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The events in Pan Tadeusz take place in the early nineteenth century in a wealthy estate in Lithuania. Mickiewicz depicts the world of noble antiquity with humour and sadness, not hiding its flaws, understanding its historical doom and at the same time admiring its colourfulness, and shows unforgettable Polish types, which are gradually disappearing, and the younger generation. Under the pen of a brilliant Pole, the story of a dispute between old Polish families over a dilapidated castle, somewhat ridiculous and sad, has turned into an encyclopaedia of nobleman's customs and life at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The poem grows from a romantic idyll into a broad epic picture that contains many vivid descriptions of nature, cultural and historical nuances of the era, and Polish culture.