Favorites. Leskov (set in 2 volumes). Leskov N.

Fate ordered that Nikolai Leskov was destined to become a lonely star in the sky of Russian literature of the second half of the 19th century. Undeservedly unrecognized by contemporaries, he went through a complex, sometimes painful life and creative path. The writer was not needed by his time: during his life, his works for the most part caused a negative attitude. The words of Leo Tolstoy that Nikolai Semenovich was the “writer of the future” turned out to be truly prophetic. Truly, Leskov was appreciated only at the beginning of the twentieth century. Moreover, the new literature responded precisely to the fact that the era contemporary in Leskov did not accept in Leskov.

how could I imagine Leskov without Russia, it is also impossible to imagine Russia without Leskov. Having traveled the whole country “from the Black Sea to White and from Broad to the Red Yar”, Nikolai Semenovich with his inherent journalistic observation was able to collect a huge gallery of national characters, which later became the heroes of his books. This is the enchanted wanderer Ivan Golovan, a real Russian hero in the monastic cassock, and Lady Macbeth, whose “Shakespearean” passion of which Leskov was able to consider in an ordinary Russian woman, and the folk craftsman Levsha, the true patriot of his homeland... each story and story of the writer is a human document - this is a human document , sincere and truthful, giving us an idea of ​​the past Russia and the people who once lived in it.

Leskov’s books should be read and discussed with the whole family, since they are of great importance for the moral formation of a person, Raise in youth, and then accompany all their lives, along with the best memories of childhood.