The Steel Flea
by Nikolai Semenovich Leskov & Isabel Florence Hapgood (Translator)
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- Language: English
- Content type: Fiction
"The Steel Flea" by N. S. Leskov is a skaz written in 1881. Styled as a folk tale, it follows a left-handed craftsman from Tula who astonishes both Russian and English courts by shoeing a tiny mechanical flea created by English inventors. Through humor and distinctive language, Leskov explores Russian ingenuity and patriotism while critiquing a society that neglects its most talented people, ultimately delivering a tragic commentary on wasted genius. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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