Leskov, Nikolai The Amazon

The Amazon and other stories by Nikolai Leskov 1831-1895

First UK hardback edition published by Allen and Unwin London 1949. 8vo. 282pp.

Translated by David Magarshack. Very good dj covered in protective Mylar, clean text.

Leskov was mainly a short story writer held in high regard by his more distinguished contemporaries, Chekhov, Gorky and Tolstoy.  His novella Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk was made into an opera by Shostakovich.