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Alexander Griboyedov
Griboyedov
also: Грибоедов, Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov
Russian diplomat and playwright (1795-1829), author of the verse comedy Woe from Wit; the sketch's epigraph, lines from Chatsky's final monologue, is attributed to him by name.
Reading notes
- The Chemist's Wife §49 "В глушь! в Саратов!"
The doctor quotes Chatsky's closing line from Griboyedov's verse comedy Woe from Wit ("Wake to the world! To Saratov!"), a stock Russian byword for provincial exile in the middle of nowhere -- here comically misapplied to a wistful compliment about the chemist's wife being wasted on a backwater.
- To A. N. Pleshcheyev, 2 January 1889. Moscow. §10 As for the note about \"Woe from Wit\" and \"The Government Inspector,\" it is trifling in substance
"Woe from Wit" (\textit{Gore ot uma}) is the classic verse comedy by Alexander Griboyedov, cited here only in passing regarding an inconsequential editorial note; independently famous, not part of this corpus. Paired in the same sentence with Gogol's "The Government Inspector" (\textit{Revizor}).
- A Holiday Obligation §4 Griboyedov
Alexander Griboyedov (1795-1829), author of the verse comedy Woe from Wit; the epigraph quotes Chatsky's climactic final monologue, in which he denounces Moscow society before storming out.