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The book includes four of the best stories by Taras Shevchenko, the genius of the Ukrainian people, an outstanding artist, poet, writer and public figure of the 19th century: The Musician, The Hired Girl, The Artist and The Twins.

In the story "The Hireling" Shevchenko tells about the moral and psychological drama of the mother of an illegitimate child, forced to hide her motherhood. "The Artist" and "The Musician" tell about the suffering of talented slaves - serf intellectuals looking for opportunities to realise their abilities. "The Twins" is dedicated to the theme of human education. All stories are written in Russian, which Shevchenko masterfully mastered.

The book also contains the poem «The Haidamaks» — - a historical epic in verse. The poem is written in Ukrainian and tells the story of the Koliyivshchyna - the national liberation Cossack uprising against the oppression of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.