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June 6, 2023 | History

Nikolai Semenovich Leskov

Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (Russian: Никола́й Семёнович Леско́в) was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist, who also wrote under the pseudonym M. Stebnitsky. Praised for his unique writing style and innovative experiments in form, and held in high esteem by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky among others, Leskov is credited with creating a comprehensive picture of contemporary Russian society using mostly short literary forms.

His major works include Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1865) (which was later made into an opera by Shostakovich), The Cathedral Folk (1872), The Enchanted Wanderer (1873), and "The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea" (1881).

Born 16 February [O.S. 4 February] 1831
Died 5 March [O.S. 21 February] 1895

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  • Cover of: Sobranie sochinenii

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  • Cover of: Lefty: being the tale of cross-eyed Lefty of Tula and the steel flea.

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  • Cover of: The cathedral folk

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  • Cover of: The enchanted wanderer, and other stories

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  • Cover of: The musk-ox, and other tales

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  • Cover of: The enchanted wanderer: selected tales

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  • Cover of: Tupeĭnyĭ khudozhnik: povesti i rasskazy

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  • Cover of: Selected tales.

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  • Cover of: The enchanted pilgrim, and other stories.: Translated by David Magarshack.

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  • Cover of: Izbrannoe
    First published in 1977 3 editions

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  • Cover of: Очарованный странник: Повести и рассказы

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  • Cover of: Evrei v Rossii: neskolʹko zamechaniĭ po evreĭskomu voprosu

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  • Cover of: The Amazon, and other stories

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  • Cover of: Five tales
    First published in 1984 2 editions

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  • Cover of: Izbrannȳe sochineniya

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  • Cover of: Izbrannye sochinenii͡a︡

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  • Cover of: N.S. Leskov o literature i iskusstve

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  • Cover of: Oboĭdennye: roman v trekh chasti͡a︡kh

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  • Cover of: Rasskazy
    First published in 1955 2 editions

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Born 16 February [O.S. 4 February] 1831
Died 5 March [O.S. 21 February] 1895

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