It represents a figure known as "The Fascinated Wanderer", which refers to a short story written in 1873 by 19th-century Russian author Nikolai Leskov.
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His first two short novels, The Village and Anton Goremyka, are seen as precursors of several important works by Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov.
Neglected People (Oboydyonnye, Обойдённые) is a 1865 novel by Nikolai Leskov.
Old Times in Plodomasovo (Ста′рые го′ды в селе′ Плодома′сове) is a novel by Nikolai Leskov which was first published in 1869 and later formed a trilogy, with The Cathedral Clergy (1872) and A Decayed Family (1874).
Maxim Gorky called On the Hills "the glorious poem of Russia" and urged young authors to take lessons from Melnikov-Pechersky and Nikolai Leskov, learning from them "the clarity and richness of language".
The Life of a Peasant Woman (Житие одной бабы, Zhitiye odnoi baby) is a short novel by Nikolai Leskov, first published in 1863’s 7th and 8th issues of Biblioteka dlya chteniya magazine, under the moniker of M.Stebnitsky.
The Sealed Angel (Запеча′тленный а′нгел) is a story by Nikolai Leskov, written in 1872 and first published in the #1, January 1873 issue of The Russian Messenger.