About Witchcraft and Love

What do you really know about love?
A brief moment of happiness between a young gentleman and a mysterious witch. An insubstantial, intoxicating kiss from a fairy. The quiet submission of a bureaucrat before a princess. The obsession of a sculptor with his muse. The despair of a final confession.
Love is real magic. Treacherous, nameless, astringent, and bitter. Love has many facets: from pure bliss to indescribable agony.
And all its manifestations can be read in the works of Alexander Kuprin.