Altorių šešėly by Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas

Her stories were mostly about rural life in Lithuania, and they usually adopted a compasionate tone.

A self-taught author Žemaitė also published short stories (she later became a famous figure, being put on the 1 Litas note - the most widespread Lithuanian currency, before Litas' coins and euro came into effective.). Jonas Biliūnas wrote mostly short stories - a career ended by the author's early death at the age of 28 ( we have translated a collection of Biliūnas' stories in Interlinear). One of them was Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, who wrote, most famously, historical works and plays related to Lithuanian history ('Skirgaila' being perhaps his most famous one).

Some writers started publishing during the first period of independence. The situation started to change after Lithuania gained independece in the early XXth century. The language suffered a scarcity of works throughout the 19th century, however, and that was significantly influenced by the ban of the Lithuanian language by the Russian Empire. The work is still known and widely taught in Lithuanian schools (or at least the first 20 lines of it or so) as one of the first significant works of Lithuanian literature. The poem was written in a rural context and described nature as well as works that had to be performed by Lithuanian peasants throughout the seasons. However, such literature was mostly present only in religious contexts up until the 18th century.Ī famous poem appeared in 1818: Metai (literally: 'Year', but also translated as 'Seasons') by Kristijonas Donelaitis. Further religious texts followed, such as those by Mikalojus Daukša. Lithuanian literature first appeared in around the 16th century, with the first work being a religious text by Martynas Mažvydas (now officially held to be the first printed book in Lithuanian). Go to our tool's main page (or the page of any work) to learn more about the algorithms we use. You will also be able to click on the ranking table and re-arrange the works based on the criteria you prefer. Once you choose, you will see a ranking of all the works we have analysed in terms of both grammar and vocabulary - and you will also be able to click on any particular title to see its full extensive analysis. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', and so there shouldn't be such a comparison in Lithuanian. We figured, just like in English, there is simply no fair way to compare the complexity of something like Emily Dickinson's 'I reason, earth is short' with F. Why choose? Well, to make our rankings a bit more balanced, we decided to split those into two: short texts / poems and books. We hope this can help you pick the right Lithuanian title to read! Choose the category of Lithuanian literature you are interested in to see the ranking: We have analysed Lithuanian texts in terms of the difficulty of the vocabulary and grammar, and provide you a ranking (as well as detailed information about each work). Ranking of Lithuanian literature by difficulty

Altorių šešėly by Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas