La Pensée russe
In 1881 Uspensky bought a house in Syabrintsy, Novgorod Governorate, to spend there the rest of his literary life. In November 1881 "The Old Man's Stories" marked his debut in "Russkaya Mysl". In 1882 "The Suspicious Beletazh" appeared in "OZ" (relating a bizarre incident involving a secret police agent's visit to Syabrintsy) as well as two more books, "The Village Troubles" (Vols.I-III) and "The Power of the Land", arguably his best-known work, based on his studies of life in rural Novgorod region.