Stories
Evenings On A Farm Near Dikanka is separated into two volumes of four stories each:
Часть первая, Part One
- Сорочинская ярмарка, Sorochintsï Fair
- Вечер накануне Ивана Купала, St. John's Eve
- Майская ночь, или Утопленница, May Night, or The Drowned Maiden
- Пропавшая грамота, The Lost Letter
Часть вторая, Part Two
- Ночь перед Рождеством, Christmas Eve
- Страшная месть, A Terrible Vengeance
- Иван Федорович Шпонька и его тетушка, Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt
- Заколдованное место, A Bewitched Place
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