Epic poem · 1917
Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?
Verse translation
Translated by Juliet M. Soskice (1917)
Seven peasants, freed from serfdom in 1861, wander Russia asking who lives happily and at ease: the priest, the landowner, the merchant or the Tsar.
Contents · 23 parts
- Prologueabout 450 lines
- Part I, Chapter I: The Popeabout 500 lines
- Part I, Chapter II: The Village Fairabout 500 lines
- Part I, Chapter III: The Drunken Nightabout 550 lines
- Part I, Chapter IV: The Happy Onesabout 870 lines
- Part I, Chapter V: The Pomyéshchickabout 760 lines
- Part II, The Last Pomyéshchick: Prologueabout 340 lines
- Part II, The Last Pomyéshchick, Chapter I: The Die-Hardabout 780 lines
- Part II, The Last Pomyéshchick, Chapter II: Klim, the Elderabout 650 lines
- Part III, The Peasant Woman: Prologueabout 530 lines
- Part III, The Peasant Woman, Chapter I: The Weddingabout 280 lines
- Part III, The Peasant Woman, Chapter II: A Songabout 300 lines
- Part III, The Peasant Woman, Chapter III: Savyéliabout 560 lines
- Part III, The Peasant Woman, Chapter IV: Djómushkaabout 490 lines
- Part III, The Peasant Woman, Chapter V: The She-Wolfabout 430 lines
- Part III, The Peasant Woman, Chapter VI: An Unlucky Yearabout 250 lines
- Part III, The Peasant Woman, Chapter VII: The Governor's Ladyabout 360 lines
- Part III, The Peasant Woman, Chapter VIII: The Woman's Legendabout 130 lines
- Part IV, A Feast for the Whole Village: Prologueabout 220 lines
- Part IV, A Feast for the Whole Village, Chapter I: Bitter Times—Bitter Songsabout 350 lines
- Part IV, A Feast for the Whole Village, Chapter II: Pilgrims and Wanderersabout 380 lines
- Part IV, A Feast for the Whole Village, Chapter III: Old and Newabout 520 lines
- Epilogueabout 460 lines