Марко Вовчок - Твори (Oповідання)

Folk Tales 

A deep gulf separates masters and serfs... Ustyna, who seems unable to grieve, is forced to serve a capricious young lady. Olesia, a wealthy Cossack daughter, falls in love with a serf and is ready to follow him into captivity - and does not imagine that, having become a serf, she will have no power over her life and the lives of her children... Horpyna loses her child because she is forced to go to work as a serf rather than look after her sick child... There is no end to injustice and sorrow. But Ivan Karmeliuk cannot bear to see ordinary people suffering. And soon the rumour of robbers who take money from the rich and help the poor spreads around the region...