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Вечер накануне Ивана Купала
Повесть "Вечер накануне Ивана Купала" - удивительное произведение, автором которого является великолепный драматург Николай Васильевич Гоголь (1809–1852). Бедный Петрусь, полюбив дочь богатого хозяина, готов ради любви на все: вечером накануне Ивана Купала он вместе с бродягой Басаврюком отправляется на поиски зарытого в лесу клада… Повесть "Вечер накануне Ивана Купала" входит в цикл "Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки".
34 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1830
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Nikolai Gogol
2,001 books5,672 followersPeople consider that Russian writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Николай Васильевич Гоголь) founded realism in Russian literature. His works include
The Overcoat
(1842) and
Dead Souls
(1842).
Ukrainian birth, heritage, and upbringing of Gogol influenced many of his written works among the most beloved in the tradition of Russian-language literature. Most critics see Gogol as the first Russian realist. His biting satire, comic realism, and descriptions of Russian provincials and petty bureaucrats influenced later Russian masters Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, and especially Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Gogol wittily said many later Russian maxims.
Gogol first used the techniques of surrealism and the grotesque in his works The Nose , Viy , The Overcoat , and Nevsky Prospekt . Ukrainian upbringing, culture, and folklore influenced his early works, such as Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka .
His later writing satirized political corruption in the Russian empire in Dead Souls .
Ukrainian birth, heritage, and upbringing of Gogol influenced many of his written works among the most beloved in the tradition of Russian-language literature. Most critics see Gogol as the first Russian realist. His biting satire, comic realism, and descriptions of Russian provincials and petty bureaucrats influenced later Russian masters Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, and especially Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Gogol wittily said many later Russian maxims.
Gogol first used the techniques of surrealism and the grotesque in his works The Nose , Viy , The Overcoat , and Nevsky Prospekt . Ukrainian upbringing, culture, and folklore influenced his early works, such as Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka .
His later writing satirized political corruption in the Russian empire in Dead Souls .
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August 27, 2021
First published in the magazine Domestic Notes (February/ March 1830) when the author was nineteen, and later included in his first short story collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, Vol 1 (1831), “St. John’s Eve”—an apparently improvisatory gothic tale that is nevertheless a work of formal perfection—may be Nikolai Gogol’s first masterpiece.
It is a tale told by the sacristran Thoma Grigorovitch, originally told by his grandfather, and it is a wild tale too. It is the story of a young peasant named Petro who seeks the help of the stranger Basavriuk (who may be the devil) in order to win the hand of Pidorka, his master’s daughter. Basavriuk tells him he may discover a great treasure that will certainly win her, but that first he must pluck the magical fern flower that blooms only on St. John’s Eve, the night of the summer solstice. Petro plucks the flower and finds the treasure, but what Basavriuk failed to tell him is that, in order to keep the gold, he must also commit a great crime. The rest of the tale is devoted to the consequences of Petro’s fateful decision.
The tale is chock full of wholesome Ukrainian atmosphere enriched by Hoffmanesque supernatural marvels. It is amusing, haunting, and terrifying—often all at the same time. Yes, the solstice brings with it a wild ride for Petro—and a wild ride for the reader too.
I’ll end with two things: 1) a piece of Disney music trivia, and 2) a short excerpt from near the beginning of St. John’s Eve.
First, The Disney trivia. If you are a classic Disney fan, you have seen Fantasia, and no doubt remember the witches’ sabbath, in which the highest peak in the range surrounding a village turns out to be—not a mountain at all, but instead—the body of Chernabog, a demon who summons his dark worshipers to an unholy celebration. If you’re also a classical music fan, you know that the sinister nighttime music accompanying it is Night on Bald Mountain, a tone poem by Mussorgsky (arranged by Rimsky-Korsakov). What you may not know is that its original title was St. John’s Eve on Bald Mountain and that it was inspired by this Gogol short story.
Here is the excerpt, which explains a Dikanka village girl’s dilemma: whether or not to accept tokens from the devil-man Basavriuk:
He would address the pretty girls, and give them ribbons, earrings, strings of beads — more than they knew what to do with. It is true that the pretty girls rather hesitated about accepting his presents: God knows, perhaps, what unclean hands they had passed through. My grandfather’s aunt, who kept at that time a tavern, in which Basavriuk (as they called this devil-man) often caroused, said that no consideration on the earth would have induced her to accept a gift from him. But then, again, how avoid accepting? Fear seized on every one when he knit his shaggy brows, and gave a sidelong glance which might send your feet God knows whither: whilst if you did accept, then the next night some fiend from the swamp, with horns on his head, came and began to squeeze your neck, if there was a string of beads upon it; or bite your finger, if there was a ring upon it; or drag you by the hair, if ribbons were braided in it. God have mercy, then, on those who held such gifts! But here was the difficulty: it was impossible to get rid of them; if you threw them into the water, the diabolical ring or necklace would skim along the surface and into your hand.
