Запечатленный ангел

The novella was written in 1872. It became the result of the author`s interest in the icon-painting. It uses a huge amount of information, connected to the icons. Icon painting in those times was not popular and was supported only among the Old Believers. Leskov was one of the first authors who paid attention to the icon painting and in this way he anticipated the following so-called "opening of t...