Cross-eyed Lefty and the Steel Flea

Nikolai Leskov

Cross-eyed Lefty and the Steel Flea
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Skomlin
Published
10 December 2017
Pages
56
ISBN
9780648182658

Cross-eyed Lefty and the Steel Flea

Nikolai Leskov

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Tsar Alexander I of Russia, while visiting England with his servant Platov is shown a number of impressive modern inventions. Platov insists that things in Russia are much better but then they are shown a mechanical flea as small as a crumb with a key to wind it up that can only be seen through a microscope. Nicolas orders Platov to find a Russian to beat the English at this game and Platov travels to Tula to find a gunsmith to do the job.

This novella is a gem of Russian literature. It is one of Leskov’s finest works and marks him as ingenious storyteller and stylistic virtuoso.

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