Vera Zhelikhovsky (russian: Ве́ра Петро́вна Желихо́вская, uk, Віра Желіховська Петрівна; April 29, 1835 – May 17, 1896), sometimes transliterated as Vera Jelihovsky, was a Russian writer, mostly of children's stories. She was

Madame Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, uk, Олена Петрівна Блаватська, Olena Petrivna Blavatska (; – 8 May 1891), often known as Madame Blavatsky, was a Russian mystic and author who co-founded the Theosophical Society in 1875 ...

's sister. Vera Zhelikhovsky wrote also

fantastic The fantastic (french: le fantastique) is a subgenre of literary works characterized by the ambiguous presentation of seemingly supernatural forces. Bulgarian-French structuralist literary critic Tzvetan Todorov originated the concept, characte ...

stories with heroes having secret knowledge like

Cornelius Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (; ; 14 September 1486 – 18 February 1535) was a German polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, theologian, and occult writer. Agrippa's '' Three Books of Occult Philosophy'' published in 1533 drew ...

, shamans, and Oriental magicians.

English Translations

*''The General's Will'', (Short novel), from ''Mystery Tales'', The Continental Classics Vol 18, Harper and Brothers, 1909. 1835 births 1896 deaths Writers from Dnipro Russian fantasy writers Russian children's writers Russian women short story writers Russian women children's writers Women science fiction and fantasy writers 19th-century women writers from the Russian Empire 19th-century writers from the Russian Empire 19th-century short story writers from the Russian Empire {{Russia-writer-stub