Изданието включва едни от най-четените разкази на патриарха на българската литература - Иван Вазов. Поместени са задължително изучаваните в училище произведения, както и други емблематични негови творби. Книгата съдържа 14 разказа: 1.Иде ли? 2.Хаджи Ахил 3.Из кривините 4.Апостолът в премеждие 5.Чистият път 6.Една българка 7.Дядо Йоцо гледа 8.Gronde Maritza teinte de sang 9.Тъмен герой 10.Пейзаж 11.Кандидат за "Хамама" 12."Травиата" 13.Урок 14.Негостолюбивото село
Ivan Minchov Vazov was a Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature". He was born in Sopot, a town in the Rose Valley of Bulgaria (then part of the Ottoman Empire). The works of Ivan Vazov reveal two historical epochs - the Bulgarian Renaissance and the Post-Liberation (from Ottoman Empire rule) epoch. Ivan Vazov holds the highest honorary title of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Academician. He acted as Education and People Enlightenment Minister from September 7, 1897 until January 30th, 1899, representing the People's Party.
Vazov was probably heavily influenced by Botev, who was the ideological leader of the Bulgarian revolutionary movement. He started writing his famous poems with Botev and some other Bulgarian emigrants in Romania. In 1876 he published his first work, Priaporetz and Gusla, followed by "Bulgaria's Sorrows" in 1877.
Bulgaria regained its independence in 1878 as a result of the Russo-Turkish War and Vazov wrote the famous Epic of the Forgotten. He became the editor of the political reviews Science and Dawn. He was, however, forced into exile once again, this time to Odessa, because of the persecution of the russophile political faction. Returning to Bulgaria with the help of his mother Suba Vazova, he started teaching. Vazov's next stay was in Svishtov, where he became a civil servant.
n 1917 he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature