Chameleon. The adventures of literary villains. Stelliferovsky P.A.

Pavel Stelliferovsky - candidate of philological sciences, publisher of educational literature, author of books and articles about Russian writers.

This unusual romance Russian writers wrote for almost one hundred and fifty years. But they did not add, because the main character strove to slip away from the acute writer's eye, changed his color and, in the words of Saltykov-Shchedrin, silently crawled "from one period of history to another."

Today, having re -read the classics, we can recreate a completely unusual collective work that has reached us in excerpts, sketches and short chapters.

Zagoretsky, Molchalin, Seekh, Chichikov, Glumov, Opuskin, Balalaikin, Tarelkin, Okhumelov, Nevzorov, Gulyachkin, Schakokalnikov, Pobedonoi, Ammotles... What unites these, seemingly secondary characters of great creations, are it so invisible, are so invisible And are it safe and shifting up different times? No, no and NO! They are from one rotten root, this badly smelling family has stated the life of many generations of decent people, and sometimes played a tragic role in their fate.

, under the flag of well -being and suction, official reading, conciliation and spiritual betrayal, these chameleons not only seek and find themselves a warm place and plate of the Osh, but also give rise to evil of permissiveness and impunity. Gryuryum-Burcheev, benefactor, older brother appear there and where and when they meet kneeling silent performers, in whose eyes they read the eternal question "What are you deigned?"

This book is about villains in Russian classical literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, but a thoughtful reader has the right to multiply the despicable row, turning to world classics and modern works. And he must, according to the author of the book, carefully look around him. Are there any of the representatives of the Chameleon family somewhere nearby?

times and morals are changing, but these characters are tenacious and successfully adapt to all changes, quietly and persistently declaring their appetites. Alas, our time is also very suitable for them...