Vampires and other fantasy stories
14.99 €
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Vampires and other fantasy stories
14.99 €
For over a hundred years, the inquisitive minds of fans of “horror literature” have been occupied with the question: who is the mysterious “Baron Olshevri” (B. Olshevri), who in 1912 published the gripping fantasy novel “Vampires. From the Family Chronicle of the Counts Dracula-Cardi” — an alternative history of the adventures of the most famous vampire and the victims he turned?.. Finally, the secret of this literary hoax has been revealed! In the introductory article preceding this collection, its compiler and textual critic, literary scholar Dmitry Kobozev, for the first time removes the veil of mystery from the personality of the “baron” and illuminates the stages of the life path and literary work of the merchant-tea merchant’s wife Ekaterina Nikolaevna Khomze (1861–1916), who hid under the sonorous pseudonym. Other surprises are also hidden under the cover of this book. For this publication, the text of the "baron's" magnum opus, the novel "Vampires", has been cleared of typographical inaccuracies and decorated with illustrations by Vitaly Ekleris. The collection also includes an introduction to five fantastic stories by the "baron": until now they had been hidden in manuscripts and were completely unknown to the public; in these elegant creations of Silver Age literature, the features of the author's style are quite recognizable: poetic narration, a gripping, dynamic plot, mystical and romantic at the same time.
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