CHmary (SHB)

Vidomyy ukrayins′kyy pys′mennyk Ivan Nechuy-Levyts′kyy (1838—1918), avtor povistey ta opovidan′ z narodnoho zhyttya, u romani «CHmary» (1874) zvertayet′sya do temy ukrayins′koyi intelihentsiyi. Symvolichnoyu ye nazva romanu, bo chmary — to svoyeridne uosoblennya natsional′noho hnoblennya ta prydushennya ukrayins′koyi kul′tury. U tsiy atmosferi moral′noyi zaduchy formuyet′sya charakter holovnych heroyiv. TSe lyudy shyrokych prohresyvnych pohlyadiv, yaki, nezvazhayuchy na vsi perepony, svoyeyu prosvitnyts′koyu diyal′nistyu zdiymayut′ chvyli natsional′noyi svidomosti narodu ta rozhanyayut′ «chmary», prahnuchy do svitla...