The collection includes the best works of the Italian prose writer, playwright and poet of the late XIX - early XX centuries Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938), who at one time shook minds, shocked public morality and literally "exploded" peaceful literary Italy. Among them is the novel “Innocent” (1892), known in our country for the famous film Lukino Visconti ;. first translated into Russian story "Ice without a swan" (1916) - a parable about a sudden passion for a mysterious stranger, about the mystery of her fate a peculiar translation of the Gospel - "Three parables of the beautiful enemy" (1924-1928), as well as the stories presented in new translations Sost. In. In. Field and N. A. Stavrovskaia; Avt. Preceded by . 3. M. Potapova . The cover features a decorative panel by Czech artist A. Flies "Emerald" .