
' He gave orders that they were not to get any hot glum pudding in flames for fear the spirits in their innards might catch fire' The Steel Flea is an uproarious & alcohol-soaked shaggy-dog story from one of Russia's great comic masters Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Nikolay Leskov (1831-1895) Leskov's works are available in Penguin Classics in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk & Other Stories & Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida