"The Sun Didn't Shine Long" is a classic novel by the Ukrainian writer Ivan Nechuy-Levytskyi, which was published in 1888. In this book, the author shows the life of a small Ukrainian village and notes the negative influence of the ruling regime and the feudal system on it. The novel is full of various colorful characters who reproduce various images of Ukrainian society at that time. The main character is Orysko, who perseveres on his way despite obstacles and a sense of hopelessness. The reader is presented with acute social issues, relationships between people and conflicts between spirituality and materialism. Each page of the book impresses with its sincerity and truthfulness, revealing before us a picture of the life of the Ukrainian people in the 19th century. "The sun did not shine for long" is a work that will not leave any reader indifferent, revealing a deep image of the Ukrainian soul and its eternal search for truth and justice.