A Product of Nature

47 min.

Audio Plays, Radio Productions & Literary Readings

Language Russian

Author Nikolai Leskov

Narrators Valery Barinov, Alexey Kuznetsov, Konstantin Dneprovsky, Vladimir Gusev, Dmitry Filimonov, Mark Geykhman, Irina Kireeva, Vyacheslav Slepnyov

Narrator Valery Barinov

Narrator Alexey Kuznetsov

Narrator Konstantin Dneprovsky

Narrator Vladimir Gusev

Narrator Dmitry Filimonov

Narrator Mark Geykhman

Narrator Irina Kireeva

Narrator Vyacheslav Slepnyov

Description

You are offered an audio play with musical accompaniment based on the eponymous story by N. S. Leskov, “A Product of Nature.” The forced resettlement of serf peasants in the pre-reform era demonstrated the attitude of landlords toward them not as people, but merely as a “product of nature.” The story’s sharp moral and social issues have not lost their relevance to this day…