Lesya Ukrainka. Letters. 1876–1897

Who was Larysa Kosach friends with, who did she admire and who did she make fun of, what did she read, where did she go, what did she grieve about and what did she dream about, how were the ideas for her works born... From the letters written to her family, close circle and "comrades in arms", we see a young, energetic, brilliantly educated Ukrainian aristocrat who actively defends her views, creates new meanings and changes the world. Published for the first time without deletions, with the author's spelling preserved, Lesya Ukrainka's epistolary work opens up to readers the opportunity to see in a new way one of the brightest figures of Ukrainian culture at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.