The Left

**"Levša" Nikolai Leskov** (full author name - "The Tale of the Tulsk Hair of the Lew and the Steel Blush") is a masterpiece of the Russian prose, jewelryly balancing on the edge of a fun folk fairy tale and a deep national tragedy. This is a surprising story of the genius of the Russian man, true patriotism and an eternal, gorgeous drama of talent, which appears to be absolutely unnecessary to its own country. The story revolves around the incredible rivalry of the Russian and English masters. Emperor Alexander I brings from England a wild wild - a miniature mechanical steel bubble that knows how to dance. The exchange of it on the throne Nicholas I orders to find the skillers capable of losing the nose to foreigners. The Donsk Cossacks of Platov go to Tulu, where three local gunmen, among whom - a hairy, unwritten, but genius Lewsh, take for an incomplete order. For a few days they don't get out of the workshop and do what's impossible: they subdue the English blush with small submissions, on each of which the master's name is shot. The defeated British government tries to overthrow Lewsh, offering him wealth and education. However, the master, struggling to his homeland, returns to Russia, where he is waiting for a tragic, penetrating and painless final. Leskov created a unique work, written in unimaginable, juicy and colorful folk language ("historic prose"), where humour, irony and deep sadness fell together. Levša became an immortal symbol of the Russian spirit and self-born talent, capable of miracle, but remaining absolutely unprotected to the unhappy state machine. ** About what the book in three words:** Bloh, Talent, Motherland. ** Who to read:** Everyone who appreciates the self-born and rich Russian language is interested in the phenomenon of the "Russian Levi" and wants to read one of the most pronounced and honest stories about the fate of a genius in Russia.