Эдит Хэйбер. "Ведьма" Тэффи: мифология русской души

Teffi herself considered the collection Ведьма (Berlin, 1936) among her best things.A good example of this is the title story, Ведьма.The sober tone of the passage quoted above is very characteristic of this book of uncanny tales.She is quiet, doesn't smoke or get drink, and has as unusual ability to find lost objects.It is at this point that the main horror occurs.A police officer questions the servants, including Ustusha, but finds out nothing.As a supernatural events, the turning of the chairs is extremely trivial.Kornelia's nature is quiet, slow, secretly proud.One occurrence, however, causes a sharp change in Kornelia's behavior.The narrator comments that there are instants when the line of fate is broken.