В конце жизни Н.С.Лесков, оценивая созданное им за три десятилетия служения литературе, сказал: "Сила моего таланта в положительных типах...". Лесков постоянно искал положительных героев.
At the end of his life, N. S. Leskov, evaluating what he had created during three decades of serving the literature, said: "The power of my talent is in positive types ...". Leskov was constantly looking for goodies.