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Maroussia
The French variant of Maroussia by P.J. Stahl (i.e., Pierre Jules Hetzel) was based on the Russian children's novel of the same name by Marko Vovchok. The French variant was first published in 1875—1876 in the Parisian journal Le Temps, and afterwards reprinted in 1878 in Vol. XXVII of the the Parisian journal Magasin d'éducation et de récréation. That same year in 1878 it came out as a separate book under the title Maroussia; d'apres la legende de Marko Wovtschok par P.J. Stahl. Later it was republished in many different editions in France and was awarded a prize by the Academie francaise. Afterwards this French variant was translations into many languages, including, among others, German, Italian English and Ukranian. This book is a 1890 English translation by Cornelia W. Cyr, which gives no credit to Marko Vovchok. The 1890 Cyr edition is illustrated with 10 full page black and white illustrations by an unidentified artist (the signature on the engravings appears to be THS or T.H. Schuler).
The Way Things Were
"The way things were" is a collection of stories and novellas by Ukrainian writer Marko Vovchok (Maria Alexandrona Vilinskaya-Markevich) focused around the lives of Russian and Ukrainian serfs during the last decade of slavery in the Russian Empire. These works were instrumental to the abolitionist movement, whose members - writers, poets, artists, and political activists - eventually succeeded in bringing about the Emancipation reform of 1861 and ending six centuries of serfdom. Marko Vovchok's stories are not epic, historically significant episodes, but rather small, everyday vignettes from the lives of serfs and their masters, made all the more powerful by their serene, conversational style bringing the reality of the era into stark relief.
Stories from Ukraine.
A collection of selected short stories, written by a famous Ukrainian woman writer Marko Vovchok in the late 19 century. She wrote about serfs and Cossacks, murders, traveling Ukrainian merchants - chumaks, unrequited love, separated lovers, hardships of serfdom. The stories are told by common people, the main characters or the witnesses, in common Ukrainian language, which was very daring back then, when even the use of Ukrainian language was forbidden.Translator's preface. "After the wedding the old man blessed the newlyweds, saw them off to their new home... Old Maxym felt sad on his own in the house; then he glanced at the Dnieper, recollected his eldest daughter, and tears rolled down t...
The Way Things Were
The Way Things Were is a collection of stories and novellas by Ukrainian writer Marko Vovchok (Maria Alexandrona Vilinskaya-Markevich) focused around the lives of Russian and Ukrainian serfs during the last decade of slavery in the Russian Empire. These works were instrumental to the abolitionist movement, whose members - writers, poets, artists, and political activists - eventually succeeded in bringing about the Emancipation reform of 1861 and ending six centuries of serfdom. Marko Vovchok's stories are not epic, historically significant episodes, but rather small, everyday vignettes from the lives of serfs and their masters, made all the more powerful by their serene, conversational style bringing the reality of the era into stark relief. This collection includes the following works: The Merchant's Daughter Sasha Mischief Maker The Schoolgirl Katerina Nine Brothers and Their Sister Galya The Tulle Baba Lazy Bones Little Toy The King of Hearts Lemerivna Masha
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