sentences:  His most notable works of fiction include the novel "Pragiedruliai" (Cloud Clearing) and the narrative "Dėdės ir dėdienės" (Uncles and Aunts) about the ordinary village folk.Born to a family of Lithuanian peasants, Tumas was educated at a gymnasium in Daugavpils (present-day Latvia) and Kaunas Priest Seminary.He began contributing to the Lithuanian press, then banned by the Tsarist authorities, in 1889 or 1890.