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The great legacy of Ivan Franko, a fully gifted writer and thinker whose life's work represents an entire epoch in the cultural and political history of Ukraine, belongs to the golden fund of world literature. The artistically perfect, thematically diverse, and philosophically profound "emeralds" of his poetry, prose, and drama still retain their burning relevance and aesthetic appeal. The selected works of the universally recognised but still insufficiently known classic of Ukrainian literature include both textbook, "business card" texts (primarily those included in the school curriculum) and some little-known ones, including those "censored" by the totalitarian regime and left out of the 50-volume set for ideological reasons. Franko's lively, fiery word speaks "to all peoples and to all ages," including the modern reader, with the voice of human longing and faith - "faith in the power of the spirit."