The Garnet Bracelet

This collection includes novellas and stories from various periods. It is crowned by three of Kuprin's most poignant works about love, which is "stronger than death, and its arrows are fiery arrows." The mesmerizing, tragic fantasy "Sulamith" tells the story of the beautiful and pure love between King Solomon and the girl Sulamith. "The Garnet Bracelet" is a sad tale of irretrievably lost love, scattered like the wind by the melody of Beethoven's sonata. And finally, "Olesya" is the story of the love between the nobleman's son and the witch girl Olesya living in the forest, which was not destined to end happily – whether dark forces, prejudices, or simply fate separated the lovers forever.