THE BATHHOUSE. Erotic Stories by Russian Writers

18+ What is Russian Eros? Which of our artists of the word paid tribute to this eternal theme? These are the questions that the publishing house “SOYUZ” and the publishing house “Podkidyshchev and Sons” tried to answer by issuing a collection presented to your judgment. Here are gathered the best examples—the most intimate pages of Russian Eros—passionately created by sensual love of Russian writers of the 19th–20th centuries. The stories and novellas included in this collection have long been considered classics of Russian erotic literature. Their authorship is attributed to such pillars of Russian literature as A. Tolstoy, A. Chekhov, I. Bunin and S. Yesenin. And this is only a small part of the masters of the word who contributed to creating the Russian Decameron. And even if sometimes there are no direct proofs of a particular master’s authorship, it cannot in any way affect the vividness of the colors and images of the work itself—whether Tolstoy wrote the story “The Bathhouse” or whether it is a literary mystification once widespread in literary circles and, alas, now forgotten. The novellas included in this collection represent a broad palette of bright feelings and emotions.