Night Owls

Nikolai Leskov, Hugh McLean

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Penguin
15 July 2025

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation; Orthodox & Oriental Churches

Series: Penguin Archive

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books

'I decided that my trip had evidently been in vain, since nothing of interest could possibly occur on this visit. I was mistaken.'

Condemned to sleeplessness by the chatter permeating his guesthouse room, a forlorn traveller turns his ear to the riotous tale spun by the garrulous, meddlesome, inane and utterly unprincipled Marya Mart novna next door. Her exuberant deformations of morality and language scandalized Tsarist society, and she remains one of Russian literature's most uproarious anti-heroes.

By: Nikolai Leskov
Translated by: Hugh McLean
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 180mm, Width: 110mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 91g
ISBN: 9780241752197
ISBN 10: 0241752191
Series: Penguin Archive
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 15 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

An outsider from the literary establishment of his day, Nikolai Leskov (1831-1895) was one of the most singular voices of nineteenth-century Russia, combining a profound religious spirit with a fascination for outsized characters, comic absurdity and the joy of pure story.