Anton Chekhov - the famous Russian writer.His works have been published to date, more than 100 languages.His immortal play put in many theaters around the world.Our public writer better known for its short humorous stories."Horse surname", "Lady with the Dog", "Kashtanka" and many other works, familiar to us from childhood, wrote Chekhov."Vanya" (summary given in the article) - is the story of the famous author, known to us from the school.He wrote more than a hundred years ago and is part of the compulsory program for the study of literature in the primary classes in all public schools.
Roly longing for his grandfather
Vanka Zhukov, nine year old boy, apprenticed to a shoemaker in Moscow Alyahinu.He - an orphan, from their grandfather had only Constantine Makarych.Since Vanka left the village, it took three long months.The boy longing for his grandfather, recalling every moment spent with him.Vanka likes to imagine, which makes the grandfather in the village today.Here Constantine Makarych, nimble little old man with drunken face and merry eyes, chatting with the cooks in the human.He loves tobacco, sniffs it, sneezes.But he avoids the evening with a mallet master's homestead - dogging it.He was always accompanied by two dogs: a black and old Kashtanka Viun.With the description of Constantine Makaritch, the only native human protagonist, Chekhov began his narrative."Vanya" (see summary below) - the story, calling from the first lines of sympathy from readers to a simple country boy.
Complaints Vanka letter
Vanya wrote a letter to his grandfather, which describes all the hardships of his life in front of people.Share it indeed unenviable.Apprentices laugh at him, forced to steal from the home and sent to the tavern for vodka.The family of a shoemaker, in which he lives, unkind to him.It does give a little morning - bread, lunch - porridge in the evening - the same bread.A host for each offense severely punished little boy.For example, he recently Vanya dragged by the hair into the courtyard and beat him there stirrup.A mistress for the boy began to clean properly herring, poking him in the face with fish.But most of all do not like Vanka babysit their child.When the baby cries in the night, the boy forced to download it.Patsanenku terribly want to sleep.And if he happens to fall asleep, shaking the cradle, for that he also punished.All of this he described in his letter to his grandfather."Vanya" by Anton Chekhov - a story about the difficult fraction of peasant children, defenseless before the will of their masters.
Vanka memories of the happy times in the village
And Vanya likes to recall the time when he lived in the village with his grandfather.His mother had been a servant at Pelagia gentlemen, and often the boy was with her.The young lady Olga Ignatyevna been very supportive to the child, regaled him candy and nothing else to do, taught him to read, write, and even to dance the quadrille.But the most memorable Christmas at Vanka gentlemen.Before the holiday Makarych Constantine went to the forest for the tree and took with him a grandson.It was terribly cold, frost crackled.And Vanke was all uneasy.After all, he was there with his grandfather!He describes habitation happy boy in the village of Chekhov."Vanya" (summary does not convey emotions that remain after reading the product in the original) - the story, calling the readers a keen sense of compassion and desire to help the naive child.
Content Roly sends a letter
finished his letter, the boy signed it: "In the village of my grandfather."But on reflection, still adds: "Constantine Makarych."How to send a message Vanya knows.After all, the day before he was questioned about the merchants from the butcher shop.They told him that the letter should be lowered to the mailbox.Then they were taken out and carried about all over the world troika with bells.Reaching the first box, a happy boy throws him a letter.By doing this, he cheerfully to walk home.An hour later, Vanya already sleeping sweetly.He dreams of his grandfather Constantine Makarych sitting on the warm stove, his legs dangling, and reads a letter grandson cooks.This episode ends his story by Anton Chekhov."Vanya" (the main characters of the story - positive people, and even somewhat naive) - work, causing readers sympathetic smile.
theme of childhood is often heard in the stories of the writer.About underage naive and good peasant boy wrote his work of Chekhov."Vanya" (summary you learned from this article) - the story of a small, but very interesting.We advise to read it in its entirety.
