Discussing realism in the works of Elin Pelin has always been a subject of importance in the history of Bulgarian literature. It began in 1905, soon after Elin Pelin’s first collection of short stories was published and ...

The study is focused on the short story “Magnetism and dushebortsi” (1856), its source, “Some Words with a Mummy” (1974) and some other “fearful” narratives from that time. These short stories were connected with attempts ...