The Leskov, N. S. (Nikolai Semenovich) 1831-1895 creator Hapgood, Isabel Florence 1850-1928 text utu 2020 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Cross-eyed_Lefty_from_Tula_and_the_Steel_Flea Release date is 2020-01-14 Produced by deaurider, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified Russia -- Fiction Fleas -- Fiction PG Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61172 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61172 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134417.0 61172