Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk And Other Stories
$24.66
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
24 September 2015
Summary
A Russian heir to Charles Dickens, Leskov is one of the great, underrated voices of nineteenth-century Russia.
An outsider from the literary establishment of his day, Nikolai Leskov is one of the most unique voices of nineteenth-century Russia, combining a profound religious spirit with a fascination for idiosyncratic characters, lurid crimes, comic absurdity and the joy of pure story. This volume contains five of his greatest short stories, including the matchless masterpiece Lad…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141396743 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141396741 |
| Author: | Nikolai Leskov, David McDuff |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 27mm |
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About The Author
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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