Includes bibliographical references (page 607) and index.
Summary:
880-04 Prozu Nikolai︠a︡ Leskova chitali vse, no znai︠u︡t ego po dvum-trem tekstam. Nazvannyĭ Lʹvom Tolstym pisatelem budushchego, samyĭ nedoot︠s︡enennyĭ russkiĭ klassik XIX stoletii︠a︡ i chelovek-skandal prokladyval svoĭ putʹ v storone ot iskhozhennykh dorog russkoĭ slovesnosti i soznatelʹno vylamyvalsi︠a︡ iz privychnykh skhem, slovno narochno delal vsë, chtoby pered nim zakrylisʹ dveri gostinykh i redakt︠s︡iĭ, a ego knigi ne vstretilisʹ s chitatelem. S Krestovskim on poseshchal peterburgskie trushchoby, s Chekhovym -- zlachnye mesta. Nedouchivshiĭsi︠a︡ gimnazist proshel na gosudarstvennoĭ sluzhbe putʹ ot pisʹmovoditeli︠a︡ do chlena ministerskogo Uchenogo komiteta, nenavidel i nigilistov, i ober-prokurora Sinoda Pobedonost︠s︡eva. Sovremenniki podozrevali ego v svi︠a︡zi︠a︡kh s taĭnoĭ polit︠s︡ieĭ, a sovetskie proletarii schitali svoim. Li︠u︡bi︠a︡ vsë dikovinnoe i i︠a︡rkoe i v zhizni, i v literature, on skonstruiroval sobstvennyĭ sochnyĭ leksikon, rabotoĭ s i︠a︡zykom predvoskhitil avangardnye ėksperimenty nachala XX veka. Kniga Maĭi Kucherskoĭ, napisannai︠a︡ na grani dokumentalʹnoĭ i khudozhestvennoĭ prozy, sozvuchna proizvedenii︠a︡m ee geroi︠a︡ -- neprevzoĭdennogo rasskazchika, ocherkista, pisateli︠a︡, ocharovannogo strannika russkoĭ literatury.
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