February 10, 2024
Sagenhaft. Daher nicht so mein Fall.
December 26, 2020
My second short story by Gogol in as many days. It actually was his first written at age 19. It's another folkloric tale with a moral of "don't make a deal with the devil" For me it wasn't as good as "The Night Before Christmas". It jumped around a lot and I found myself having to go back & re-read a page or two to ensure I was following the storyline.
December 6, 2018
A folk tale set on St. John’s Eve, or the night before the celebration of the Feast Day of Saint John the Baptist. Since John the Baptist was supposed to have been born six months before Jesus, his birthday is celebrated on June 24. This day is also called Midsummer’s Day (celebrating the summer solstice) in some regions, and so our story is set on midsummer night’s eve.
Peter Kinless, or Peter the Orphan, is forlorn because he can’t be with the woman he loves due to his poverty. One day, the mysterious Basavriuk promises Peter all the gold he wants in exchange for something he’ll specify later, and Peter agrees to the deal. His happiness is short-lived, however, as the dark deed he agreed to in his lust for riches soon comes to bring ruin upon his household.
The villagers had always been poor (compared to the riches of St. Petersburg), but that label had no meaning for them. Now they’ve had their taste of greed and have had their eyes opened to the suffering it ushers in. The genie’s out of the bottle, though. The irresistible temptations of modernity are here to stay, as are its attendant griefs and evils.
Title in Spanish: La noche de San Juan
Peter Kinless, or Peter the Orphan, is forlorn because he can’t be with the woman he loves due to his poverty. One day, the mysterious Basavriuk promises Peter all the gold he wants in exchange for something he’ll specify later, and Peter agrees to the deal. His happiness is short-lived, however, as the dark deed he agreed to in his lust for riches soon comes to bring ruin upon his household.
The villagers had always been poor (compared to the riches of St. Petersburg), but that label had no meaning for them. Now they’ve had their taste of greed and have had their eyes opened to the suffering it ushers in. The genie’s out of the bottle, though. The irresistible temptations of modernity are here to stay, as are its attendant griefs and evils.
Title in Spanish: La noche de San Juan
October 2, 2021
I have arranged my takeaway thoughts into a haiku:
"Shame may blot it out,
But you can’t escape actions
Done to serve your ends."
"Shame may blot it out,
But you can’t escape actions
Done to serve your ends."
August 9, 2020
Like a Russian fairy story, about a poor young man who makes a pact with (possibly) the devil and a witch, to earn riches and marry his sweetheart. However the magic makes him lose his memory of the event, which haunts him. He can never be happy because of this, asked his wife is also miserable until a year later she asks the witch to visit her husband, with terrible consequences.
What is it with Russian witches? Do they all live in houses with chicken legs? I guess I need to read more Russian fairy stories.
What is it with Russian witches? Do they all live in houses with chicken legs? I guess I need to read more Russian fairy stories.
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November 19, 2024just learned that Modest Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" was inspired by a scene in this book🤩
April 16, 2025
Кокс и дурки
July 6, 2025
St John’s Eve aka The Eve of Ivan Kupala by Nikolai Gogol http://realini.blogspot.com/2023/07/t...
9 out of 10
The notion of collaborating with the devil, in order to obtain some benefits, save oneself and, or others from dangerous, sometimes catastrophic circumstances is probably (come to think of it, surely) older than Faust http://realini.blogspot.com/2016/10/f...
When pressed, people promise anything, albeit they mostly pray God (or gods for Hindus, ancient Greeks and other) and say that if they pass this test, get this trophy, win the love of this person, get elected, then they promise they will be good, stop swearing, help others, obey the ten commandments, and everything else.
