- Published: 27 August 2015
- ISBN: 9780241199817
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 432
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Other Stories
A Russian heir to Charles Dickens, Leskov is one of the great, underrated voices of nineteenth-century Russia
In the best of Leskov's stories, as in almost no others apart from those of Gogol, we can hear the voice of nineteenth-century Russia. An outsider by birth and instinct, Leskov is 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 five of his greatest stories, including the masterful Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
- Published: 27 August 2015
- ISBN: 9780241199817
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 432
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About the author
David Magarshack’s translations include works by Turgenev, Chekhov, Gorky, and Pushkin. His translation of The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky is available as a Modern Library Paperback Classic.
V. S. Pritchett (1900–1996) was a prolific English writer, essayist, critic, novelist, and journalist.