It is difficult to write a summary of the story "The children."Chekhov was a skilled master of the short story.It belongs to him a phrase that brevity is the sister of talent.The great national writer with a marvelous sense of humor, he could have two words to convey a genre scene, which came to life before my eyes.
peculiar synopsis
compete with genius brevity possible.As it is impossible to accommodate the beauty of his language in the summary."The kids" (Chekhov) - a small, but incredibly bright product.In the stories of the author enjoyed every word.Still, you can try to pass on the basic idea of a synopsis: "Late evening.The parents went to the christening of a friend officer.The four younger children, and the cook's son playing bingo.In the next room misses the eldest son, a schoolboy in the kitchen nurse teaches cutting of the cook.Play on the coin.While four of the sunset looking for a pretty penny, the beautiful Sonia sleep.It belongs to the mother's bed in which to sleep peacefully and instantly all the other players. "
favorite with first publication
Here is a brief summary."The kids" (Chekhov) - a brilliant story, published during his lifetime 19 times.It was first published on pages 19 rooms "St. Petersburg newspaper" from January 20, 1886.He immediately fell in love with the readers, was kindly received by the critics.Anton made a name on the cover story of the collection of works for children.
The book was published in 1899, and in 1903 the story "The kids" Chekhov publishes drawings D. Kardovsky known teacher and a talented illustrator (for example, he owns the illustrations for the book "Woe from Wit" Griboyedov) Russian classical literature.Everything said about the popularity of the story - otherwise it could not be.Fantastic sketch, which showed a small amount of time in the life of children of the same family.Smart, kind, written in beautiful language of the story.As they say, a good Russian classical prose.
joyful atmosphere of the story
Some articles work "The kids" (Chekhov) belongs to the genre, "the Christmas story."This is not quite true.Chekhov is no hint of the time period.Late in the evening - and all.The only thing in common with the genre of the story - it is kindness, which he permeated and interior - lit table on which multicolored glitter stёklyshki lies shells from nuts and pieces of paper, obviously, wrappers from chocolates.That is the atmosphere festive.And is it not a holiday when you can sit up late the whole company, slapped each other blows, to reconcile, to overeat candy, and all this without shouting adults, because they are not there.
Prototypes characters
parents and aunt Nadia went to the christening, the nurse teaches the kitchen cook cut in the dining room one kids - this is in a nutshell summary ("The children," Chekhov AP).Hardly so short you can send the description of the main actors - lost their charm, and perhaps the charm of the whole story.The brilliant writer in his work a few words create specific images with the characters.It is difficult to summarize.
Grisha, senior and master at the table, brown eyes running around, he kept the excitement revolves.His overwhelmed fear, greed and "financial considerations".In the story, every word of their weight in gold, and can not be the product of a unique short laconic author transmit compressed - lost all the charm and magic of sketches.Chekhov described the family of Colonel B. Majewski, who was a friend and close contact, living in the years 1883-1884 in Voskresensk.He had the opportunity to observe the children, whose names he kept in the story - two girls, Annie and Sonya and Alyosha baby.
Simply brilliant sketch
Slim and clever observer, a man who truly loves and understands children completely devoid of "baby talk" to them, Anton Chekhov wrote wonderful stories about the little people.Many of the major writers have noted his ability to create images of very touching, but without the program, in the words of Vladimir Nabokov, sentimentality.The story "The children," Chekhov wrote an adult to adult.It should be noted that the product is completely devoid of morality and edification - no "adrift" children, no conflict and misunderstanding older generations of children around the world.On the contrary, when reading the impression that it is a very close-knit family of good people.
Cute family of Russian intellectuals
Kukharkin son Andrew played with them on an equal footing, slapped retaliatory blows chubby little boy Alyosha, about which the author said that in his heart he is "that even a beast," and went to sleep as a result on the edge of the master's bed in a pile with all.And listened to his "horror stories" about the night and graveyard robbers with respect, without ridicule.That says a lot.Obviously, the views were quite democratic family, we lived together, without hysteria.On Freedom of workers in the family is the fact that the nurse Agafya Ivanovna went into the kitchen than 5 minutes, and, perhaps, she was asked about the main characters of Chekhov's short story "The children."
reason for violations of
Children like adults, play bingo for money, and most importantly, to wait for the parents and aunt Nadia to learn in detail, how was the christening that was served for dinner and looked likebaby.Obviously, as happened before.And we can assume that a young, beautiful and beloved aunt told me about an evening spent in a party, it is very funny.All this, of course, speculation, but that's the talent of the author - he speaks capacious, short phrase, and she expresses so much that you can talk about it and talk.So, for coverage of the table sat four master's children and the cook's son, is very enthusiastic game.
Portraits of children
each dedicated to a few words, and everyone can imagine clearly.Not only that, you can imagine what this child in his life.Charming flirt - six year old Sonia, direct-natured girl with a doll complexion way as Chekhov wrote.The kids loved it, and drowsy, went to see it all.Three words - bonbonniere complexion - and you see the snow-white porcelain face with a gentle glow.The older sister Anna - clever and selfish, reckless, able to silence the truth for the sake of winning.
What else can you fit in summary?"The kids" (Chekhov) - a delicacy and at the same time the simplicity of the narrative.One phrase to describe the appearance of senior table - Grisha.And try to describe - it turns half a page.The game captured the children needed a victory each for different reasons, needed a penny (the rate in the game), which then fallen asleep, they are scattered all over the floor as have lost their value and importance.Very good bored older brother, a schoolboy, who visited the kids during the game.He learned the way of the all-knowing adults, little Byron Petchorin bit, looking at everything from the outside and condemn the morals of modern humans - children play on the money!He was indignant and mentally whine.There is a proverb is relevant to the story of Chekhov's "The children": "Money does not bring the game up to no good!".So he thought, playing a bored adult, but, as the author writes, "children were playing so good," his brother John, the disciple Class V school, started to ask for a companion and even "out of his mind."
Features "Russian lotto»
Children playing really contagious.Imitating adults, they shouted jokes, put in the game of Russian lotto.One of them is: "One, two - the mountain fell.Three, four - Trailer.Five, six - beat the wool.Seven, eight - hay mowing.Nine, ten - money weigh "- and so on. This tradition has been preserved and now. Where are playing bingo, there are some names of some figures, such as 11 - drumsticks, 90 - grandfather. This is the" charm "of the popular family game. Anton accurately, precisely, concisely conveyed the atmosphere of the evening, the whole house, the characters are children.
fine example of the great Russian literature
After reading is a sense of joy. And it does not want to think about what could have been with all these lovelypeople with the representatives of the middle class, through some 15-20 years. For some countries they could throw. Maybe in France laid the numbers on the cards for a game of bingo with colored glass. Chekhov did not like "literature forChildren ", a brilliant representative of which was Lydia Charskaya. But everything that he wrote about the kids, wonderful and great. The story" Grisha "," Vanya, "" Kashtanka "and a few others - unfortunately, not so much - masterpieces.They must be held at the school to understand and love Russian literature.
