A superstitious sadistic teacher, a young lady disguised as a gymnasium student, and a gray simpleton: against the backdrop of the darkness of the Russian province of the 1900s, Sologub unfolds a story of pain, pleasure, madness, and beauty.
A superstitious sadistic teacher, a young lady disguised as a gymnasium student, and a gray simpleton: against the backdrop of the darkness of the Russian province of the 1900s, Sologub unfolds a story of pain, pleasure, madness, and beauty.