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Opovidannia Oleny Pchilky — tse prekrasni zamal'ovky z zhyttia ukrains'kykh zamozhnykh rodyn, stolychnoi y provintsiynoi elity, zhyttievoho ladu, ustalenoho v maietkakh i sadybakh naprykintsi KhIKh stolittia. Vizyty, baly, kontserty, klubni zibrannia buly chasto poklykani orhanizuvaty vdalyy shliub dlia divchat, prote vodnochas zabezpechuvaly pidtrymku natsional'noi tradytsii, poshyrennia ukrains'kykh idey, zarodzhennia zhinochoi universytets'koi osvity. Ydet'sia, napryklad, pro pershykh ukrainok, iaki sily na students'ku lavu poruch zi svoimy rovesnykamy y zdobuvaiut' likars'kyy fakh u Shveytsarii. U mis'kykh siuzhetakh Olena Pchilka z neymovirnym blyskom ruynuie stereotypy, inodi znyzhuie pafos, podekudy demonstruie podviynist' standartiv, a takozh doshukuiet'sia hlybynnykh psykholohichnykh motyvatsiy vchynkiv personazhiv.