We offer readers for the first time in Russian the complete collection of works by the greatest Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa! The novel “The Leopard,” one of the most famous novels of the 20th century, tells the story of Prince Fabrizio Corbera di Salina, a descendant of an ancient Sicilian family. Prince Fabrizio is the last witness to the death of the old world, the royal Leopard, forced to leave his possessions, yielding to the hectic and disorderly spirit of the new time. The novel begins in 1860, when Giuseppe Garibaldi lands in Sicily at the head of a thousand-strong detachment. Its appearance foreshadows unprecedented changes in the life of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies... This edition contains the complete text of the novel “The Leopard”, verified according to the latest author’s edition, as well as four elegant short stories: “Childhood Memories”, “Happiness and Law”, “Siren”, “ Blind kittens." The texts are accompanied by articles and comments by Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, Lampedusa's adopted son, publisher of the writer's creative heritage.