Nikolai Leskov
Birth date: February 16, 1831
Died: March 05, 1895
Nikolai Leskov's Books
Full of passion, jealousy and obsession, this short story is highly interesting and enjoyable. Leskov's description of the emotional and moral dilemma, as well as the erotic frenzy, of the heroine is exceptional and realistic.
IntroductionTranslators' Note--The Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk--The Sealed Angel--The Enchanted Wanderer--Singlemind--The Devil-Chase--Deathless Golovan--The White Eagle--A Flaming Patriot--Lefty--The Spirit of Madame de Genlis--The Toupee Artist--The Voice of Nature--A Little Mistake--The Pearl Necklac...
bookshelves: published-1865, slavic, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, translation, radio-4, autumn-2013, play-dramatisation, lit-richer, serial-killer Read from October 03 to 05, 2013 Just the titular story: Leskov's searing classic Russian tale of passion and murder is an emotional rollercoaste...
I'm not sure how I came across this writer but I'm glad I did. This book is a collection of six engaging short stories. The titular story, The Enchanted Wanderer, is the longest and the most entertaining. It reminded me somewhat of Voltaire's Candide, but a tamed down version.This book was different...
Man is supposed to be destined to be in the church, and when he ignores destiny bad things happen. It's a pretty standard plot, but hearing it in a 19th century Russian adaptation was interesting more academically than in a "oh hey look this is a great novel" sort of way.
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