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Nikolai Leskov (1831–1895)

Author of The Enchanted Wanderer: and Other Stories

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Disambiguation Notice:

Do not combine books called The Enchanted Wanderer without careful checking. Virtually every Leskov collection used to be lumped together; I have done my best to separate them. Note that there are four separate collections called The Enchanted Wanderer, the 1958 Hanna translation, the 1961 Magarshack one (subtitled Selected Tales, and not to be confused with his earlier 1946 translation of a separate group of stories, called The Enchanted Pilgrim: And Other Stories), and the Pevear-Volokhonsky and Dreiblatt ones (both 2013), all of which are very different and should not be combined. Furthermore, there is the 1924 A.G. Paschkoff translation of the story by itself, published as a separate book.

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Works by Nikolai Leskov

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1865) 243 copies
The Enchanted Wanderer (1873) 192 copies
Selected Tales (1900) 93 copies
The Cathedral Folk (1872) 76 copies
On the Edge of the World (1875) 69 copies
Romans en verhalen (2001) 41 copies
Der Gaukler Pamphalon (2001) 13 copies
De verzegelde engel (1979) 13 copies
Le Paon (1999) 12 copies
Rasskazy (1999) 11 copies
Meistererzählungen (1972) 10 copies
De onsterfelijke (1880) 10 copies
Una famiglia decaduta (1996) 10 copies
Six Russian Short Novels (1963) 9 copies
The Wild Beast (1968) 8 copies
Tales (1971) 6 copies
Tre giusti (2016) 6 copies
Œuvres (1967) 6 copies
I racconti dei Giusti (1981) 5 copies
Een beroving (2012) 5 copies
Psychopathen von dazumal (1923) 5 copies
A couteaux tirés (2017) 5 copies
Starinnye psihopaty (2012) 4 copies
Der Tolpatsch : Erzählungen und Legenden (1978) — Author — 4 copies
El pavo real (2007) 3 copies
Смех и горе. (2011) 3 copies
Ocharovannyj strannik (2013) 3 copies
Nesmertel'nyj Golovan (1993) 3 copies
Der Weg aus dem Dunkel. (1982) 3 copies
Dolinskijs liv 3 copies
Овцебык. (2013) 2 copies
Začarani putnik (1965) 2 copies
Полунощники. (2013) 2 copies
На ножах (1991) 2 copies
Заячий ремиз. (2013) 2 copies
Юдоль. (2013) 2 copies
Павлин. (2013) 2 copies
Шерамур. (2013) 2 copies
На краю света. (2013) 2 copies
O liubvi (1993) 2 copies
Детские годы. (2013) 2 copies
Le Pélerin enchanté (2015) 2 copies
Mania, l'insulaire (2008) 2 copies
Rasskazy i povesti (1944) 2 copies
Зимний день. (2013) 2 copies
Ostrovitjane (2013) 2 copies
Obojdennye (2013) 2 copies
Chelovek na chasah (2013) 2 copies
Voitel'nica (2013) 2 copies
Nekuda (2013) 2 copies
Na nozhah (2013) 2 copies
Dama i fefjola (2014) 2 copies
Interesnye muzhchiny (2014) 2 copies
Kadetskij monastyr' (2014) 2 copies
Neocenennye uslugi (2014) 2 copies
Pugalo (2014) 2 copies
Rakushanskij melamed (2014) 2 copies
Russkoe tajnobrachie (2014) 2 copies
Die Kampfnatur 2 copies
Zagon (2014) 2 copies
Tainstvennye predvestija (2014) 2 copies
Poslednij Kolonna (2014) 2 copies
Sinodal'nyj filosof (2014) 2 copies
Pripovjesti 1 copy
Gora (2008) 1 copy
Cheramour (1998) 1 copy
Зверь 1 copy
Il meglio 1 copy
La montaña 1 copy
Na kraju sveta (2012) 1 copy
Five Tales 1 copy
Oeuvres 1 copy
Novellen (2010) 1 copy
Т. 5 1 copy
Т. 1 1 copy
Т. 4 1 copy
Т. 2 1 copy
Т. 3 1 copy
Izbrannoe 1 copy
Alte Zeiten 1 copy
Verhalen 1 copy
Vers nulle part (1998) 1 copy
L'Ange scellé (2022) 1 copy
Neizdannyĭ Leskov (1997) 1 copy
Weihnachtsgeschichten (1994) 1 copy
Weihnachtserzählungen (1993) 1 copy

Associated Works

Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday (1983) — Contributor — 432 copies
Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida (2005) — Contributor — 223 copies
Great Russian Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) (2003) — Contributor — 137 copies
Russische verhalen (1965) — Contributor — 11 copies
Russische misdaadverhalen (1969) — Contributor — 9 copies
Skaz: Masters of Russian Storytelling (2014) — Contributor — 5 copies
Tyve mesterfortællinger — Contributor, some editions — 4 copies
Russische Käuze (1968) — Contributor — 2 copies
Russland das große Lesebuch (2017) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Canonical name
Leskov, Nikolai
Legal name
Leskov, Nikolai Semyonovich
Other names
Stebnitsky
Birthdate
1831-02-16
Date of death
1895-03-08
Burial location
Literatorskie Mostki Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia
Gender
male
Nationality
Russia
Birthplace
Gorokhovo, Orel, Russian Empire
Place of death
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Places of residence
Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire
Education
Orel Gymnasium
Occupations
journalist
novelist
short-story writer
clerk
army recruiter
Disambiguation notice
Do not combine books called The Enchanted Wanderer without careful checking. Virtually every Leskov collection used to be lumped together; I have done my best to separate them. Note that there are four separate collections called The Enchanted Wanderer, the 1958 Hanna translation, the 1961 Magarshack one (subtitled Selected Tales, and not to be confused with his earlier 1946 translation of a separate group of stories, called The Enchanted Pilgrim: And Other Stories), and the Pevear-Volokhonsky and Dreiblatt ones (both 2013), all of which are very different and should not be combined. Furthermore, there is the 1924 A.G. Paschkoff translation of the story by itself, published as a separate book.

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This is an essential collection of Russian short stories from the pen of Nikolai Leskov. The translations by Pevear and Volokhonsky make this a welcome addition to the library of all who enjoy classic Russian literature.
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jwhenderson | 4 other reviews | Mar 24, 2024 |
Humorous short story from the time of the tsarist Russia.
 
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TheCrow2 | 9 other reviews | Nov 9, 2023 |
This was the first Little Black Classic I've read and I would definitely want to check out more.
As for the story itself, it is a humorous folk tale-ish commentary on Russian culture and its treatment of its craftsmen/artisans, and though I don't really know enough of the context behind it to fully appreciate it, it was interesting enough to read.
 
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tomcat777 | 9 other reviews | Oct 9, 2023 |
I giusti dei tre racconti qui presentati sono personaggi solidi ma volte stolidi, giusti ma spesso vinti, sottomessi a burocrazie più o meno formalizzate - in ogni caso sociali - rispetto alle quali prende forma il moto di partecipazione che immediatamente coinvolge il lettore, guidato con sapienza dal racconto semplice e dal tono favolistico di Leskov, qui servito da una traduzione di Nori in generale efficace e leggera, appesantita solo nel primo racconto, “L’angelo sigillato”, da un poco spiegabile eccesso di "'vè".… (more)
 
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