Tev’ye-molochar

SHolom-Aleychem (1859—1916) — yevreys′kyy pys′mennyk, zhyttya yakoho bulo tisno pov’yazane z Ukrayinoyu. Tozh svoho nayulyublenishoho heroya — shlyachetnoho i prostakuvatoho, pobozhnoho i spovnenoho superechnostey, znavtsya lyudey i potsinovuvacha pryrodnoyi krasy — Tev’ye-molochara avtor poselyv v ukrayins′komu seli todishn′oyi Rosiys′koyi imperiyi. Nelehko vedet′sya prats′ovytomu bat′ku velykoyi rodyny, v yakiy azh semero dochok ta y doli yichni ne mozhna nazvaty schaslyvymy. Prote Tev’yevi opovidi-monolohy spovneni optymizmu y dobroty, peresypani dotepamy. Ne zradzhuye heroy svoyemu pravylu: yakscho ne vystachaye sliz, to treba smiyatysya, i todi, koly rozpovidaye, yak tsars′ki mozhnovladtsi zmushuyut′ yoho zalyshyty ridnu domivku.