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The Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District

Gelesen von Phil Benson

(4,333 Sterne; 3 Bewertungen)

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

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Chapter II

7:51

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Chapter III

6:27

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Chapter IV

4:33

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Chapter V

2:53

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Chapter VI

17:01

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Chapter VII

13:54

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Chapter VIII

7:14

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Chapter IX

6:19

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Chapter X

7:53

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Chapter XI

6:20

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Chapter XII

7:39

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Chapter XIII

6:25

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Chapter XIV

10:07

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Chapter XV

13:17

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Bewertungen

Just OK

(3 Sterne)

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.