Mladofranki. Novels. Fairy tales. In 2 books. Goutier T.

The Scientific and Publishing Center "Ladomir" continues to publish the main works of the outstanding French romance Theophilus Gauthier (1811-1872). Earlier, in 2012, in the series “Literary Monuments”, the two -volume “Romanic prose” with the ten best stories of the writer was light. The basis of this publication was his three collections. The main one is the “Young Peninsula”, in essence, the book of “Artist” about “Artists”, a parody of square. The world of Gauthier is the world of the artist, seen by his eyes and the captured, bright paintings of Parisian life, snatched from the stream of time and carefully transferred to the canvas; Often this is a verbal story, likened to a graphic image, an ecfrasis genus inside out. Expressed by the words of Gauthier himself, “truly this is a picture that lacks only the frame | Yes, a nail to hang her. ” At the same time, this canvas is strikingly alive: as if in a magic lantern, a bizarre parade of characters - Egyptian mummies and vampires, artists -a -tales and national guards, drawers and a bourgeois, passes in front of the reader.

All the characters of Gauthier are in their own way “artists”: not only a shepherdess who becomes a famous Parisian painter, not only a non-reward artist, but also a rural cure, and an eccentric inventor-artist, and a national guardsman, masterfully evading From service. Dreams and phantasmagoria, narcotic visions and marvelous dreams are intertwined in a bright ball; Antiquity and modernity go hand in hand and seem to go off the paintings (including literally, as in the novel of the “omphala”). Many of these works are published in Russian for the first time, the translations of the rest are verified according to the originals. Of particular interest is the section “Tales” composed of works addressed to the young audience. Written for children's magazines and Kipseks, they appeared at a time when the children's literature of France was experiencing an rise, and can rightfully be called its bright examples. As in the case of a short story, a picturesque diversity awaits the reader: there is a Chinese legend, and the Scandinavian ballad in prose, and an Arabian fairy tale, and magical stories in the manner of Madame d'Oonoa. The “Additions” section included the early works of Theophilus Gauthier, still imitative, but interesting as “Pen's Samples”, which outlines the plots of future novels of a mature author. It also presents a selection of Leon Gozlan's feuilletons about young francs, which allows to closely see these bohemian eccentrics - contemporaries and characters of Gauthier.

The scientific apparatus compiled an article by S.N. Zenkina “Theophilus Gauthier is an artist writer”, as well as a thorough comment.

It is recommended the widest circle of readers.