Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Other Stories

Author

Nikolai Leskov

Original Work

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

Translator

David McDuff

Language

English

Year

1987

Publisher

Penguin

Country

United Kingdom

Pages

424

ISBN

978-0141396743

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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— Google Books