About the book: 1980 / The collection of works by the Romanian classic, realist writer Ioan Slavich (1848-1925) includes his most significant works: the micro-novel “The Happy Mill”, the story “Treasure”, already known to the Soviet reader, and the novel “Mara” (1906), translated into Russian for the first time. The author vividly and truthfully depicts the life of the Romanian province of the 19th century, the corrupting power of money, the tragic fate of the peasants.