Belkin’s story. 2nd edition. Pushkin A.S.

Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837) - the greatest Russian poet and prose writer. In domestic literature, Pushkin stands apart: “The Sun of our poetry”, according to the writer of Vl. Odoevsky was the first to laid the foundations of realism in Russian literature and so transformed the language that the works of the 19th century are read as modern. Alexander Sergeyevich was born in Moscow, in the family of a military adviser, amateur poet and a secular young lady, granddaughters of Hannibal (African Abrim Hannibal was a servant and pupil of Peter I, and then the general), in an ancient noble celebration. He began to write poetry in the lyceum - a privileged educational institution for the children of the noblemen, and at the age of 15, in an open exam, he made a splash, reading his “Memories in Tsarskoye Selo” and earned the hot approval of the living classic - Gabriel Derzhavin. Pushkin was not bypassed by glory during his lifetime: he was called a genius and the “first Russian poet” in the press, Emperor Nicholas I favored him, his each creation became an event for the reading public, but the work of the official (Pushkin served as a titular adviser) and censorship restrictions constrained his talent. However, the concentration of the life created over 37 years of life is amazing: these are piercing poems, and a great novel in verses, and lovely fairy tales, and brilliant prose, and, of course, beautiful poems.

The remarkable property of Pushkin’s creativity is a bright poetic power and accuracy of images along with brevity. “Belkin’s story” (1830) is the first work of Pushkin in prose, completed, printed and, alas, did not have success. It was written in just 40 days in the village of Bolshoi Boldino in the fall of 1830, where Pushkin languished, waiting for a leaving the bride: the road was closed due to cholera quarantines. However, it was this involuntary imprisonment that became one of the most productive periods in his work. This period was called “Boldin Autumn”: then “little tragedies” were born, the last chapters of Eugene Onegin. "The Tale of the Pope and the employee of his Balde." "The story of the village of Goryukhina." "House in Kolomna" and about 30 poems.