Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk And Other Stories Nikolai Leskov

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An outsider by birth and instinct, the author was one of the most undeservedly neglected figures in Russian literature. He combined a profoundly religious spirit with a fascination for crime, an occasionally lurid imagination and a great love for the Russian vernacular. This volume includes a collection of his stories.

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk And Other Stories Summary

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk And Other Stories by Nikolai Leskov

The story of a passionate young woman who escapes her stifling marriage through adultery and murder, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is now the basis for an acclaimed new film starring Florence Pugh

Nikolai Leskov is one of the most unique voices of nineteenth-century Russia, with a fascination for idiosyncratic characters, lurid crimes, comic absurdity, spirituality and the joy of pure story. This volume contains five of his greatest short tales, including the matchless masterpiece Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.

Translated with an introduction by David McDuff

About Nikolai Leskov

Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov was born in 1831 in Gorokhovo, Oryol Province and was orphaned early. In 1860 he became a journalist and moved to Petersburg where he published his first story. He subsequently wrote a number of folk legends and Christmas tales, along with a few anti-nihilistic novels which resulted in isolation from the literary circles of his day. He died in 1895.

David McDuff is a translator of Russian and Nordic literature. His translations of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian prose classics (including works by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Bely and Babel) are published by Penguin.

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GOR008597262

ISBN 13

9780141396743

ISBN 10

0141396741

Title

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk And Other Stories by Nikolai Leskov

Author

Nikolai Leskov

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Year published

20150827

Number of pages

448

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