If the God or gods do not oblige, then there is the alternative of selling to the other formidable force, with the disadvantage that Satan will extract eternal damnation, after you will get the prize, woman, man or other, the achievement will paid so exorbitantly as to become not a success, but a symbol of failure
Even very religious folks would enter such a condemnable pact, and I will now put forward one of my shibboleths, the leit motif of Trump – he is the cult leader, worshipped by evangelicals that should see him for what he is, a messenger of the devil (if we are to believe in that dogma) however much they choose to embellish, or alter reality
‘Happiness Activity No 11: Practicing Religion and Spirituality- becoming more involved in your church, temple or mosque or reading and pondering spiritually themed books’ is explained in The How of Happiness http://realini.blogspot.com/2014/07/t... by Sonja Lyubomirsky
Yes, evangelicals have this ‘understanding’ with Trump, who has delivered the goods, they now have a Supreme Court that keeps rolling out, or back, legislation that agrees, or is rejected respectively by conservatives, abortion, gay rights, gun laws are all on the line, and where these frauds prefer it, they give the states the autonomy that is enshrined in the constitution, and where that does not promote their ‘values’, well then, they just have to ignore those same rights, as was the case for New York and the restrictions on guns…
In St John’s Eve, at one point they refer to somebody as a Catholic, who is not a human being, and just like that, those Sothern (mostly) fundamentalists see the very religious Biden, who is Catholic, as the demon, while they adore the idiot who is actually an atheist, holding the Bible upside down, in an infamous photo…
There is the theme of the ‘witch’ and again, we connect with the present, because we have the ‘witch hunt’ to which Athleta Christi keeps pointing, The Orange Fool has broken so many laws (never mind the rules of decency, honor, modesty and so on) that the indictments keep piling up, but he denies what is evident, and pretends he is a martyr, what is horrible is that tens of millions do not have the moral compass, the intelligence to see the lie
Making another connection with this age, the story takes place in an Ukrainian village, and furthermore, we read about...Zaporizhia, the place that is now familiar to those who watch the news once in a while, because it has the largest nuclear plant in Europe, and alas, the Russians had taken it
Just like Nikolai Gogol talks about sacrifice, the devil, witches, the present day myth makers have used their vile propaganda machine – active even in the sauna of the Downtown Club where I go and we have this loathsome doctor and others like him, who take Putin in their disgusting arms and blame others for the calamity unfolding next door…Alhamdulillah, from tomorrow I go to another place, Caro, for the next three months, while the main facility at the Radisson is supposedly refurbished, with the way they spread nonsense, that might be just part of the truth – to say that Ukrainians will explode the nuclear plant
Stumbling On Happiness http://realini.blogspot.com/2013/06/s... is a book of Magic by Harvard Professor Daniel Gilbert that looks at the various ways in which we are mistaken when we think we will be happy, if only this candidate wins the elections, that team is crowned champion, we move to California, The Caribbean, or some Pacific Island – in fact I used to dream of Corfu, or some Greek island as the place where I would find serenity, equanimity and Eudaimonia
Nevertheless, there is a phenomenon called Hedonic Adaptation, which has a good side, involving adaptation to bad things, immobility after an accident and so on (however, some events are more difficult to take in, the loss of a loved one, unemployment, very loud noises) but the downside is that when we move to such a paradisiacal place, buy a car, dress, shoes, etc. we find that the joy brought is short lived.
Hence, we need to stop buying and enhancing the consumerism plaguing our planet (actually humanity, as someone clever observed, a comic in fact, the earth will be fine, it is not a question of saving the planet, it is about keeping humans extant in the future) because it brings in just a short lived wellbeing, among other reasons…Putin thought he will take Ukraine and then his folks will be happy, it did not happen, and he will not do it, Insha’Allah
Now for a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/u... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...
Posted 23rd July 2023 by realini
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9 out of 10
The notion of collaborating with the devil, in order to obtain some benefits, save oneself and, or others from dangerous, sometimes catastrophic circumstances is probably (come to think of it, surely) older than Faust http://realini.blogspot.com/2016/10/f...
When pressed, people promise anything, albeit they mostly pray God (or gods for Hindus, ancient Greeks and other) and say that if they pass this test, get this trophy, win the love of this person, get elected, then they promise they will be good, stop swearing, help others, obey the ten commandments, and everything else.
