S. T. Aksakov, “Childhood years of Bagrov-grandson”: a summary of the chapters

In 1858, Aksakov created the "Childhood years of Bagrov the grandson." A summary of the work of interest to us precedes the story of its features.

This is the second part of the autobiographical trilogy of Sergei Aksakov Timofeevich. The story "The Childhood Years of Bagrov the Grandson", a brief summary of which we will present below, introduces us to the first ten years of the child's life spent by him in the villages of the Orenburg region and in Ufa (1790s). The author of the work reproduces the perception of the child. Everything was equally important and new for the boy from the novel "Childhood years of Bagrov the grandson." The summary is therefore not so simple. Events are difficult to divide into more or less significant, and the plot in the work is practically absent. However, we will try to highlight the main points of the story "Childhood years of Bagrov the grandson." The summary presented below will give you an idea of ​​the most important events that influenced the formation of the boy’s personality.

Memories of infancy

The story begins with vivid, incoherent memories of infancy. The child remembers how he was taken away from the nurse, as well as the long illness from which the boy nearly died, a bottle of a strange shape rainweed, etc. The road is the most frequent image in the work “Bagrova-grandson’s Childhood”. A summary of each chapter we will successively describe. Note that most of the work is occupied by the description of relocations.

Serezha (that was the name of the boy) is recovering after he became very ill on a long trip and his parents, who were forced to stop in the forest, laid him on a bed in tall grass. Here the boy lay for 12 hours, and then "just woke up." A child after illness experiences pity for all who suffer. With the boy’s memories, the presence of his mother merges. She managed to get out of it. She loved him, perhaps, therefore, more than other children.

Appearance of a passion for reading in the hero of the story “Bagrova-grandson’s childhood”

A chapter summary continues with a description of successive memories. They begin with Sergei from the age of four. A separate chapter is devoted to them. It is called “Consecutive Memories”, and it is preceded by “Fragmentary Memoirs” (chapter three). The boy lives with his parents and his younger sister in Ufa. His nerves brought the disease "to extreme susceptibility." He listens to the nanny's stories and begins to fear the dark, the dead, and so on. (various fears will continue to torment him). He was taught to read so early that Seryozha does not even remember when. He had only one book, and the boy knew it by heart. Seryozha read this book every day to his sister. Therefore, when S.I. Anichkov (neighbor) presented the boy with "Children's Reading for the Heart and Mind", he was so carried away by books that he was "like a madman."

New impressions

Mother was afraid that she fell ill with consumption, exhausted by her son's illness. Father decided to go with her to a good doctor in Orenburg. They took the children to their father's parents, in Bagrovo. The road hit the boy: moving across the river, large trees, fossils and pebbles, spending the night in the field, fishing, which he loved no less than books. He was all curious. Father, along with Seryozha, was happy about all this, and his mother was indifferent and even somewhat disdainful.

People who met along the way are new and incomprehensible. The boy, for example, cannot understand the relationship of the peasants with the headman. He sees the harvest in the heat, which causes a feeling of compassion in his soul.

Life in Bagrovo

Grandparents are dedicated to the life of the chapter "Bagrovo". Seryozha does not like patriarchal life. The house is sad and small, its inhabitants are no better dressed than the servants of their parents in Ufa. The grandfather is terrible and severe. Seryozha witnessed one of his fits of anger. A little later, when the grandfather realized that the boy loves his father, and not just his mother, his attitude towards Seryozha changed dramatically. In Bagrov, they do not like the children of a proud daughter-in-law who "disdained" her relatives. Here the guys lived for more than a month. Bagrov was so inhospitable that his brother and sister were even poorly fed. Seryozha was entertained by scaring his sister with stories about unprecedented adventures. He read aloud to her and "uncle" Evseich. A vaudeville and "Dream Interpretation" that the aunt gave the boy greatly influenced his imagination.

Meeting uncles

After Bagrov, Seryozha suddenly matured. The parents' house is visited by the mother’s young brothers (the chapter “Winter in Ufa”). These are the military who graduated from the noble Moscow university boarding school. From them, the boy learns what poetry is. Seryozha is taught to draw by one of the uncles, which makes him seem to the child a "higher being." A neighbor gives him new books: The Children's Library, written by Shishkov, and Xenophon's Anabasis.

Uncles and Volkov, their adjutant and friend, jokingly tease the boy, including the fact that Seryozha is not able to write. The child is seriously offended. Once he even throws himself into a fight. Seryozha is punished and asked to apologize. The boy does not want to do this - he believes that he is right. Seryozha stands in a corner and dreams. In the end, the child becomes sick from fatigue and excitement. Adults are ashamed. A general reconciliation ends in this matter.

Writing training

At his request, the boy is taught to write. For this, teachers are invited from the public school. One day, probably, on the advice of someone, he was sent there for a lesson. The rudeness of the teacher (and he was so affectionate at home with him) and the students, whipping the guilty ones greatly frighten Seryozha.

