Mystic stories. Secret accomplice
Please sign in so that we can notify you about a reply
Thirteen stories included in this book - unequivocally mystical or hinting at mysticism, sometimes chilling blood, and sometimes performed by a slight humor, are devoted to the mysterious phenomenon of twin, which has been present in human experience since time immemorial. Having deep mythological roots, which has long been included in fiction, the image of the double has gained popularity in the era of romanticism and gained classical embodiments in the work of E. T. A. Hoffmann and E. A. Poe, F. M. Dostoevsky and G. De Maupassan, R . L. Stevenson and G. James. In this collection, along with the canonical development of the theme of duality-the famous novel on Villam Wilson, the less famous stories M. Shelly, E. J. Bulver-Litton, J. Gornza, G. Wells, R. are also presented. Marsha, F.M. Crawford and others, for the most part first translated into Russian. The resettlement of souls and a bifurcation of personality, painful obsession and banal confusion, caused by a deception of vision, a bizarre game of nature or secret kinship, the second “I” as a voice of conscience and as an evil genius, pursuing a person and supplanting him from life, are all these variations of the plot about the double The reader will find on the pages of this book
Author:
Author:J. GORTORN, BULVEVTON Edward, Shelley M., Herbert Wells
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Series:
Series: ABC-Classic
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-15045-4
No reviews found