The Way Things Were

by Marko Vovchok

"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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150535580X
• ISBN13: 9781505355802
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"