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  • The Steel Flea

    by N. S. Leskov ...
    The Steel Flea by Nikolai S. Leskov is a classic example of 19th-century Russian literature and a humorous, satirical short story that celebrates Russian craftsmanship, ingenuity, and national pride. The story is part of Leskov's "skaz" style, where the narrator tells the story in a colloquial and engaging manner.The plot begins with Tsar Alexander I of Russia traveling through Europe, where he ... Read more

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  • The Enchanted Wanderer

    and Other Stories

    Series series Vintage Classics
    Written over the course of Leskov’s career, each story in The Enchanted Wanderer elucidates the very essence of the human condition; themes of love, despair, loneliness, and revenge are explored against the backdrop of nineteenth-century working-class Russia. Leskov deftly layers social satire and subtle criticism atop myth and fable, resulting in a richly entertaining collection.BONUS MATERIAL: ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    A Mysterious Incident at the Mental Institution (Moonlit Tales of the Macabre - Small Bites Book 13)

    Narrated by Fred Wolinsky ...

    Unabridged

    30 min

    A spooky, chilling tale from Nikolai Leskov, based on a true incident. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Enchanted Wanderer

    Translated by Ian Dreiblatt ...
    Series series The Art of the Novella
    A new translation of the hilarious picaresque about a man with an indomitable spiritThe Enchanted Wanderer is a Russian Candide with a revolutionary edge, a picaresque that features a fast-talking monk named Ivan who is at war, it seems, with every level of society. Working as a carriage man for a Count, Ivan accidentally causes the death of a monk, which leads to his being ostracized by the local ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • Night Owls

    Translated by Hugh McLean ...
    Series series Penguin Archive
    90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books'I decided that my trip had evidently been in vain, since nothing of interest could possibly occur on this visit. I was mistaken.'Condemned to sleeplessness by the chatter permeating his guesthouse room, a forlorn traveller turns his ear to the riotous tale spun by the garrulous, meddlesome, inane and utterly unprincipled Márya Martýnovna next ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District

    Series Book 38 - Russian Literature Classics
    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. ... Read more

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  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

    Selected Stories of Nikolai Leskov

    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 ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD