Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov, Gilbert Adair, Robert Chandler

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Nikolai Leskov, Gilbert Adair, Robert Chandler

88 pages first pub 1864 (editions)

fiction classics short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
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In this powerful and brutal short story, Leskov demonstrates the enduring truth of the Shakespearean archetype joltingly displaced to the heartland of Russia. Chastened and stifled by her marriage of convenience to a man twice her age, the young K...

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