Mystical Stories. The Sanctuary

Dim shadows of a distant past, mysteries of ancient mansions, strange movements, sudden disappearances, and astonishing discoveries, ghosts, sleepwalkers, adepts of dark forces and secret sciences… Stories that lead readers into a world where the ordinary coexists with the supernatural,... where the fates of the heroes are determined by fearsome otherworldly forces, and where the very boundary between life and death proves to be thin, have long been successful. They became particularly popular in the early 19th century, but even later, readers' interest in them did not wane: even in the era of philosophical skepticism, the blossoming of science, and the triumph of technology, gothic literature remains in demand, and the mysterious, the inexplicable, the miraculous continues to attract and captivate. This collection includes stories by British and American writers from the 19th to the early 20th century, among whom are such masters as Rudyard Kipling, Montague Rhodes James, Algernon Blackwood, Edward Frederic Benson, and others.