comedy The Inspector General written? What epigraph did N.V. Gogol preface to the comedy The Inspector General? What epigraph did N.V. Gogol preface to the comedy The Inspector General? What is the climax of the play? What is the climax of the play? Who gave Gogol the first idea about the Inspector General? Who gave Gogol the first idea about the Inspector General? Gogol, responding to reproaches that there is not a single positive person in the play, wrote: I am sorry that no one noticed the honest face that was in my play... This honest, noble face was... Gogol, responding to reproaches that there is no not a single positive person, wrote: I am sorry that no one noticed the honest face that was in my play... This honest, noble face was... Where and when was the comedy first staged? Where and when was the comedy first staged? Who owns the words spoken after the first performance of the Inspector General: What a play! Everyone got it, and I got it more than everyone else!? Who owns the words spoken after the first performance of the Inspector General: What a play! Everyone got it, and I got it more than everyone else!? Where is the city in which the events of the play The Inspector General take place? Where is the city in which the events of the play The Inspector General take place? In what year does the play The Inspector General take place? In what year does the play The Inspector General take place?

Dictionary: vice is a reprehensible defect, a disgraceful property. vice is a reprehensible defect, a disgraceful property. official - a civil servant with a rank or official title. official - a civil servant with a rank or official title. expose – open, discover. expose – open, discover. (S.I. Ozhegov. Dictionary of the Russian language)

N.V. Gogol. The denouement of “The Inspector General” (1846) Take a close look at this city, which is depicted in the play! Everyone agrees that there is no such city in all of Russia: it is unheard of that where we have officials, every single one of them is such monsters: at least two, at least three are honest, but here there is not a single one. In short, there is no such city. Is not it? Well, what if this is our spiritual city and it sits with each of us? No, let's look at ourselves not through the eyes of a secular person - after all, it is not a secular person who pronounces judgment on us - let's look at least a little at ourselves through the eyes of the One who will call all people to a confrontation, before Whom are the best of us, do not forget this, They will lower their eyes to the ground in shame, and let’s see if any of us will then have the courage to ask: “Is my face crooked?” So that he would not be as afraid of his own crookedness as he was not afraid of the crookedness of all these officials whom he had just seen in the play! We should not be talking about our beauty, but about ensuring that our life, which we are accustomed to revere as a comedy, does not end in such a tragedy as this comedy did not end. Whatever you say, the inspector who waits for us at the door of the coffin is terrible. As if you don’t know who this auditor is? Why pretend! This auditor is our awakened conscience, which will force us to suddenly and at once look at ourselves with all our eyes. No one can hide from this auditor. It is better to revise everything that is in us at the beginning of life, and not at the end of it. Instead of empty ranting about ourselves and boasting about ourselves, let us now visit our ugly spiritual city, which is several times worse than any other city - in which our passions run rampant, like ugly officials, stealing the treasury of our own soul! At the beginning of life, take an auditor and, hand in hand, look at everything that is in us - a real auditor, not a fake one, not Khlestakov! I swear, the soulful city is worth thinking about it, as a good sovereign thinks about his state. Noble and strictly, as he expels the covetous from his land, let us expel our spiritual covetous people! There is a remedy, there is a scourge that can drive them out. Laughter, which all our base passions are so afraid of. Laughter, which was created to laugh at everything “that disgraces the true beauty of a person...” (Quoted from the book: Gogol, N.V. Denouement of “The Inspector General” // Gogol, N.V. Collected works .: in 8 volumes - M., 1984, pp. 364–376.)

"Comedy N.V. Gogol "The Inspector General". History of creation".

Lesson objectives:

– introduce students to the history of comedy, develop students’ perception of a literary work.

– give basic theoretical concepts. Explain the nature of Gogol’s laughter, instill interest in the writer’s works.

Decor: portrait of N.V. Gogol, portrait of Nicholas I, illustrations for the play.

During the classes.

“Everyone got it here, but most of all me...”

Nicholas I.

1. Organizing time.

- Hello guys! Today we are starting to get acquainted with one of the most amazing works of N.V. Gogol.

1. D/Z check.

- Let's check the d/z (Mosaic)

1. Choose words associated with the name of Gogol, justify your answer: satire, “The Overcoat”, Mikhailovskoe, Ostap, “Mtsyri”, A. S. Pushkin, Alexandrinsky Theater, Prostakova, Taras Bulba, “The Minor”, ​​“The Prisoner”, Andriy, “Bezhin Meadow”, “Dead Souls”, Dubrovsky, Sorochintsy.
2. – Now let’s listen to our scholars. What interesting facts from Gogol’s life have you prepared for us?

1. Announcement of the topic, announcement of goals and objectives.

- Guys, who is the auditor?

1. Terminological minimum

Types of literature (epic, lyric, drama)

Drama genres (tragedy, drama, comedy)

– As you can see today we will work on a comedy.

– What is comedy?

1. Creative story.

Teacher's word.

In 1835 A.S. Pushkin receives a letter from Gogol that says: “Please, give me some kind of story, at least something funny or unfunny, but a purely Russian joke. My hand is trembling to write a comedy in the meantime.”

In response to Gogol's request, Pushkin told him a story about an imaginary auditor: once in Nizhny Novgorod, which Pushkin was passing through while collecting information about Pugachev, he was mistaken for an important government official. This made Pushkin laugh and was remembered as a plot, which he gave to Gogol. This funny incident from Pushkin turned out to be so characteristic of Russian life, which made it especially attractive to Gogol. He wrote in “Petersburg Notes of 1836”: “For God’s sake, give us Russian characters, give us ourselves, our rogues, our eccentrics on their stage, for everyone’s laughter!”

