Poor Lisa

Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (1766—1826) is a Russian genius of the sentimentalist era, the creator of new heroes — sensual, compassionate, and devoid of moralizing. Whether it is a story of tragic love ("Poor Lisa", "Liodor") or pure mutual love ("Natalia, the Boyar's Daughter"), the mysterious island of Bornholm, or the pacification of the rebellious Novgorod, at the center of his plots are always people, their experiences, and difficult decisions. And in his peculiar "My Confession", stylized after Rousseau, one can even see shameless frankness.