Sergeevskaya wasteland

The father of the protagonist buys 7 thousand acres of land with forests and lakes. He gives them the name "Sergeevskaya wasteland." The boy is very proud of this. Parents go to Sergeevka so that the mother is cured by the Bashkir koumiss in the spring. Serezha watches the river flood and the ice drift with tension.

The house for gentlemen in Sergeyevka is not completed, but even this is fun. Seryozha, together with Evseich and his father, till the end of July is fishing on Lake. Kiishki. For the first time, the boy observes a gun hunt and feels "some greed," "unknown joy."

Only guests spoil the summer. True, they are infrequent. Stranger is burdened by strangers, even peers.

Return to Ufa

Ufa boy "disgusted" after Sergeevka. He is entertained only by new books donated by his neighbor. Heraskov’s poem "Rossiada" the boy recites. He tells the details of his characters that he had invented. The news comes that Catherine II passed away. The people swear allegiance to Tsar Pavel Petrovich. Serezha attentively listens to conversations of concerned adults, who are not always, however, clear to him.

Grandfather's death

The news comes that the grandfather is dying. The family goes to Bagrovo. The boy is afraid to look at the dying grandfather. He thinks that mother can get sick of all this, that they will freeze in the winter on the way. Seryu is haunted by sad forebodings on the road, and since then faith in them is rooted in him forever.

The summary of the story "Bagrova-grandson's childhood" continues with the fact that a day after the arrival of his relatives, his grandfather dies. Children have time to say goodbye to him. Seryozha is afraid, and this suppresses all his feelings. In particular, he is struck by the explanations of Parasha (the nanny), who says that the grandfather does not scream or cry because he is paralyzed. He looks in all eyes and only moves his lips. The boy feels the infinity of torment.

The child is unpleasantly surprised by the behavior of the Bagrov relatives. Having fallen to brother’s feet, 4 aunts howl. The grandmother emphasized gives way to her mother, and the latter is unpleasant. At the table everyone is eating with appetite and crying. After lunch, the boy looks at Buguruslan and for the first time realizes the beauty of winter nature.

Childbirth and communication with grandmother

Seryozha, having returned to Ufa, is again shocked. A mother, giving birth to a son, almost dies. After becoming the owner of Bagrov after the death of his father, his father resigns. The whole family is moving permanently to the village. Seryozha is very occupied with rural work (mowing, threshing, etc.).

He does not understand why the little sister and mother are indifferent to this. The boy is trying to console and pity the grandmother, who quickly became decrepit after grandfather died. He, in fact, did not know her before. However, the habit of this woman to beat the yard, in the landlord's life is very familiar, quickly turns her grandson away from her.

Visiting Praskovya Kurolesova

Praskovya Kurolesova calls Seryozha's parents to visit. The father of the protagonist is considered her heir. Because of this, he does not dare to argue with anything to this kind and intelligent, but rude and domineering woman. The house of the widow Kurolesova, rich, although a little clumsy, at first seems to Seryozha as a palace, which is described in the tales of Scheherazade. Praskovya, having made friends with the boy’s mother, did not want to let his family go to Bagrovo for a long time. A hectic life in this house always filled with guests bores Seryozha. He is looking forward to returning to Bagrovo, which is already sweet to him.

Having returned here, the boy for the first time in his life truly sees spring. From excitement, insomnia begins. Pelageya’s housekeeper, in order for Seryozha to fall asleep better, tells him tales, including “The Scarlet Flower” (it is placed in the appendix to the story).

Grandmother's death

At the request of Kurolesova, the Bagrovs spend autumn in Churasov. The boy’s father promised his grandmother to return to Pokrov. However, Praskovya does not want to let the guests go. Father at night on Pokrov sees a terrible dream. And the next morning news comes that grandmother is sick. Heavy autumn road back. Crossing the Volga near Simbirsk, the family almost drowned. In Pokrov itself died a grandmother. This is very striking and capricious Kurolesova, and Sergei's father.

Final events

Let us describe the final events of the story “Bagrova-grandson’s childhood”. A summary of them is as follows. In the winter, the Bagrovs gather in Kazan in order to pray to the miracle workers. Not only Seryozha, but also the boy’s mother has never been to this city. It is planned to spend no more than 2 weeks in Kazan. However, everything turns out differently: the boy is waiting for the beginning of a very important event - he will be given to the gymnasium. This ends Seryozha’s childhood and adolescence begins. Aksakov ("Childhood years of Bagrov-grandson") also completes his work. A summary of the next part of the trilogy (“Memories”) is not part of our task.

Note that the work we are interested in is very popular. It is part of the school curriculum for literature. Therefore, the description of the work “Bagrova-grandson’s Childhood Years” (summary) is very relevant today. Grade 4 of the school is the time when we first get to know him. However, many are interested in this work after school. In order to remind his plot, we created this article. It can be useful even at the first acquaintance with the story - the events of the work “Bagrova-grandson’s Childhood” are sequentially and fairly detailed. A very brief summary is unlikely to be useful to those who decided to discover this creation of Aksakov. And it is best to read the story in the original. A summary of the work “Bagrova-grandson’s Childhood” gives only a superficial picture of him.