The Minor Demon. Novels. Stories

Poet and writer of the Silver Age Fyodor Sologub is one of the first to bring mournful and gloomy moods to domestic prose. His masterpiece is considered to be the novel The Minor Demon, where teacher Ardalyon Peredonov is both a victim and a monster. His hopeless life in a provincial town is filled with despair, and the thirst for a coveted promotion and selfishness threaten to drive the man completely insane. Drops of Blood is the first volume of the trilogy The Created Legend about eternal truths and passions. Scholar Georgy Trirido strives to hide from the revolutionary hustle and bustle. In a secluded estate, he turns to necromancy to resurrect orphaned children whose lives have been ruined by poverty, and to give them a second chance at happiness.