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Little Russia--_Nights on a Farm near Dikánka_ and _Mírgorod_--Village life and humour--_How Ivan Ivanovitch quarrelled with Ivan Nikíforytch_--Historical novel: _Tarás Búlba_--_The Cloak_--Drama: _The Inspector-General_--Its influence--_Dead Souls_: Main types--Realism in the Russian novel.