The Forest Song — Lesia Ukrainka

The Forest Song is a dramatic fairy tale by Lesia Ukrainka, the greatest work of Ukrainian drama — a love story between the forest nymph Mavka and the peasant Lukash.

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The Forest Song is a dramatic fairy tale by Lesia Ukrainka (1911), the pinnacle of Ukrainian dramaturgy. The forest nymph Mavka falls in love with the peasant Lukash, but their union is doomed — the world of nature and the world of humans are incompatible.

The work is filled with the poetry of Ukrainian Polissia, mythological imagery, and philosophical reflections on love, freedom, and sacrifice. The Forest Song has been translated into dozens of languages.

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AuthorLesia Ukrainka

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