In the collection of N. S. Leskov – an original writer and creator of a unique fairy -tale style – stories and stories, whose heroes make up a kind of “gallery” of Russian righteous. Turning to the genre of a holy story (“Pearl Necklace”, “The Wonest Ruble”, etc.) or to the history of the first centuries of Christianity (“Leo of the Elder Gerasim”), the author leads his characters along the path of true love. According to the hero of the story “The captured angel”, “the angel in the soul lives, but captured, and love will free him.” Leskov’s works are revealed to the reader, as, overcoming difficult trials, people gain the true meaning of life.
Author
Leskov Nikolai Semenovich
Editor
Shigarova Julia Vyacheslavovna
Publisher
Nikaya, 2014
Series
Classics of Russian spiritual prose
Genre
Orthodox fiction
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