50 - EASTERN EUROPEAN LITERATURE. UKRAINE.

EASTERN EUROPEAN LITERATURE. UKRAINE. Vladimir KOROLENKO. The Forest Whispers: Tales from Ukraine and Siberia, based on the Russian text by R. Candiani. Second edition. Paris, Armand Colin, 1914. 363 pp., small 8vo format. Rare. Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (1853–died in Poltava in 1921) was a socially conscious Ukrainian writer of populist inspiration, a short-story writer, journalist, and human rights advocate. Bradel-style marbled paper binding, with a brown label for the title page. Slight wear to the binding; interior is fresh.