About the book: 1984 / The book includes most of the artistic heritage of Mikhail Pogodin (1800–1875), works created by the writer in the early years of his life. Pogodin's diverse stories - everyday descriptive, adventure stories, built on folklore material, containing elements of social criticism and satire, unsuccessful attempts to sketch a psychological portrait - sufficiently characterize the range of topics and the direction of the creative searches of the young Pogodin, who often foresaw ways for the further development of Russian prose . Along with the stories, the collection includes the tragedy “Marfa, Posadnitsa of Novgorod”, which was highly praised by Pushkin as one of the first “folk dramas” in Russia».