Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Synopsis
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 Katerina Lvovna goes yawning about the house, missing the barefoot freedom of her childhood, until she meets the feckless steward Sergei Filipych. Sergei proceeds to seduce Katerina, as he has done half the women in the town, not realizing that her passion, once freed, will attach to him so fiercely that Katerina will do anything to keep hold of him.
- Copyright:
- 2003 Robert Chandler
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9781843910688
- Publisher:
- Hesperus Press Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 2009-11-28T21:49:20Z
- Language:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.