The author of The Humpbacked Horse, Petr Pavlovich Ershov, after whose death in 1890 7 volumes of manuscripts disappeared without a trace, is considered the author of one work. Although, even during his lifetime, the novels “Autumn Nights” were published, written in the style of a cross-cutting plot and combined into a large cycle. But even with the epitaph on the gravestone he is immortalized as the author of The Humpbacked Horse, his only work.
By his own admission, he was lazy. In addition, during his life he married 3 times and in these marriages he had 16 children of his own and 4 adopted. At the same time, Ershov was not rich and earned hard money on maintenance. Being a “silver-free” man, with a good track record, he managed to resign without pension. Such conditions clearly did not contribute to the serial production of masterpieces.
Yes, and he was not always lucky. They disputed the fact that he was the true author of The Humpbacked Horse, motivating it precisely with the absence of significant subsequent works. It is as if history does not know the geniuses who wrote a single novel (“Manon Lesko” by Abbot Prevost, “Leopard” di Lampeduso). It was blamed on Peter Pavlovich and his youth. As the author of The Humpbacked Horse, he became famous at the age of 19. As a student at St. Petersburg University, in 1834 he gave his teacher Pletnev this remarkable work as a term paper (again, T. Mann wrote his Buddenbrooks at 25). Even wealth does not cause such burning envy as brilliant giftedness. Belinsky poured mud on him and accused him of plagiarism.
But all the same, everyone knows the tale. In only one decade (1870-1880) it produced 40 fakes, during the life of Ershov it was reprinted 7 times, and in the pre-revolutionary period - all 26. She had a great influence on subsequent works of this kind and inspired L. Filatov to create the work “About Fedota- Sagittarius, a daring young man. "
A fairy tale has been banned many times in whole and in part. The work is read easily, in one breath, with a constant smile on his face, because the author of the tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse" is an incredibly witty person. It is written in 4-foot iamba with a double rhyme. By simplicity of writing and reading, it is akin to the best works of Pushkin and Nekrasov.
Pyotr Pavlovich Ershov (1815–1890) was born in Siberia - a land saturated with fairy tales and legends, he listened to them from childhood, and then, collecting all his impressions together, wrote such a wonderful work that A. Astafyev included in his largest “Collection of Russians folk tales. " One of the greatest confessions for the author is expressed in the fact that the author’s work is considered folk.
The Little Humpbacked Horse, written by P.P. Ershov, was, like A. Griboedov's Woe from Wit, literally squandered on quotes.
In 1947, the animated film "The Little Humpbacked Horse" was released, the author of which Ivanov-Vano did not detract from the significance of the original source, the picture is still popular.
The subsequent works of Ershov also had dozens of reasons for the ban on release, including a mystical one. There is a version that the story "Panin hill" from the cycle "Autumn Evenings" because of the name of the romantic hero - Stalin - after the death of the author was released only in 1984.