Alexander Fomich Veltman Author

Alexander Fomich Veltman (1800-1870) was a popular and influential writer in his own time whose experimental works range from prose to poetry and realism to fantasy, including time-travel fiction. He was a friend of Pushkin, and his novels were praised by both Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. His novel The Wanderer is also published by Northwestern University Press.

James J. Gebhard was professor of Slavic and East European languages at Pennsylvania State University.