1. Stage history.

The first production of The Inspector General in St. Petersburg.

The comedy surprised the actors even during the first reading by its author. It seemed difficult and incomprehensible. Being present at the rehearsals, Gogol saw the confusion in which the actors were: they were embarrassed by the unusual characters of the play, the lack of love intrigue, and the language of comedy. The actors did not attach importance to Gogol’s advice and ignored his instructions. The actors did not appreciate or understand the social content of the play. And yet “The Inspector General” made a stunning impression on the public. And the day of the first production - April 19, 1836 - became a great day in Russian theater. The Tsar was present at this premiere. When leaving, he said: “Everyone got it here, but most of all I did.”

Staging the play “The Inspector General” in Moscow.

After the premiere in St. Petersburg, Gogol’s mood changed: he sent the play to the Moscow actors. In a letter to the actor Shchepkin, he asked “to take over the entire production of The Inspector General,” and offered Shchepkin himself to take the role of the Mayor.

Gogol was asked to come to Moscow and begin rehearsals, but this did not happen. However, he corresponded with Shchepkin and shared his thoughts about the production.

On May 25, 1836, the premiere of The Inspector General took place at the Maly Theater. The performances were a success. The play became the topic of general conversation.

– What is the main question that will arise when reading the comedy? (Why did the king get it?)

– What angered the high-ranking public so much? (students' opinions)

1. Introduction to the text. Speaking names.

– What surnames do the characters have, if we can guess their type of activity using naming?(Speaking)

A petty St. Petersburg official, Khlestakov, was passing through a provincial Russian city, where he was mistaken for a state auditor. The mayor and the employees of his staff, knowing their sins, made every effort to appease the imaginary inspector, almost trying to marry his daughters to him. Khlestakov, not understanding the reasons for this attitude, nevertheless used it to his advantage. The audience saw a clear picture of the incompetent structure of Russian reality. The comedy ended with the fact that, having seen off Khlestakov, the mayor learned about the arrival of a real auditor in the city

Characters of the comedy "The Inspector General"

• Khlestakov,
• his servant.
• Mayor,
• his wife,
• City officials.
• Local merchants
• landowners,
• townspeople,
• petitioners.

The idea of ​​the comedy “The Inspector General,” consisting of five acts, was suggested to Gogol by Pushkin.

The history of the creation of "The Inspector General"

• 1815 - writer and journalist P. P. Tugoy-Svinin was mistaken for an inspector when he arrived in Chisinau
• 1827 - Grigory Kvitka-Osnovyanenko wrote the play “A Visitor from the Capital, or Turmoil in a District Town,” but it was lost at the censoring stage in St. Petersburg
• 1833, September 2 - Nizhny Novgorod Governor-General Buturlin was mistaken for an auditor who came to Nizhny Novgorod to collect materials about the Pugachev rebellion
• 1835, October 7 - Gogol’s letter to Pushkin: “... at least some kind of funny or not funny, but a purely Russian joke. My hand is trembling to write a comedy in the meantime. If this doesn’t happen, then my time will be wasted, and I don’t know what to do with my circumstances then... Do me a favor, give me a plot; the spirit will be a comedy of five acts and, I swear, it will be funnier than the devil.”
• 1835, autumn - works for the “Inspector General”
• 1835, December 6 - in a letter to the journalist Pogodin, Gogol announced the completion of the first two draft editions of “The Inspector General”
• 1836, January - in the house of the poet Zhukovsky, Gogol read a comedy in the presence of a group of writers, including Pushkin
• 1836, March 13 - censor A.V. Nikitenko allowed “The Inspector General” to be published
• 1836, April 19 - premiere of "The Inspector General" at the St. Petersburg Alexandrinsky Theater

“And here he is at seven o’clock in the evening in the Alexandrinsky Theater, recently rebuilt, where the boxes, upholstered in crimson velvet, steps and columns of white marble with gilding still shine with freshness and cleanliness. Smirdin’s ticket fell in the stalls, among the guards youth, who before the start performance loudly discussed her affairs: divorces, duties, next promotions... Suddenly the crowd's chatter stopped, everyone sitting stood up. Emperor Nikolai Pavlovich entered the royal box... Then the great "Inspector General" began... The audience, seeing rampant bribery on stage and bureaucratic arbitrariness, some in fear, some with indignation, looked back at the imperial box. But Nikolai Pavlovich laughed heartily. He wiped his mustache with a handkerchief and laughed again to tears, telling the aide-de-camp, who was leaning towards him, that he had met similar types while traveling around Russia..." (A. Govorov "Smirdin and Son")

• 1836, May 26 - premiere of "The Inspector General" at the Maly Theater in Moscow
• 1841 - the second version (edition) of “The Inspector General” was published
• 1842 - third edition
• 1855 - fourth edition

In total, Gogol wrote two incomplete versions of the comedy, two editions. During Gogol's lifetime, three editions of The Inspector General were published. Gogol worked on the text of The Inspector General for about 17 years.

Catchphrases from “The Inspector General”

• “And bring Lyapkin-Tyapkin here!”
• “Alexander the Great is a hero, but why break the chairs?”
• "Take greyhound puppies"
• “Extraordinary ease of thought”
• “For a big ship, a long voyage”
• “Who are you laughing at? You’re laughing at yourself!”
• “The auditor is coming to visit us”
• “You’re not taking it according to rank!”
• "The non-commissioned officer's widow flogged herself"
• "Thirty-five thousand couriers"
• "Plucking Flowers of Pleasure"