Twenty-two stories in the collection "Imaginary Lives" of the French writer and poet of the XIX century. Marcel Schwob became one of the first works in the world in the genre of biographical fiction. In them, Schwob, using known facts, presents the reader with a free interpretation of the motives that move his characters. The text is given in translation by L. D. Ryndina. The biography is preceded by an essay by writer and art critic Remy de Gourmont. The publication is decorated with color drawings and letters of the French artist Georges Barbier.