If the God or gods do not oblige, then there is the alternative of selling to the other formidable force, with the disadvantage that Satan will extract eternal damnation, after you will get the prize, woman, man or other, the achievement will paid so exorbitantly as to become not a success, but a symbol of failure
Even very religious folks would enter such a condemnable pact, and I will now put forward one of my shibboleths, the leit motif of Trump – he is the cult leader, worshipped by evangelicals that should see him for what he is, a messenger of the devil (if we are to believe in that dogma) however much they choose to embellish, or alter reality
‘Happiness Activity No 11: Practicing Religion and Spirituality- becoming more involved in your church, temple or mosque or reading and pondering spiritually themed books’ is explained in The How of Happiness http://realini.blogspot.com/2014/07/t... by Sonja Lyubomirsky
Yes, evangelicals have this ‘understanding’ with Trump, who has delivered the goods, they now have a Supreme Court that keeps rolling out, or back, legislation that agrees, or is rejected respectively by conservatives, abortion, gay rights, gun laws are all on the line, and where these frauds prefer it, they give the states the autonomy that is enshrined in the constitution, and where that does not promote their ‘values’, well then, they just have to ignore those same rights, as was the case for New York and the restrictions on guns…
In St John’s Eve, at one point they refer to somebody as a Catholic, who is not a human being, and just like that, those Sothern (mostly) fundamentalists see the very religious Biden, who is Catholic, as the demon, while they adore the idiot who is actually an atheist, holding the Bible upside down, in an infamous photo…
There is the theme of the ‘witch’ and again, we connect with the present, because we have the ‘witch hunt’ to which Athleta Christi keeps pointing, The Orange Fool has broken so many laws (never mind the rules of decency, honor, modesty and so on) that the indictments keep piling up, but he denies what is evident, and pretends he is a martyr, what is horrible is that tens of millions do not have the moral compass, the intelligence to see the lie
Making another connection with this age, the story takes place in an Ukrainian village, and furthermore, we read about...Zaporizhia, the place that is now familiar to those who watch the news once in a while, because it has the largest nuclear plant in Europe, and alas, the Russians had taken it
Just like Nikolai Gogol talks about sacrifice, the devil, witches, the present day myth makers have used their vile propaganda machine – active even in the sauna of the Downtown Club where I go and we have this loathsome doctor and others like him, who take Putin in their disgusting arms and blame others for the calamity unfolding next door…Alhamdulillah, from tomorrow I go to another place, Caro, for the next three months, while the main facility at the Radisson is supposedly refurbished, with the way they spread nonsense, that might be just part of the truth – to say that Ukrainians will explode the nuclear plant
Stumbling On Happiness http://realini.blogspot.com/2013/06/s... is a book of Magic by Harvard Professor Daniel Gilbert that looks at the various ways in which we are mistaken when we think we will be happy, if only this candidate wins the elections, that team is crowned champion, we move to California, The Caribbean, or some Pacific Island – in fact I used to dream of Corfu, or some Greek island as the place where I would find serenity, equanimity and Eudaimonia
Nevertheless, there is a phenomenon called Hedonic Adaptation, which has a good side, involving adaptation to bad things, immobility after an accident and so on (however, some events are more difficult to take in, the loss of a loved one, unemployment, very loud noises) but the downside is that when we move to such a paradisiacal place, buy a car, dress, shoes, etc. we find that the joy brought is short lived.
Hence, we need to stop buying and enhancing the consumerism plaguing our planet (actually humanity, as someone clever observed, a comic in fact, the earth will be fine, it is not a question of saving the planet, it is about keeping humans extant in the future) because it brings in just a short lived wellbeing, among other reasons…Putin thought he will take Ukraine and then his folks will be happy, it did not happen, and he will not do it, Insha’Allah
Now for a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/u... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...
Posted 23rd July 2023 by realini
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October 19, 2020
A true masterpiece of eastern Gothic literature. Though this short story balances on the line of a fairytale and a gothic tale due to it's abundance of magical elements, the dark elements of the devil and the treaturousness of the natural surroundings, as well as the presence of mental torture, make this a very great portrayal of a gothic short story with traditional elements.
December 10, 2019
an exciting fairy tale
February 12, 2025
Well, well, well! It appears I dove headfirst into Nikolai Gogol's world without so much as a map or a cultural compass. I was under the impression that I was about to enjoy a charming love story, but spoiler alert: it’s more like trying to navigate a borscht soup with a hidden layer of mystery and mayhem simmering just below the surface.
As I leafed through the pages, I found myself scratching my head (and occasionally consulting Wikipedia like it was my life coach) while trying to decode the delightful chaos of Russian—well, technically, Ukrainian—traditions and folklore.
Gogol sweeps us into a love story that feels not at all like a romantic Shakespearean tragedy, but more like a German nightmare (think Hoffmann and Tieck). Picture this: a dark backdrop, whispers of the supernatural, a witch, and a devil who's seemingly had one too many shots of vodka. At first, I thought I was reading a horror script, but then love poked its head in, leaving me pondering how these two concepts could coexist. Love can be sweet, sure, but when you throw in a devil, things veer into the diabolical territory!
