The Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District


Lu par Phil Benson

(4.5 stars; 4 reviews)

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)

Chapitres

Chapter I 6:33 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter II 7:51 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter III 6:27 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter IV 4:33 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter V 2:53 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter VI 17:01 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter VII 13:54 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter VIII 7:14 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter IX 6:19 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter X 7:53 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter XI 6:20 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter XII 7:39 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter XIII 6:25 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter XIV 10:07 Lu par Phil Benson
Chapter XV 13:17 Lu par Phil Benson

Critiques

Just OK


(3 stars)

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.