Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Katerina Izmailova, a young beauty, is married off by calculation to her unloved husband and languishes for years in the suffocating, stuffy atmosphere of a wealthy merchant's house, suffering from boredom... and suddenly ignites a destructive, irresistible passion for the audacious steward Sergey.
From now on, she is no longer capable of thinking about anything except her beloved and is willing to commit any madness and crime for him... This is the plot setup of Leskov's tale "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk".
The collection also includes the tales "The Warrior Woman" and "Life of a Simple Woman".