Author: Leskov, Nikolai
Title: Soboriane
Description: New York: Izdatel'stvo Imeni Chekhova, 1952. Softcover. First edition thus; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; pp. [4], 7-398, [1]; speckled beige wraps printed in black; minor nick and a small crease to upper corner of front cover; slight age-toning along margins; internally clean; very good to near fine condition. A handsome emigre edition, published by Russian intellectuals in New York, of what is considered a turning point and arguably the best of Nikolai Leskov's works. 'Soboriane' (The Cathedral Folk) was first published in 1872 in 5 installments in the literary journal "Russkii Vestnik." The collection of stories and sketches which attempted to bridge the gap between the simple Christianity of the ordinary people and the "official" corrupt and dishonest one of the state would ultimately become his departure from the political negativism of his earlier works. Ill.: 0. 2.

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