Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev "Notes of a hunter". Summary of the story "Singers"

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Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev was not just a great Russian writer, but also a fine connoisseur of the human soul. All his works breathe with love for the Russian people and a quivering sense of unity with them. The cycle of stories "Notes of a Hunter" was no exception, a summary and analysis of one of which we will consider in this article.

Written by I. S. Turgenev’s Notes of a Hunter, the summary of which we are considering, is quite long: they were regularly published, starting in 1847, in the journal Sovremennik, one after another, until 1851. The story "The Singers" saw the light for the first time in 1850 and became the seventeenth in a row in the "Notes of a Hunter" cycle. Its summary tells how in the poor village of Kolotovka, where everything was permeated with despondency: a dirty road, and skinny willows, and rickety huts of the inhabitants, and a huge ravine across the whole street, an event occurred that managed to pull out all of them for a moment. participants from the oppressive gloomy reality. This event was the inspired singing of a simple guy Yashka, nicknamed Turk.

One day inin a tavern on the edge of a ravine, at the fat, fat-swept kisser Nikolai Ivanovich, a simple-looking peasant with sly eyes, a “cheerful” company gathered in every sense of the word: a short and fat lame businessman Morgach, a tall yard man who had gone on a spree and was abandoned by his owners, Stupid, clumsy, like a bear, and the mighty Wild Master, a scooper from a paper factory Yashka Turk, an urban tradesman Ryadchik and a visiting nobleman-hunter (the author of the story), who watched the whole company of men from the side.

Summary of the “Notes of a Hunter” tells how, out of idleness and excitement, two of these men (namely: Yashka Turk and Ryadchik) bet to compete in singing and find out for sure who will re-sing whom. To decide which of them to sing first, the men in the tavern offer to cast lots. It falls to the first to sing to the Rowman. He busily goes to the middle of the tavern and, akimbo, sings a cheerful song with his lyrical tenor. He sings with all diligence, with skill, making a great impression on the listeners. Soon they begin to sing along with him and praise with each other when the Rowter falls silent.

Read on “Notes of a Hunter”… The summary of the story “The Singers” tells that the whole merry society of the tavern promises victory to the Yardman, but the Wild Master orders the peasants to be silent, and Yashka Turk to sing. Yashka renounces everything and covers his face with his hands, after which he becomes pale and tense. With his amazing and soulful voice, strong, young and sad and mournful at the same time, he sings a simplesong, completely surrendering to it with all his hot and passionate soul. Such singing makes a hypnotic impression on everyone who is present in the tavern, including the hunter who accidentally stopped by and the kisser's wife, who begins to sob softly at the window. Yashka's singing is so soulful and soulful that tears well up in everyone's eyes. When Yashka falls silent, the men rush to hug and kiss him, and Ryadchik himself gives him the victory.

This story from the "Hunter's Notes" series, a summary of which was outlined above, shows us how in a rotten and wretched environment a spark of true talent, a spark of the Divine spirit, is born and flares up. This spark ignites only for a brief moment, but at that moment everyone who comes into contact with it becomes himself, exposing his true, spiritual essence.