Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Recommended by Rosamund Bartlett, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #85 in Russian
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.... more
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Rosamund Bartlett Leskov uses a local resident to recount the hair-raising events in this story, and his deadpan, folksy narration adds to its colour. (Source)
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