About the book: 1988 / The second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries - the time when, according to in the words of Yu. Veselovsky, “new thoughts, pictures and images, created by the creative imagination of Scandinavian writers, spread... across all major European literatures. This is a new, unique movement, which in most cases was joined by the influence of Russian literature.” With brilliant skill, emotional richness, colorfulness and historical specificity in the works of these writers depict the psychology of the individual and the social conditions of life of different classes of society.