The Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District by Nikolai Leskov. (Translated by Alfred Edward Chamot.) Read in English by Phil Benson. In Mzinsk, a remote Russian town, adultery is Katerina's relief from boredom. Before long she has developed a passion for her lover, Sergei, that will lead to more than one murder. The title of Nikolai Leskov's novella, published in Russian in 1865, was inspired by Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth, but a quite different fate is store for Katerina. - Summary by Phil Benson For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (57MB)

Directors & creators

Nikolai Leskov

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;murder; adultery; Russia; Siberia

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