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The novel is divided into chapters that seem short stories, but form part of a single plot and feature the same characters:

1. A Gift from Above;

2. Unfamiliar Children;

3. The Foundling;

4. The second March, a certain Year;

5. The Chicken Pox;

6. The unfortunate, happy Kolyvanova