The books of the Literature Program series contain the best examples of fine literature from antiquity to the literature of post-industrial society, focusing primarily on the school curriculum and modern reading of works - the key to full education and harmonious personal development. Books contain biographies of writers, analysis of works, relevant comments. For many, acquaintance with the work of Vasily Barka (Vasily Konstantinovich Ocheret) begins with his work "The Yellow Prince." Meanwhile, the creative heritage of this writer, as Y. Barabash noted, "amazes with its scale." The collected works, if it were published in Ukraine, would have more than 20 volumes of poetry, prose, essays. V. Barka is the author of epic novels, poems, dramatic works, literary essays, translations of Dante, Shakespeare.