When we say: "Taras Shevchenko", we first of all imagine a gray-haired man with a sad, heavy look. Yes, this is a great Kobzar we have known since childhood. He was born a serf, was a round orphan and only 24 years old became a free man. These facts are known to all. But not everyone knows that the young Shevchenko was a member of the St. Petersburg art beau monde, attended the opera, was a welcome guest in many of the best houses, loved women, even thought of getting married. This is the little-known Taras from the pages of this book. The author shows not just a genius poet, but above all a man - a man who loved life in all its manifestations, who suffered from injustice, who so wanted happiness and who, after all, was so unhappy & hellip;
