Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District

A woman is worth everything in the world because she can inflict such a wound that you cannot heal from it for the entire kingdom, and she alone can cure it in an instant.

The human soul is wide and deep,... with an unimaginable number of facets. Here, youthful daring and secret desires, and unattainable dreams go hand in hand with our everyday worries and cares.
Look closely at the unnoticed passersby, and you will see a master who has shod a flea, without being proud of his achievement. You will pass by a makeup artist who gave his all for love of an actress and did not manage to say the most important words. You will notice an ordinary Russian woman whose passion burns brighter than Shakespearean tragedies.
The simplicity of grief, the greatness of love, and the obsession with work – that is what can be found in the works of Nikolai Leskov.