About the book: 1959 / A.F. Pisemsky's novel "A Thousand Souls" was written more than a hundred years ago (1853-1858). But the long-gone world of old - provincial and metropolitan - Russia, preserved by the amazing power of the artistic word, comes to life again and again before the reader of the novel. Of course, we are picking up this book not only to satisfy “historical” curiosity. The fate of the main character of the novel, Kalinovich - the collapse of his “eradicative” deeds, the futility of the cruel struggle he undertook against firmly rooted evil - bribery, extortion, injustice, and finally, his personal tragedy - all this is instructive in its own way for us. The fates of the other heroes of the novel are also humanly disturbing - the truly loving and selflessly selfless Nastenka, the kind Pyotr Mikhailych Godnev, the unfortunate Polina…