Here's an important takeaway: poverty and love make for quite the dramatic duo! Our dear protagonist believes he’s got life figured out, but you know what they say—never accept help from strangers, especially if they’re sporting a tail and clutching a pitchfork. The plot thickens, and soon we find ourselves lost in a not-so-cute rabbit hole filled with infanticide, human sacrifice, memory lapses and horror elements that evoke the likes of Hoffmann’s The Sandman and “Ignaz Denner”. I was baffled by the eerie visions Hoffmann conjured, until Gogol came along and said, "Wait until you see what I can do with horror!" Between you and me, Hoffmann is still better ad of course original!
So, fasten your seatbelts, folks! Just when you think you’ve grasped the plot and that oblivion might just solve these star-crossed lovers' woes, you realize you’ve barely scratched the surface of the madness and evil!
Yours humorously,
An Overzealous Reviewer Who Just Can’t Help Herself
Check it on my blog: https://bibliophilescompass.blogspot....
As I leafed through the pages, I found myself scratching my head (and occasionally consulting Wikipedia like it was my life coach) while trying to decode the delightful chaos of Russian—well, technically, Ukrainian—traditions and folklore.
Gogol sweeps us into a love story that feels not at all like a romantic Shakespearean tragedy, but more like a German nightmare (think Hoffmann and Tieck). Picture this: a dark backdrop, whispers of the supernatural, a witch, and a devil who's seemingly had one too many shots of vodka. At first, I thought I was reading a horror script, but then love poked its head in, leaving me pondering how these two concepts could coexist. Love can be sweet, sure, but when you throw in a devil, things veer into the diabolical territory!
Here's an important takeaway: poverty and love make for quite the dramatic duo! Our dear protagonist believes he’s got life figured out, but you know what they say—never accept help from strangers, especially if they’re sporting a tail and clutching a pitchfork. The plot thickens, and soon we find ourselves lost in a not-so-cute rabbit hole filled with infanticide, human sacrifice, memory lapses and horror elements that evoke the likes of Hoffmann’s The Sandman and “Ignaz Denner”. I was baffled by the eerie visions Hoffmann conjured, until Gogol came along and said, "Wait until you see what I can do with horror!" Between you and me, Hoffmann is still better ad of course original!
So, fasten your seatbelts, folks! Just when you think you’ve grasped the plot and that oblivion might just solve these star-crossed lovers' woes, you realize you’ve barely scratched the surface of the madness and evil!
Yours humorously,
An Overzealous Reviewer Who Just Can’t Help Herself
Check it on my blog: https://bibliophilescompass.blogspot....
December 10, 2018
"Я думаю, куры так не дожидаются той поры, когда баба вынесет им хлебных зерен, как дожидался Петрусь вечера. То и дело что смотрел, не становится ли тень от дерева длиннее, не румянится ли понизившееся солнышко, — и что далее, тем нетерпеливей. Экая долгота! видно, день Божий потерял где-нибудь конец свой. Вот уже и солнца нет. Небо только краснеет на одной стороне. И оно уже тускнет. В поле становится холодней. Примеркает, примеркает и — смерклось. Насилу!"
August 13, 2021
After his deal with the devil, committed on St. John's Eve, Petró cannot remember the frame he committed to to seal the deal and earn his bags of gold.
A year later, on the next St. John's Eve, Petró's memory returns. Shattering.
Gogol gives us village superstition, witches in their huts, Satan the tempter, and young love thwarted: all the caltrops of folklore in one bitter cup.
A year later, on the next St. John's Eve, Petró's memory returns. Shattering.
Gogol gives us village superstition, witches in their huts, Satan the tempter, and young love thwarted: all the caltrops of folklore in one bitter cup.
December 4, 2017
quirky little tale
February 22, 2020
Oh my word!
This is one of the most frightening tellings of the Fern-Flower / Doctor Faustus / Devil at the Crossroads stories ever!
[Spoiler] Don't make deals with the devil.
This is one of the most frightening tellings of the Fern-Flower / Doctor Faustus / Devil at the Crossroads stories ever!
[Spoiler] Don't make deals with the devil.
April 19, 2023
Макабрическая вещица про дьявольские проделки и бесплатный сыр в мышеловке. Вечный сюжет про невозможность построения счастья на крови.
