Description

Book Synopsis
A new collection of the renowned Russian writer''s best short work, including a masterful translation of the famous title story.

Nikolai Leskov is the strangest of the great Russian writers of the nineteenth century. His work is closer to the oral traditions of narrative than that of his contemporaries, and served as the inspiration for Walter Benjamin''s great essay "The Storyteller," in which Benjamin contrasts the plotty machinations of the modern novel with the strange, melancholy, but also worldly-wise yarns of an older, slower era that Leskov remained in touch with. The title story is a tale of illicit love and multiple murder that could easily find its way into a Scottish ballad and did go on to become the most popular of Dmitri Shostakovich''s operas. The other stories, all but one newly translated, present the most focused and finely rendered collection of this indispensable writer currently available in English.

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

    Product form

    £16.14

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £16.99 – you save £0.85 (5%)

    Order before 4pm today for delivery by Thu 9 Jul 2026.

    A Paperback / softback by Nikolai Leskov, Robert; Donald Chandler; Rayfield

    1 in stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov

      Publisher: The New York Review of Books, Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/10/2020
      ISBN13: 9781681374901, 978-1681374901
      ISBN10: 1681374900
      Also in:
      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A new collection of the renowned Russian writer''s best short work, including a masterful translation of the famous title story.

      Nikolai Leskov is the strangest of the great Russian writers of the nineteenth century. His work is closer to the oral traditions of narrative than that of his contemporaries, and served as the inspiration for Walter Benjamin''s great essay "The Storyteller," in which Benjamin contrasts the plotty machinations of the modern novel with the strange, melancholy, but also worldly-wise yarns of an older, slower era that Leskov remained in touch with. The title story is a tale of illicit love and multiple murder that could easily find its way into a Scottish ballad and did go on to become the most popular of Dmitri Shostakovich''s operas. The other stories, all but one newly translated, present the most focused and finely rendered collection of this indispensable writer currently available in English.

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account