Lady Macbeth Mtsensk district. Warrior. Leskov N.

“Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district” and “Warrior” are works in which the main characters are Russian women of complex fate and sinister behavior. Leskov calls the novels the essays "typical Russian female characters." There were about twelve such essays, they were supposed to reflect representatives of different classes. However, the heroine of the stories, Katerina Lvovna and Domna Platonovna, despite the hard realism of Leskov, arise as if in the “ominous outlines of the world of Bruegel and Bosch” (Yu.M. Lotman). Both ridiculous and bitter stories make the reader think about the boundaries of morality and enjoy the skill of the writer.