Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uyezda

Kogda govoryat o Nikolae Leskove, v pervuyu ochered vspominayut ego skaz o Levshe, podkovavshem blohu. No Leskov – avtor gorazdo bolee neordinarnyy. Izezdiv vsyu stranu vdol i poperek, on s prisuschey emu zhurnalistskoy nablyudatelnostyu smog sobrat galereyu harakterov, vposledstvii stavshih geroyami ego knig. Vot – ocharovannyy strannik, vot – ledi Makbet, «Shekspirovskuyu» strast kotoroy Leskov smog rassmotret v obyknovennoy russkoy zhenschine… Kupchiha Katerina Lvovna tomitsya v chetyreh stenah svoego bogatogo doma. Strast k molodomu prikazchiku Sergeyu probuzhdaet v ney nechto zhivotnoe, pervobytnoe, i nachinaetsya chereda zhestokih ubiystv