Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District

The collection includes three stories by Nikolai Semenovich Leskov (1831–1895) about strong female characters. "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District" is a plot about a young merchant's wife, Katerina, who is married off for convenience to a man she does not love. She has to spend every day in emotional anguish until she meets the clerk Sergey, with whom she falls into a deadly passion. The passion becomes an obsession on the brink of madness, and for her man, the girl is ready to do anything… "The Amazon" is a story about an enterprising lace-maker, Domna Platonovna, who earns money through matchmaking and helps wealthy gentlemen find mistresses. "The Life of One Peasant Woman" is the story of a serf named Nastasya, who is forcibly married. After starting an affair on the side, she faces persecution, imprisonment, and illness. Will love withstand the trials?