Nikolai Leskov

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Nikolai Leskov


Born
in Oryol Gubernia, Russian Federation
February 16, 1831

Died
March 05, 1895

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also:
Николай Лесков
Nikolaj S. Leskow
Nikolai Leskov
Nikolai Lesskow
Nikolaj Semënovič Leskov
Nikolaĭ Semenovich Leskov
Nikolai Ljeskow
Н. С. Лѣсков-Стебницкий
Микола Лєсков

Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (Russian: Николай Семёнович Лесков; 16 February 1831 — 5 March 1895) 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 o
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

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The Cathedral Folk

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The Sealed Angel

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On the Edge of the World

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Левша

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“Now and again in these parts you come across people so remarkable that, no matter how much time has passed since you met them, it is impossible to recall them without your heart trembling.”
Nikolai Leskov, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

“Katerina Lvovna lived a boring life in the rich house of her father-in-law during the five years of marriage to her unaffectionate husband; but, as often happens, no one paid the slightest attention to this boredom of hers.”
Nikolai Leskov, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

“Life has been given us to enjoy.”
Nikolai Leskov

Polls

November Short Story/Novella Poll

The Last Question by Isaac Asimov, 16 pages, 1956
 
  46 votes, 25.6%

The Hand by Guy de Maupassant, 32 pages, 1875,
 
  27 votes, 15.0%

 
  26 votes, 14.4%

 
  22 votes, 12.2%

The 13 Clocks by James Thurber, 129 pages, 1950
 
  21 votes, 11.7%

"Girl of the Golden West" as found in After Henry by Joan Didion, 12 +- pages, 1992
 
  17 votes, 9.4%

The Devil's Pool by George Sand, 108 pages, 1846
 
  15 votes, 8.3%

The Kit Bag by Algernon Blackwood, 6+ pages, 1908
 
  6 votes, 3.3%

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