The Witch

Teffi — the literary pseudonym of the writer and memoirist Nadezhda Lokhvitskaya (1872–1952), whom her contemporaries called «the queen of Russian humor» and «Chekhov in a skirt». «The Witch» — a collection of stories, first published in Paris in 1936. In this book, Slavic folklore and everyday life are whimsically intertwined. On its pages, witches, leshies, domovoys, mermaids, vampires, and other mysterious beings come to life. Teffi masterfully blurs the line between the mystical and the real, showing how ancient fears, superstitions, and folk beliefs continue to live in the minds of ordinary people. The collection includes the stories «The Witch», «Vampire», «Domovoy», «Leshachikha», «Bath Devil», «Mermaid», «Werewolves», «Water Spirit» and others.