The story of a passionate young woman who escapes her stifling marriage through adultery & murder Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is now the basis for an acclaimed new film starring Florence Pugh Nikolai Leskov is one of the most unique voices of nineteenth-century Russia with a fascination for idiosyncratic characters lurid crimes comic absurdity spirituality & the joy of pure story This volume contains five of his greatest short tales including the matchless masterpiece Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Translated with an introduction by David Mc Duff