"Bezhin meadow." Summary of the work

I.S. Turgenev is a great Russian writer of the XIX century, whose works are included in the golden fund of world literature. In his books, he describes the beauty of Russian nature, spiritual wealth and moral principles of the native people. An example of such a story is the story “Bezhin Meadow”, a summary of which is given in this article.

The narration is conducted on behalf of the author. The action takes place in the summer. The story begins with a description of the beauty of a quiet July morning, when the sun begins to slowly rise, illuminating the clouds in the sky, and a light transparent fog swirls in the forest.

The work “Bezhin Meadow”, the brief content of which is given in the article, is a vivid example of the author’s admiration for the magnificence of his native land. In it, he talks about how he once hunted in the woods all day, and when it came time to return home, he got lost. In the darkness, he saw the fire of a fire and, walking in his light, went out to Bezhin meadow. There were peasant children sitting at the fire - five boys: Fedya, Ilyusha, Vanya, Kostya and Pavlush. The hunter sat down at the fire and listened to what they were talking about. The conversation was about evil spirits. The boys talked with enthusiasm about the mysterious cases that occurred with them or their friends.

So, Kostya spoke about the suburban carpenter Gavril, who, having lost his way in the forest, saw a mermaid with a silver tail on a tree, who called him to her. Gavrila got out of the forest, but has since become gloomy. People say that this mermaid so bewitched him.

In the book “Bezhin Meadow”, a brief summary of which cannot convey the whole beauty of the work, Ilyusha told the story of a man who drowned in a local pond a few years ago, and about psar Yermil, who found a lamb that can speak in a human voice. In the dark, by the firelight, these stories aroused trepidation and fear among the listeners. The children trembled from extraneous rustles and screams of the nocturnal bird, but, having calmed down, continued to talk about the dead, werewolves, goblin, about the coming terrible coming of Trishka.

The boys talked about how people saw the deceased gentleman from the surrounding village wandering around the earth and looking for tear-grass to get rid of the grave severity. Ilyusha told about one popular belief, when on parents' Saturday at the church on the porch you can see those who are destined to die this year. So, grandmother Ulyana once saw on the porch the boy who died last year, and then herself. Since then, they say, she began to hurt and grow fat. In the story “Bezhin Meadow”, the brief content of which reflects its main idea, ancient folk legends about evil spirits are described in detail.

Soon the conversation turned to the drowned. Pavlusha told how in the year before last, at the hands of thieves, Akim-forester died - they drowned him. Since then, groans have been heard in the place where this happened. And Ilyusha warned his comrades that you need to be very careful when you look into the water - it can take away the water. They immediately remembered the story of the boy Vasya, who drowned in the river. His mother, foreseeing the death of her son, went crazy.

At this time, Pavlush gathered for water on the river. When he returned, he told the children that he had heard Vasya’s voice on the river, but he wasn’t afraid, but took and brought water. Ilyusha notes that this is a bad sign that he called Pavlush the waterman.

The night passes imperceptibly, morning comes. The author quietly gets up and leaves the night fire. A little later, he learns that Pavlusha died in the same year, falling from a horse.

This article is only a summary. “Bezhin Meadow” is a story about the rich inner world of simple peasant children. It also speaks of the beauty of nature that surrounds them. Turgenev wrote "Bezhin Meadow", a summary of which is given here, during the existence of serfdom in Russia. It is through hatred and intransigence towards serfdom, which oppresses the developing human personality, that work is permeated.