Abstract
History can provide us with the specific facts about epidemics. Numerical data and geographical areas have been specified as accurately as possible, while art and fiction have preserved the emotional aspects and human feelings of these fateful events. Today, this material enables us to see the society of that time from the centuries-old perspective, to conceptualize the artistic markers of literary interpretation, the connotative fields of these markers – their direct and metaphorical meanings. In this regard, Georgian thinking space is no exception. It is natural that Georgian fiction does not ignore this difficult social event and creates many memorable literary characters and stories. The texts created at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries distinguished by the individual style of writing skillfully depict the social picture caused by the epidemic, a changed way of life, a locked-down, isolated village completely gripped by fear of death, and an astonishing spiritual fortitude and inner strength of people in need.