This novel was published in 1838. The author turned to the favourite topic of his childhood - to the "gothic» novel. He explained: "I cannot describe the unexplainable pleasure I have each time I am listening to the novella, from which the hair on my head stands on and the heart stops and the frost is on my skin». "The Temptator» is not similar to the other "gothic» novels by Zagoskin and it becam...