Mystical Stories

In the works of the author of "Fathers and Sons" and "A Hunter's Sketches", novellas and stories with a mysterious, mystical, and even dark shade occupy a completely special place – the mysteries of the soul and strange, incomprehensible phenomena have always intrigued Turgenev. "Ghosts", "The Dog", "Clara Milich", "The Song of Triumphant Love" and other works included in this collection are stories about ghosts, about love that is not hindered even by death, about mysterious dreams and meetings with the deceased. Against the backdrop of typical life situations, incredible visions suddenly emerge, foreshadowing something ominous and terrifying. The reader will have to decide for themselves what here is an illusion and a play of imagination, and what is reality, subject to laws unknown to us…