{"product_id":"9780241199817","title":"9780241199817","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive great stories from one of the most quintessentially Russian of writers, Nikolai Leskov.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the best of Leskov's stories, as in almost no others apart from those of Gogol, we can hear the voice of nineteenth-century Russia. An outsider by birth and instinct, Leskov is one of the most undeservedly neglected figures in Russian literature. He combined a profoundly religious spirit with a fascination for crime, an occasionally lurid imagination and a great love for the Russian vernacular. This volume includes five of his greatest stories, including the masterful \u003ci\u003eLady Macbeth of Mtsensk\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNikolai Semyonovich Leskov was born in 1831 in Gorokhovo, Oryol Province and was orphaned early. In 1860 he became a journalist and moved to Petersburg where he published his first story. He subsequently wrote a number of folk legends and Christmas tales, along with a few anti-nihilistic novels which resulted in isolation from the literary circles of his day. He died in 1895.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid McDuff is a translator of Russian and Nordic literature. His translations of nineteenth and twentieth century Russian prose classics (including works by Dostoyevsky,Tolstoy, Bely and Babel) are published by Penguin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078589694192,"sku":"9780241199817","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780241199817_p0.jpg?v=1763681006","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780241199817","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}