The Revived Shadows of the Ancestors

Professor Shuvalov receives from his mother as an inheritance an old jewelry box filled with personal items, letters, and ornaments belonging to their relative—the Princess Sofia Andreyevna Obolenskaya. Two centuries ago she passed away under unclear circumstances. Her death is shrouded in mystery. The Shuvalovs would not disturb the past, but one circumstance forces them to—when the princess’s ghost appears in their home. They study the materials from the box in detail. Step by step, they learn the mysterious, full of unexpected twists, history of the Obolensky family. And then the terrible denouement is revealed to them.