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- The Cathedral Clergy: A Chronicle
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Slavica Publishers
summary
The publication of Nikolay Leskov's masterpiece, The Cathedral Clergy, in 1872 marked the beginning of the author’s lasting popularity among his countrymen, who were captivated by its superb storytelling, its living, breathing characters from all classes of society, its wit and humor, its fresh style, and its treatment of spiritual themes. Leskov’s fictitious Old Town is a microcosm of rural Russia; his chief protagonists, Father Savely and Deacon Achilles, two of the most famous characters in Russian literature, are unforgettable. As beloved by Russians as the works of Leskov’s better known fellow writers, The Cathedral Clergy offers, in its unusual subject matter and unconventional structure, a unique approach to the Russian Realist novel. This “chronicle,” as the author called it, is difficult to categorize. Largely realistic, even naturalistic in places, it also waxes lyrical, particularly in its gripping descriptions of nature. It is the tale of a town, an adventure story, a love story (of a happy marriage), a life of a modern martyr, a comedy as well as a tragedy. Given its vivid style, rife with archaisms, colloquialisms, mispronunciations, dialect words, folklore, songs, intentionally bad poetry, and puns, The Cathedral Clergy has proven nearly impossible to translate. This expert annotated translation, however, now affords English speakers the pleasure of discovering a nineteenth-century Russian novel that Russian readers have long since considered a classic.
Table of Contents
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- Translator's Introduction
- pp. ix-xxxvi
- Pronunciation Guide to Personal Names
- pp. xxxvii-xl
- Part I
- Chapter 10
- pp. 99-102
- Chapter 11
- pp. 103-106
- Chapter 12
- pp. 107-108
- Chapter 13
- pp. 109-110
- Chapter 14
- pp. 111-113
- Chapter 15
- pp. 114-116
- Chapter 16
- pp. 117-119
- Chapter 17
- pp. 120-122
- Part II
- Chapter 10
- pp. 177-181
- Chapter 11
- pp. 182-184
- Chapter 12
- pp. 185-189
- Chapter 13
- p. 190
- Part III
- Chapter 10
- pp. 221-223
- Chapter 11
- pp. 224-225
- Chapter 12
- pp. 226-227
- Chapter 13
- pp. 228-229
- Chapter 14
- pp. 230-231
- Chapter 15
- pp. 232-234
- Chapter 16
- pp. 235-236
- Chapter 17
- pp. 237-241
- Chapter 18
- pp. 242-243
- Chapter 19
- pp. 244-245
- Chapter 20
- pp. 246-247
- Chapter 21
- pp. 248-250
- Chapter 22
- pp. 251-252
- Chapter 23
- pp. 253-254
- Part IV
- Chapter 10
- pp. 284-285
- Chapter 11
- pp. 286-287
- Chapter 12
- pp. 288-290
- Part V
- Chapter 10
- pp. 328-329
- Chapter 11
- pp. 330-332
- Chapter 12
- pp. 333-336
- Chapter 13
- pp. 337-339
- Chapter 14
- pp. 340-341
- Chapter 15
- pp. 342-343
- Chapter 16
- pp. 344-345
- Chapter 17
- p. 346
- Chapter 18
- pp. 347-349
- Chapter 19
- pp. 350-352
- Chapter 20
- p. 353
Additional Information
ISBN
9780893578732
Related ISBN(s)
9780893573737
MARC Record
OCLC
821726200
Pages
393
Launched on MUSE
2012-09-04
Language
English
Open Access
No