The Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District

by Nikolai Leskov, Alfred Edward Chamot (Translator)

Overview

Katerina is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, whose family are cold and unforgiving. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband's estate, a force is unleashed inside her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162985167
Publisher:	Walrus Books
Publication date:	07/01/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	444 KB

About the Author

Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (Russian: ??????? ????????? ??????; 16 February 1831 — 5 March 1895) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and journalist who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitsky. Praised for his unique writing style and innovative experiments in form, and held in high esteem by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky among others, Leskov is credited with creating a comprehensive picture of contemporary Russian society using mostly short literary forms. His major works include Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1865) (which was later made into an opera by Shostakovich), The Cathedral Clergy (1872), The Enchanted Wanderer (1873), and "The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea" (1881).