#nikolai leskov

[singt0me]

bikolai lanstov doing the absolute Most and shooting his shot to convince malina to let him be their third 

[theconstantnymph]

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, 1989

[derangedrhythms]

I feel what a thing love is and how it sucks at my heart like a black serpent.

Nikolai Leskov, The Enchanted Wanderer and Other Stories; from ‘The Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’, tr. Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky

[rainbow-vals]

The Kings of Ravka ladies & gentlemen

[sivavakkiyar]

Nikolai Leskov, trans. Robert Chandler

[crucifiedlovers]

How [the orchard] glittered in the moon’s radiance, which splashed against the blossoms and the leaves of the trees! It was all being turned to gold by these intricate, dappled patches of light, and how they flickered and quivered over it like living butterflies of fire, or as if all this grass under the trees were so many fish caught by the moon’s net and tossing from side to side.

Nikolai Leskov, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (trans. David McDuff)

[thatstudyblrontea]

November 18, 2022

Warm white tea, Belgian biscuits, quiet reads. I actually worked a lot today – my weekly pilates session, going to class, then walking a few km's back home. But still, cozy day!

🍵 tea otd: Yin Zhen (Silver Needle) white tea by 1000Tea

[nagyoncringe]

Szánj meg, kedvesem, lelki testvérem: döfd a késed a szívembe.

[sixty-silver-wishes]

Rough sketch- Boris’ death, “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District”

[rknchan]

*wannabe lady macbeth but fails miserably*

[dk-thrive]

Just now you remarked that I seemed broody today, but you don't reflect that I may not be able to help it. It may be that my heart has drowned in its own blood.

Nikolai Leskov, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Selected Stories of Nikolai Leskov (trans. David McDuff) (NYRB Classics, October 13, 2020)

[mstecnofan]

i was watching shadow and bone season 2 and i paused at the right time, it looks like a meme format

[theconstantnymph]

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, 1989

[derangedrhythms]

He made her fall so in love with him that her devotion to him knew no measure. She was out of her mind with happiness; her blood boiled, and she could no longer listen to anything.

Nikolai Leskov, The Enchanted Wanderer and Other Stories; from ‘The Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’, tr. Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky

[leftycharacters]

Today's left-handed character is Lefty from The Tale of the Cross-Eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea

[sivavakkiyar]

“The Storyteller: Reflections On The Work Of Nikolai Leskov”, by Walter Benjamin