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, 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. Translator's preface.
Stories included: "Horpyna", "Chumak","Father Andrew", "Not a Good Match", "Mother-in-Law", "Danylo Hurch", "Cossack Woman", "Maxym Hrymach", "Enslaved", "Buying freedom", "A dream."