December 4, 2023
Новое обличье собачего сына и цена за ужасный, необдуманный выбор
December 12, 2024
A warning!
November 27, 2025
Can’t say I blame Petrus
December 13, 2025
Lovely tale
November 12, 2020
While not the stellar short quality I've come to expect, this story is clearly the best so far in the short story collection I'm working through - Stories By Foreign Authors: Russian. Gogol paints a vivid, if not disturbing, picture of Russian folklore.
September 29, 2025
“Satan (the son of a dog should not be mentioned) sobbed so pitifully in his lair, that the startled ravens rose in flocks from the neighboring oak-wood, and flew through the air with wild cries.”
اولین داستانی که از گوگول خوندم.
در اینجا یه حکایت عبرتآمیز و کمی ترسناک در روستایی در اوکراین با زبان طنز در فضایی مذهبی روایت میشه بهطوریکه قول و قرار یک مرد بدبخت با شیطان، باعث رسیدنش به چیزی که میخواد میشه ولی طبق انتظار، در ازای از دست دادن عقلش. داستان پیچیدگی بیشتری نداره ولی از اونجایی که راوی، ماجرا رو از زبان عمه/خالهی پدربزرگش نقل میکنه یه لایه به داستان اضافه میکنه. به علاوه اطلاعات تاریخی و سیاسی زیادی توش رد و بدل میشه و در کل به حواسجمعی نیاز داره.
گویا گوگول اینجا هنوز بیست سالش هم نشده بوده ولی حتی همینجا هم میشه رگههایی از یک جوان آیندهدار و دارای سبک رو دید. شوخ طبعی جذابی داره، با اینکه رودهدرازی نمیکنه، حواسش به همهچیز هست، دانش عمومی و فرهنگی خوبی داره و در کل قلم خوبی داره. اما انتظار داشتم ترسناک بودن داستان رو بهتر نشون بده. متوجه هستم که در حکایتهای عبرتآمیز خود المان وحشت، شاید چندان مدنظر و در اولویت نباشه ولی فکر میکنم استفادههای بیشتری میشد ازش بشه. در کل تجربه خوبی بود.
اولین داستانی که از گوگول خوندم.
در اینجا یه حکایت عبرتآمیز و کمی ترسناک در روستایی در اوکراین با زبان طنز در فضایی مذهبی روایت میشه بهطوریکه قول و قرار یک مرد بدبخت با شیطان، باعث رسیدنش به چیزی که میخواد میشه ولی طبق انتظار، در ازای از دست دادن عقلش. داستان پیچیدگی بیشتری نداره ولی از اونجایی که راوی، ماجرا رو از زبان عمه/خالهی پدربزرگش نقل میکنه یه لایه به داستان اضافه میکنه. به علاوه اطلاعات تاریخی و سیاسی زیادی توش رد و بدل میشه و در کل به حواسجمعی نیاز داره.
گویا گوگول اینجا هنوز بیست سالش هم نشده بوده ولی حتی همینجا هم میشه رگههایی از یک جوان آیندهدار و دارای سبک رو دید. شوخ طبعی جذابی داره، با اینکه رودهدرازی نمیکنه، حواسش به همهچیز هست، دانش عمومی و فرهنگی خوبی داره و در کل قلم خوبی داره. اما انتظار داشتم ترسناک بودن داستان رو بهتر نشون بده. متوجه هستم که در حکایتهای عبرتآمیز خود المان وحشت، شاید چندان مدنظر و در اولویت نباشه ولی فکر میکنم استفادههای بیشتری میشد ازش بشه. در کل تجربه خوبی بود.
June 6, 2016
Gogol is the father of a Russian realism, but this story is a folk tale, a fairy tale with Devils, magic, witches, and curses. It is different enough in detail of plot to be exciting to read, and zGogol does fill the scenes with realistic details.
December 5, 2014
Gelezen in het Engels.
E-book (internet)
Concept: 2
Uitvoering: 3
Stijl: 3
Galm: 2
Gogol: creatief, losjes, ongekend vernuftig en speels, aards maar evenzo spriritueel
E-book (internet)
Concept: 2
Uitvoering: 3
Stijl: 3
Galm: 2
Gogol: creatief, losjes, ongekend vernuftig en speels, aards maar evenzo spriritueel
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February 19, 2015
«Вечер накануне Ивана Купала» ещё одно произведение Гоголя в котором сложно найти ценность… Триллер да и драма получилась весьма сносны, но и на этом всё!... Обычная страшилка и сказочка для детей.
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