Count Cagliostro. Stories and Tales

This volume includes works from the 1920s of the 20th century. The autobiographical tale "The Childhood of Nikita" is one of the best works about childhood. The idyllic description of the child's character formation in a family full of love... and established estate life smoothly resonates with the estate idyll "Count Cagliostro," which is invaded by hostile, almost mystical forces of the alchemist and adventurer Cagliostro, but the power of love preserves this heavenly corner. World War and revolution devastate the idyll and the very world of the estate to its foundations… Emigration does not save the heroes. Attempts to build or simply dream of a utopian world of blue cities are interrupted by crime…

Author: ТОЛСТОЙ А.

Printhouse: Ripol-klassik

Series: Collected Works

Age restrictions: 12+

Year of publication: 2023

ISBN: 9785386150198

Number of pages: 368

Size: 220x140x20 мм mm

Cover type: Твердый переплет

Weight: 450 g

ID: 1569217

This volume includes works from the 1920s of the 20th century. The autobiographical tale "The Childhood of Nikita" is one of the best works about childhood. The idyllic description of the child's character formation in a family full of love and established estate life smoothly resonates with the estate idyll "Count Cagliostro," which is invaded by hostile, almost mystical forces of the alchemist and adventurer Cagliostro, but the power of love preserves this heavenly corner. World War and revolution devastate the idyll and the very world of the estate to its foundations… Emigration does not save the heroes. Attempts to build or simply dream of a utopian world of blue cities are interrupted by crime…