TSe vydannya ye unikal′nym, bo daye chytachevi mozhlyvist′ poznayomytysya z tvorchym nadbannyam duchovnoho bat′ka ukrayins′koyi natsiyi, henial′noho ukrayins′koho poeta i talanovytoho chudozhnyka, velykoho Kobzarya – Tarasa Hryhorovycha SHevchenka (1814–1861). Do knyzhky uviyshov praktychno ves′ tvorchyy dorobok SHevchenka-literatora: krim poetychnych, v niy podani i vsi prozovi tvory maystra, a takozh yoho schodennyky. Vony dayut′ zmohu nablyzytysya do epochy, v yaku zhyv Kobzar, i vyrazno okreslyuyut′ yoho osobystist′, scho vrazhala suchasnykiv syloyu ta bahatohrannistyu talantu. Ne vypadkovo u 1860 rotsi vin, uzhe vyznanyy poet, otrymav vid Peterburz′koyi Akademiyi mystetstv zvannya akademika hravyury. Same tomu nashe vydannya ilyustrovano mayzhe p’yat′mastamy malyunkamy, nacherkamy, ofortamy y inshymy obrazotvorchymy robotamy Tarasa Hryhorovycha SHevchenka._x005F_x000D_