Enter the world of mystery with this timeless audio book adaptation of Leskov's classic ghost story uncovering mysteries of haunted castle with reputation going back several centuries. Featuring ghost action and audio effects, it includes a story that takes you through events unfolding in St Petersburg in 1859 or 1860. This release also includes another story of mysterious disappearance. A 19th century nobleman goes missing in Turgenev's Hunting Sketches.
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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818–1883) was the first Russian writer to gain a wide reputation in Europe. He witnessed the February Revolution in Paris (1848), and his subsequent connection with reform groups in Russia, along with his sympathetic 1852 eulogy of Nikolai Gogol (who satirized the corrupt bureaucracy of the Russian empire), led to his arrest and one-month imprisonment in St. Petersburg. In 1879 the honorary degree of doctor of civil law was conferred upon him by the University of Oxford.
Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov (1831–1895) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and journalist. He was a favourite of Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov and Maxim Gorky among others. Leskov is praised for his innovative techniques and his ability to create a vivid picture of contemporary Russian society.
Max Bollinger was born in Russia, grew up in Ukraine, and moved to England in 1993. He currently resides in London.