The White Eagle

Nikolai Semenovich Leskov (1831–1895) is an outstanding Russian writer, a rare connoisseur of people’s life and folk speech. “The most striking and original thing about Leskov is the Russian language,” noted the famous literary scholar and critic D. P. Svyatopolk-Mirsky. “...All forms of professional or class language, all kinds of jargon little words—everything like that can be found on his pages.”

The listeners are offered audio versions of selected stories and novellas by N. S. Leskov. The collection includes new recordings that have not been published until now. At the center of the writer’s works are unusual people with their astonishing stories. “The Nobleman of Low Birth” Galaktion Ilyich, the hero of the fantastic story “The White Eagle,” finds himself in a mystical situation: after the death of the assistant attached to him, society suddenly sharply accuses him… of evil spellcasting!