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Read Ivan Franko’s complete 1907 novella in Ukrainian. Level B2: a Galician village after serfdom, tavern debates and long narration, with instant word translation.
Village and farming vocabulary, serfdom and local government words (панщина, війт, громада, дідич), lively argumentative dialogue, Galician and older forms (се, най, тілько, кождий), long descriptive sentences, past-tense narration
This article contains the complete text of Великий шум (The Great Noise), Ivan Franko’s 1907 novella about the Galician village of Hrushatychi in 1850, two years after the abolition of serfdom, when the peasants, the landowner and the priest quarrel over work, land and a proposed marriage. Level B2 suits readers who follow everyday dialogue in Ukrainian and are ready for Galician and older forms. You will learn the vocabulary of village life, serfdom and local self-government, and the language of argument and long narration.
