I. A. Bunin occupies a special place in the history of Russian literature. A true master of words, the first Russian Nobel laureate, the creator of standard, “brocaded” prose, according to the precise definition of V.V. Nabokov. He remained aloof from fashionable literary trends: “he was in no hurry to live on par with his era,” said G. Adamovich. Possessing an amazing gift for feeling the beautiful, Bunin reflected in his work the eternal and elusive beauty of the world, which sometimes illuminates life with a mysterious light. This publication contains Bunin’s stories and tales from different years, as well as the novel “The Life of Arsenyev,” written in exile. These works give a sense of momentary emotional experience in the frozen time of pre-revolutionary Russia, in the frozen splendor of a bygone era.