The article is devoted to one of the leading themes of Azerbaijani literature � the image of �little people�, depicted in Azerbaijani prose in the late XIX - early XX centuries. The article reflects the chronological stages in the development of the image of the �little man� in Azerbaijani fiction. The author comes to the conclusion that J. Mammadguluzadeh does not make any authorial interventions in the actions and life style of the image of the �little man� created by him in the short story Mailbox � Novruzali. However, another image of the �little man� created by Abduraghim Bek Akverdiyev, Mirza Safar, differs from the �little man� � Novruzali described by J. Mammadguluzadeh, by reasonableness and proactive attitude. In the article the author comes to the scientific conclusion that through the images of �little people� in the Azerbaijani prose of the late XIX - early XX centuries writers introduced life in literature in a broad sense, interests and needs of the people, including the problems of society, and played an exceptional role in the partial elimination of these problems.

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