This cycle consists of just four stories, yet how different they are in both subject matter and heroes. Mirgorod is not so much a specific city (though it may be mentioned). With this title, the author, as it were, unites all the cities of Little Russia, making it clear that the stories of its inhabitants could happen anywhere. And these stories, despite the distance in time of the events described, unmistakably echo our own—so difficult and, at the same time, so ordinary…
Contents:
- Old-World gentry
- Taras Bulba
- Viy
- The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich