Idolobhana County of N, kusukela lapho "gallop iminyaka emithathu noma kuze kube yilapho isimo ungatholi khona," kwavela Ivan Aleksandrovich Hlestakov. Njengoba kuphawuliwe Nikolay vasilevich Gogol: "... abasha, umuntu oyisiwula ...". Kodwa, umlobi Gogol wakubeka kahle, ngenxa yozwela lwakhe isegazini. Eqinisweni Khlestakov kwakungumuntu ngokuphelele oyisiphukuphuku, KOKUCIJILE OKUBHEKE PHEZULU indinganiso ephakeme futhi owenza ngokuphelele abangenacala. Le ncazelo kunalokho engathandeki komhloli ethathwe kokuma. Wayeshayela kuyise ngoba ucingo esiphuthumayo, futhi ngisho okusekujuleni kwenhliziyo yami ngifisa ukubona umphumela lolu hambo, ethile imali yabazali, ngoba bayisaphaze imali Petersburg, ukulahlekelwa kanye prokutezhnichal.
Khlestakov abeneminyaka lengema-25, lapho-ke kwaba ngenceku ayidlanga izinsuku ezimbili kanye nendlala ngokuthwebula amazinyo. Ivanu Aleksandrovichu Hlestakovu ngokuthwebula namazinyo wahluleka, hhayi isikhundla. Wabe bayojabula kakhulu, ayidlanga izinsuku ezimbili. Isizathu sokuba isiteleka indlala yalezi namanenekazi ezimbili kwaba silula, Khlestakov endleleni wayesaphaze ngokuphepha yonke imali ekhadini. Ngaphambi incazelo komhloli kuyothiwa ezilotshwe kule sihloko, wazi ukuthi okuchaza kangcono umuntu ulambile. Lilonke nje ushintshe uhlamvu, kukhona ukuhlakanipha, bhala kukhona uhlobo biko.
Futhi, lokho kuyinto ezithakazelisa kakhulu, izimfanelo omusha avele indoda elambile, ngasizathu simbe, namanje uhlala endaweni esingangesonto esezumekile ukudla. Khlestakov umnumzana wafika edolobheni County of N izinsuku ezine edlule, ngaphandle penny ephaketheni lakhe. Wakwazi ukuhlala ehhotela ngaphansi wezicelo zenkokhelo izinyembezi uhlale usuku ukuhamba. Imali, bathi, balahlekile, kodwa ngokushesha kuzophinda kuthunyelwe. Yokudlela Futhi kunenkolelo kuye likhokhele futhi banikezwe ukudla kwemini bese kwakusihlwa. Ngosuku lwesibili, uMnu Khlestakov nenceku yakhe, Kwalethwa ibhulakufesi, futhi kwasemini nakusihlwa kwakusihlwa futhi. Futhi Ivan Aleksandrovich idina ukuthatha atshele isikhonzi ukuthi de akunjalo sikhishiwe, kodwa hhayi sigcwalisiwe. Isikhonzi, chuckling kancane, yabelwa umnikazi Khlestakovian Izikhumbuzo.
Ngosuku olulandelayo, uMnu Ivanu Aleksandrovichu Hlestakovu, nenceku yakhe banqatshelwe isabelo. Manje, yini okufanele uyenze, Akaphindanga umqondo, izinsuku ezimbili ngaphandle kokudla, hamba kungakhathaliseki ukuthi, akukho ukukhokhela egumbini. Ejele ungafuni. Isikhundla ezimatasa. Kungazelelwe amangalelwe uhlobo ezithile ongaziwa nge izingxoxo engaqondakali. Imeya nabanye ngisho isihloko. Phakathi umhloli ingxoxo esishubile futhi kudida ngokuzumayo wokhela futhi wayeqaphela ukuthi ubanjwe ungumuntu obalulekile. Uma wayengasekho elambile, mina angisoze ukuyichaza. Futhi lapho eqaphela ukuthi miphumela yayisho ngokushesha wenza - VIPs whatever they buza, wonke umuntu uzothola. It uqala ukuthatha ukuma sici umhloli: umuntu yena ehloniphekayo, wanquma ukudlala kanye amaziyo esisha, akazange yena ukudanisa kubo, lusizi, etshela Iqiniso elimsulwa. Futhi believe me, Khlestakov - crystal ndoda ethembekile, futhi uma sithatha imali esikweletini, qiniseka ukuthi vozvernet kubo endleleni emuva.
It amukela isikhundla esibalulekile Khlestakov elambile, nemeya uphendulela idemoni amancane okhanyayo ngokwesaba imali izipesheli, kodwa endlini yakhe ukumema dinner. Ivan Aleksandrovich saya kumphathi-dolobha, nomkakhe kodwa indodakazi yakhe wahlangana, ukusuka lapho akazange asakhona ukunquma ukuthi iyiphi kwalaba besifazane ababili uyakufanelekela ukwenza isicelo somshado. Ngezinye idina aqala ukukhuluma okukushoyo "edolobheni Petersburg", ukukhuphuka kungafiki "nakuba okuningi ephakeme! ...". Zikahulumeni kanye nezinye izimenywa elicibilikile, ukulalela bushelelezi ngayo indaba. Futhi noma yini isici Hlestakova Ivana Aleksandrovicha, yena usazoba Umxoxi ukwazi. Futhi-ke uma uganwa umfazi, imeya (imeya, kubonakala, sesivele bavumelana), kuzoba futhi indoda nomkhaya omuhle. Kulesi incazelo emfushane umhloli kungaqedwa.
Wabe kukora Ivan Aleksandrovich Hlestakov imali linani lelifanele izikweletu, nakhu ukungakhathali yakhe yayiyindawo ukuzulazula. Leso sikhashana esikhululekile wabhalela umngani wakhe e Petersburg indaba eningiliziwe mayelana kudlangile nobuwula idolobha labantu N futhi ukuhlakanipha kwalo. Mayelana nendlela kwakukhona ngesenzakalo esibizwa "U-Inspector General", umhloli kwebalingisi jikelele asithinteki, kodwa kunalokho wabaphakamisa. Lokhu incwadi ngabantu ke uyisiphukuphuku, futhi yilokho okwenzeka ngemva kwalokho, le umbhali Nikolay vasilevich Gogol buthule.