Nikolai Leskov

The Enchanted Wanderer

Picaresque novella following a man's spiritual journey through Russian monastery and mystical wandering

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Nikolai Leskov
Nikolai Leskov

Russian author celebrated for his richly idiomatic storytelling and his gallery of peculiarly Russian characters from all walks of life. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and The Enchanted Wanderer are his most celebrated works.

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