Kehel′nyy korol′

TSe pershe ukrayins′komovne vydannya kazok Aleksandra Dyuma (1802-1870) – vydatnoho frantsuz′koho pys′mennyka ta zhurnalista. A. Dyuma (bat′ko) vidomyy v us′omu sviti nasampered yak avtor pryhodnyts′kych romaniv («Troye mushketeriv», «Hraf Monte-Kristo» ta inshych). Ale yoho peru nalezhat′ i ne mensh tsikavi ta zachoplyvi kazkovi tvory dlya dytyachoyi audytoriyi. Bil′shist′ z nych uviyshly do zbirky «Tatus′ ZHigon′» (1860). U sviti, de zhyvut′ koroli, znatni ta zvychayni lyudy, ye mistse dlya mahiyi ta dyv, yaki dayut′ zmohu heroyam dosyahaty svoyich tsiley abo, navpaky, zbyvayut′ yich z pravyl′noho shlyachu. Dyuma rozpovidaye tsi istoriyi yak spravzhniy frantsuz, vytoncheno ta z humorom, opysuyuchy peretvorennya chudesnych tvaryn, scho hovoryat′ lyuds′koyu movoyu ta dopomahayut′ lyudyam zalyshatysya lyud′my, zberihayuchy chest′, hidnist′, viru v sebe i svoyu mriyu. Kazky A. Dyuma zatsikavlyat′ yak ditey, tak i doroslych