Phantom Gold and Other Stories = Привид золота та інші оповідання

The proposed book includes the best stories by Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) from the author's collection “Chains” in which the writer shows various psychological types of a personality. Among his heroes: a man whose avarice and narrowmindedness led him to insanity; a worker who tunnels under the river, and every time, coming down under the ground, he overcomes his fear of water element; an old Arab who roams the city in search of a narcotic plant sprout. Dreiser creates vivid images of men and women who try to come to understanding and, naturally, to find their happiness. In these stories, the author appears as an extraordinarily talented artist-psychologist who is first and foremost interested in the problems of morality. His analysis of the people's thoughts and feelings astonishes with its depth, makes plunge deep in thought, confuses and at the same time carries away.