Annales de la Patrie
His first major work was "The Privalov Fortune" (1883) which was serialized to great success in the journal "Delo". The publication of the novel "Mountain Nest" in 1884 in the journal "Otechestvennye Zapiski" (Notes of the Fatherland) cemented the reputation of Mamin-Sibiryak as an accomplished realist.