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Book 1: Lesya Ukrainka. Selected works

Who is Lesya Ukrainka for us? This is Mavka, the Ukrainian Cassandra; this is her famous "In order not to cry, I laughed," and at the same time "No! I am alive! I will live forever!"... This is our national code of invincibility. Lesya Ukrainka's works include not only poetry but also translations, prose, and dramatic poems, a genre that the writer especially developed in Ukrainian literature. In this collection, we offer you to enjoy the most famous poems by the author, including "Ancient Spring", "I Wish I Could Become a Song...", "When I Was a Child, It Happened...", etc. The drama-extravaganza "Forest Song", the poems "Possessed", "Cassandra", "Boyarina", "Ancient Fairy Tale" are also presented to your attention.

Book 2. Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi. Selected Works

"The days flow in the middle of the steppe...", "The starry sky is glimpsed with the eyes of a clapper..." - this is the sensuality of language and the undeniable genius of Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi's work. His "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" and "Intermezzo" will forever be in the DNA of Ukrainian literature. It doesn't matter whether you are flipping through a paper book in a coffee shop or reading from a smartphone screen during a break before class. This collection of works will make you think, touch and inspire you across time and space. These works are warm and dear. This is the heritage of generations.

The collection includes works: "Intermezzo", "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors", "Dream", "On the Island", "Debut", "Praise Life", "Apple Blossom", "Laughter", "Under the Minarets"

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Book 3: Olga Kobylianska. Selected works

The Yaka SCHOOL series by Yakaboo Publishing presents selected works by Olha Kobylianska.

Heroines who defend unshakable values and ideals, the glorification of music, art, and beautiful landscapes are perhaps the most vivid associations with the works of the modernist writer.

This book presents one of Olga Kobylianska's most famous novels, The Princess, which was written in 1888-1895, first in German and later in Ukrainian, and touches upon the topic of women's emancipation, which was relevant at the time. The collection also includes Impromtu phantasie, Valse melancolique, Man, Uncultured, and Battle.

Book 4. Ivan Karpenko-Kary. Selected Works

The Yaka SCHOOL series by Yakaboo Publishing presents selected works by the master of Ukrainian household theatre, playwright Ivan Karpenko-Kary. His comedies and tragedies are a pleasure to watch, thanks to their charismatic characters, dynamic events, and grotesque situations. Just think of Martyn Borulia, obsessed with the idea of nobility, or Herasym Kalytyka, obsessed with the desire to buy up all the land around him. That's why performances based on classic works have always been significant for Ukrainian theatre and are still relevant today. We invite you to enjoy the most famous plays included in the collection, namely: "Martin Borulia", "100 Thousand", "Talentless", "The Hireling", "The Landlord", "Savva Chaly"

Book 5. Ivan Kotliarevsky. Selected works

The Yaka SCHOOL series by Yakaboo Publishing presents selected works by the first classic of modern Ukrainian literature, Ivan Kotliarevsky. A copy of his Aeneid was even in Napoleon's library, and his plays are still very popular today. Kotliarevsky's characters are recognisable for their uniqueness and charisma, they win readers over and open the way to a new page in Ukrainian literature. Here are two of Ivan Kotliarevsky's most famous works: "The Aeneid and Natalka Poltavka.

Book 6. Grigory Kvitka-Osnovyanenko. Selected works

The Yaka SCHOOL series by Yakaboo Publishing presents selected works by Hryhoriy Kvitka-Osnovyanenko, the founder of fiction and the genre of social comedy in classical Ukrainian literature.

Kvitka-Osnovyanenko's style is often compared to English sentimentalism for its emphasis on the emotions and experiences of the characters, deep psychology, and the sense of the narrator's presence "behind the scenes"... And for us, the stories about the cunning Konotop witch Yavdokha Zubyha, the devoted Marusya, or the inventive painter Kuzma Trokhymovych, seasoned with the colour of traditional dresses, matchmaking, and parties, are truly examples of sentimentalism of the native, Ukrainian...

So, we offer you to enjoy the works included in the collection, namely: "Saldat Pattern", "Konotop Witch", "Marusya".

Book 7. Vasyl Korolyov the Old. Selected Works

Fairy tales by Vasyl Koroliv-Staryi (1879-1943) are a real gem of Ukrainian literature. The author rethought and revived many characters of Ukrainian mythology.

All of them honestly live invisible next to people, where they can, helping them, protecting them from disasters, evil deeds, and bad thoughts. The writer seeks to ennoble the Ukrainian "evil spirits", to deprive children of the feeling of horror before fictional scary creatures, and to make young people interested in mythology. The book teaches children to distinguish between good and evil both in fairy tales and in life.

Book 8: Mike Johansen. Selected Works

The Yaka SCHOOL series by Yakaboo Publishing presents selected works by Mike Johansen, a prose writer of the Executed Renaissance and one of the founders of WAPLITE. The artist retained an unchanging individuality in his work, often resorting to experiments that can be observed in both prose and poetry, and often in their combination within the same text. Johansen is considered not only a talented writer, but also a translator and literary critic whose works are still relevant today.

The collection includes: "The Journey of the Scientist Dr Leonardo and His Future Mistress, the Beautiful Alchesta, to Slobozhanska Swiatry", selected poems.

Book 9. Panteleimon Kulish. Selected works

The Yaka SCHOOL series by Yakaboo Publishing presents selected works by Panteleimon Kulish, the author of the first phonetic spelling, writer, translator, ethnographer, publisher... According to critics, it is difficult to find a field in our culture to which Panteleimon Kulish would not have contributed. This is confirmed by the first Ukrainian historical novel, The Black Council, which opens the collection. The publication also includes the idyll Maiden's Heart and the autobiography Kulish's Life.

Book 10. Liudmyla Starytska-Cherniakhivska. Selected works

The Yaka School series by Yakaboo Publishing presents a story by Liudmyla Starytska-Cherniakhivska, an unfairly forgotten Ukrainian writer, translator, playwright, and person of complex fate.

"The Diamond Ring" is a historical adventure story based on the stories of the author's grandfather, a former soldier and participant in the events described, Vitalii Romanovych Lysenko. The work deals with the events of the Polish uprising of 1830-1831. The protagonist not only sympathises with but also helps to save the Poles who gave their lives for freedom and homeland - values so close to a conscious Ukrainian.