The Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District
Nikolai Leskov
Read by Phil Benson
In Mzinsk, a remote Russian town, adultery is Katerina's relief from boredom. Before long she has developed a passion for he 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 (2 hr 4 min)
Chapters
Chapter I | 6:33 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter II | 7:51 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter III | 6:27 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter IV | 4:33 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter V | 2:53 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter VI | 17:01 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter VII | 13:54 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter VIII | 7:14 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter IX | 6:19 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter X | 7:53 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter XI | 6:20 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter XII | 7:39 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter XIII | 6:25 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter XIV | 10:07 | Read by Phil Benson |
Chapter XV | 13:17 | Read by Phil Benson |
Reviews
Just OK
Stella McQueen
Little in common with Lady McBeth. Maybe it was a cautionary tale? Thankfully it was brief and with few characters to get confused. I usually slow audio right down when I am listening in bed, but for the first time I found a reader that this did terrible things to. Overall mildly interesting story, tolerable reader.