About the book: 2018 / The collection presents the works of the outstanding German romantic writer Wilhelm Hauff (1802–1827), reflecting the various facets of his talent: published on in the Russian language in full, three author’s cycles of fairy tales, among which are the stories about the Caliph the Stork, Dwarf Nose, Little Flour and Peter the Coal Miner, included in the treasury of world literature; the short story “Fantasies in the Bremen wine cellar at the town hall”, imbued with memories of the cheerful student years that the writer spent in Tübingen, and at the same time full of incredible incidents; finally, the novel “Lichtenstein”, where, against the backdrop of turbulent historical events - the struggle of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, with the powerful Swabian League and the Duchy of Bavaria - a romantic love story unfolds between the daughter of the duke’s loyal supporter Maria von Lichtenstein and the knight Georg von Sturmfeder.