The Enchanted Wanderer: Selected Tales - Softcover

Leskov, N. S.; Magarshack, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374520577 ISBN 13: 9780374520571

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1987

Synopsis

Five stories describe a bored wife's infatuation with a servant, monastic life, an international bet, a sentry who leaves his post to save a drowning man, and ghosts

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

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.

From the Back Cover:

“Nikolai Leskov is one of the greatest and most popular of the wonderful group of Russian storytellers who flourished in the nineteenth century.”—The New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0374520577
• ISBN 13: 9780374520571
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300