Blouznivci našich hor is a Czech novel, written by Antal Stašek. It was first published in 1896. The main topic is the life in the mountains Krkonoše and spiritism (therefore the title "blouznivci" meaning "delirious men"). Plot The novel Blouznivci našich hor tells the unfortunate story of two girls, reveals the spirit believers (spiritism) and shows the time and environment in which they lived. Both stories take place close to each other in the Giant Mountains. However, their only common figure is matchmaker Bobek, an eternally drunk and illiterate loafer who unsuccessfully tries to unite Růženka and Petřík because of the vision of two hundred gold and the parents' pursuit of money. However, Bobek was also a member of the local spiritualist "choir of St. Wenceslas ”. Spiritism (belief in spirits and the arrival of a new messiah) was taken over from Germany in the Czech lands and taken as a kind of faith reform, which the church did not like). 1896 Czech novels The central character of the first story is Růženka, a nice and pretty girl who was raised in Prague in her youth, due to the dominance of her mother miller. However, after her father's death, her mother pulled her back to the mill, but she read many world authors, especially Byron, so she was bored in the mill. However, she later fell in love with a law student, Čeňek, and wanted to get married, but Čeněk fell ill and soon died. Then his friend and nurse, Dr. Boukal, a pragmatic and introverted man who didn't like her, became interested in her. After a while, the son of a poor neighbor, priest Jeník, came with him. She learned from him that Jeník had secretly loved her, but he couldn't tell her, and she read from him about the blow to the head he had suffered, which was probably the cause of his madness and paranoia. However, her mother forbade her to leave the house and Jeník died soon after. However, her mother then learned of her participation in spiritual meetings and sent her to her aunt as punishment. There, after a few months, she received a letter asking her to return home and give her parents money from the dowry, to repair the already indebted mill after the flood. Her aunt and uncle advised her not to do this and save at least herself, but she disobeyed