An extensive collection of “terrible” French prose provides a fairly broad panorama of Gothic literature. It opens with the repeatedly translated and publish...

The work of the French writer J. Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808–1889) is little known to the Russian reader. The works included in this collection were written in ...

“The Church Militant has never had a paladin more zealous than this Templar of the pen, whose daring criticism is a constant crusade... It seems that the Fre...

“The Church Militant has never had a paladin more zealous than this Templar of the pen, whose daring criticism is a constant crusade... It seems that the Fre...

“The Church Militant has never had a paladin more zealous than this Templar of the pen, whose daring criticism is a constant crusade... It seems that the Fre...

In all the works included in this collection, there is a theme of religious faith. Religion leaves a noticeable imprint on the worldview and behavior of the ...