Perhaps none of the Russian writers described their feelings so subtly, and especially the feeling of love, as did Ivan Alekseevich Bunin (1870-1953), the Nobel Prize winner. Maybe because he was also a wonderful poet. In our collection, the stories "Rusya", "Dark Alleys", and "Light Breathing" are devoted to the theme of love. I. A. Bunin writes about nature so accurately that he manages to reproduce even the smells ("Antonov apples"). The collection also includes the short stories "The Gentleman from San Francisco", "Dreams of Chang", "Figures", "Bast Shoes", "Mowers", "Tanka" and others. Compiled by: E. Pozina. For the senior school age.