More than half a century of active creative activity of Pyotr Dmitrievich Boborykin is represented in this publication by three novels, selected novellas and short stories, which together recreate the chronicle of social life in Russia in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries. The first volume of the Works includes: the novel “The Evening Sacrifice” " (1868), story "How long?" and the story “Corpse”. Introductory article, preparation of the text and notes by S. Chuprinin.