The Complete Works of V. A. Zhukovsky, for the first time in editorial practice, represents the legacy of the great Russian poet in the most complete volume to date. Zhukovsky's texts are given on the basis of a critical understanding of all the poet's known autographs and lifetime publications. The fourth volume includes poetic stories and fairy tales, which form a special section in the poet's creative heritage. In addition to the published texts, this volume includes rough drafts of Zhukovsky’s unfinished texts discovered in the archives, as well as notes and plans for the stories the poet was working on.