Small tragedies. Pushkin A.

This book includes the famous “Little Tragedies” by A. S. Pushkin (1799-1837), written by him in Boldino in 1830-during the period when Eugene Onegin was completed, “Belkin’s Tales”, “House” were created In Kolomna ”and many lyrical poems. In the “Little Tragedies”, which made up four dramatic scenes: “The Scanty Knight”, “Mozart and Salieri”, “Stone Guest” and “Feast during the Plague”, the focus is an exciting history of destructive passions.

greed and voluptuousness, envy and thirst for immortality master the souls of Pushkin's heroes. They do not just experience passion - but affirm it as the highest value of being, serve and worship her in readiness to sacrifice herself and others. The main tragic conflict is not played between the actors and the world around them, but in themselves - in the internal contradiction of their consciousness and personality.

A thirst for enrichment and success is also driven by the main character of the Story Lady, who also included in the real publication, but the intervention of rock is the favorite theme of Pushkin - an unpredictable way decides his fate. This is one of the first works of Russian literature, which was recognized in Europe and translated into French with such classics as Andre Jew and Prosper Merim.