The Enchanted Wanderer, Nikolai Leskov
The Enchanted Wanderer, Nikolai Leskov
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The Enchanted Wanderer
And Other Stories

Author: Nikolai Leskov, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 23 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/12/2019


Synopsis

Written over the course of Leskov's career, each story in The Enchanted Wanderer elucidates the very essence of the human condition; themes of love, despair, loneliness, and revenge are explored against the backdrop of nineteenth-century working-class Russia. Leskov deftly layers social satire and subtle criticism atop myth and fable, resulting in a richly entertaining collection.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Moon Rose (M.R.) on April 04, 2013

The works of Nikolai Leskov are diminutive not just in length, but it seems to also appear on the onset less in contextual form in comparison to the somewhat light seeking, of highfalutin divine derivation known to the great Russian writers of the 19th century. In its briefly short and concise form......more

Goodreads review by Paul on April 10, 2014

How wonderful to see a book marketed on the strength of the translation - "A Pevear and Volokhonsky translation" reads the blurb at the very top of the front cover, albeit in smaller print than the author/title, and the dust jacket on the inside rear contains not details of the author but rather a p......more

Goodreads review by Marc Gerstein on December 29, 2014

I’m reviewing the Enchanted Wanderer, a short novel included in this story collection. It’s in the picaresque genre but has some unique takes on it. Instead of featuring a low-status ne’er do well, Ivan, the protagonist here, is a person of character in a hard-living sort of way. He likes to cut loos......more

Goodreads review by Yogeeswar on November 18, 2015

A very old hardcover I found in my sister's collection. I had my doubts about reading this, but I absolutely had nothing else left in home, so I started it anyway. It is a collection of five short stories. I loved the first one, Lady Macbeth of Mtensk. I thought the second, The Enchanted Wanderer wa......more

Goodreads review by Dan on February 09, 2020

Leskov is an author that I completely missed when I traversed the great Russian canon of literature several years ago and what a shame because these 17 stories are a unique delight. Having recently heard his name mentioned yet again as the author of the story that was the basis for Shostakovich's op......more