Vera Zhelikhovsky
Encyclopedia
Vera Zhelikhovsky, was a Russian writer, mostly of children's stories. She is Madame Blavatsky
's sister.
Vera Zhelikhovsky wrote also fantastic
stories with heroes having secret knowledge like Cornelius Agrippa, shamans, and Oriental magicians.
Madame Blavatsky
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky , was a theosophist, writer and traveler. Between 1848 and 1875 Blavatsky had gone around the world three times. In 1875, Blavatsky together with Colonel H. S. Olcott established the Theosophical Society...
's sister.
Vera Zhelikhovsky wrote also fantastic
Fantastic
The Fantastic is a literary term that describes a quality of other literary genres, and, in some cases, is used as a genre in and of itself, although in this case it is often conflated with the Supernatural. The term was originated in the structuralist theory of critic Tzvetan Todorov in his work...
stories with heroes having secret knowledge like Cornelius Agrippa, shamans, and Oriental magicians.
English Translations
- The General's Will, (Short novel), from Mystery Tales, The Continental Classics Vol 18, Harper and Brothers, 1909.