The Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District


Read by Phil Benson

(4 stars; 3 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)

Chapters

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

Reviews

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.