The Blue Rose: A Play in Five Acts

by Lesia Ukrainka

Book Overview

Where is the line that separates the "normal" from the "abnormal"? Liubov, a young Ukrainian woman of small nobility, struggles with this question in Lesia Ukrainka's The Blue Rose. Living in Ukraine at the turn of the twentieth century, she finds herself outside the norms for a woman: she reads "thick books," follows music and art, and is interested in science and psychology. She hosts a salon and challenges men in discussions about politics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674294378
• ISBN13: 9780674294370
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
• Length: 200 Pages