This famous work, known to everyone since childhood, was written by a remarkable Russian Soviet writer, who lived from 1883 to 1945, A. Tolstoy. “The Golden Key, or The Adventures of Pinocchio” is a fairy tale that immediately appealed to both adults and children, and, according to critics, it became a kind of peculiar monument to the spiritual traditions of Soviet culture. The only negative was only in its secondary nature in relation to the Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi.
A. Tolstoy. "The Golden Key, or The Adventures of Pinocchio"
It all started with the fact that, being in exile in 1923, Alexei Nikolaevich began to engage in literary processing in Russian of a work about a wooden doll. Then the writer abandoned the case for ten whole years, and only in 1934 he returned to the fairy tale. At this time, he was recovering from myocardial infarction. And at first he very accurately and meticulously translated the plot of this famous Italian fairy tale, but gradually became so carried away by it that he created his original with the story of the hearth on canvas and the secret of the golden key.
And here it is worth noting that before starting a brief retelling of the content: A. Tolstoy’s “Golden Key” after its processing began to sound completely different, because Collodi’s original fairy tale carried moral and instructiveness, and this, according to Tolstoy, made it a little bland and boring. Alexei Nikolaevich, with the blessing of S. Ya. Marshak, breathed into his heroes the spirit of risky adventurous adventures and fun. At the end of the summer of 1935, the work was completed and dedicated to his wife L.I. Krestinsky (Tolstoy).
A. N. Tolstoy “Golden Key”: a summary for the reader's diary. Positive and negative characters.
The action of the tale takes place in a small Italian town located somewhere on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. But before you start the topic "Golden Key": a brief summary for the reader’s diary, we’ll get acquainted with its main characters.
Positive: Pinocchio - a wooden doll; Papa Carlo is an organ grinder; Giuseppe - Carlo and friend Carlo; Malvina is a girl with blue hair; Artemon - poodle of Malvina; Pierrot - a sad poet suffering from unrequited love for Malvina; Harlequin - a jester; Turtle Tortila - the inhabitant of the pond, who gave the golden key Pinocchio; Talking Cricket - a tenant in the closet and predicted the fate of Pinocchio.
Negative heroes: Karabas Barabas - manager of the puppet theater; Fox Alice and Cat Basilio - beggars and scammers; Duremar is a leech catcher and seller.
Start
A brief summary of the work “Golden Key” can begin with the fact that once an old carpenter Giuseppe gave his friend, poor organ grinder Carlo, an amazing log, speaking in a human voice. And he, having thought a little, cut out from him a wooden man with a long nose, and then made him a blouse, pants and gave him a wonderful name - Pinocchio. The organ grinder accepted him as his own son and decided to send the boy to school. But this needed an ABC. For this, Carlo sold his jacket. But Pinocchio turned out to be a naughty boy and even managed to offend the talking cricket in the closet under the stairs. Going out onto the street, Pinocchio immediately sold his alphabet, went to the ticket office and bought a ticket for a puppet theatrical performance, which was called "Thirty-Three Slap". But it was broken due to the fact that the dolls Pierrot and Harlequin recognized Pinocchio.
Evil Karabas
The summary of the story of the thick “Golden Key” continues with the fact that the owner of the puppet theater, the bearded and angry Karabas Barabas, became very angry with Pinocchio and wanted to throw him in a fire for a roast. But Pinocchio was not afraid of anything and even admitted to him that in his father’s closet Carlo had not a real hearth, but a painted one. Karabas suddenly got out of bed and picked up, for this information he gave Pinocchio five gold coins and asked Carlo not to leave his closet.
Field of Dreams
After Pinocchio went home and met two scammers on the way - the lame fox Alice and the blind cat Basilio, in front of whom the naive boy decided to show off his gold coins. And they immediately invited him to go to the Country of Fools and bury money in the mysterious Field of Miracles. They promised that a tree strewn with money would grow in the morning, and Pinocchio could get rich. But then they, dressed as robbers, attacked him. The stupid boy was forced to hide the money in his mouth, then they hung him upside down on a tree, in the hope that he would soon drop it himself.
Malvina and Artemon
But soon Pinocchio found and freed Malvina and her poodle Artemon. They fled from the evil owner of Karabas, because he abused dolls. The girl saw that Pinocchio was rude and uncouth, and decided to educate him by putting him in a closet under lock and key. But the bat helped him get out of there, and again he met with Alice and Basilio. Bosom friends again go to the Field of Miracles, which actually turned out to be a dirty city dump.
Pinocchio buried the money and waited, but then the police bulldogs, sent by scammers, came running, grabbed Pinocchio and dumped him into the pond. But the wooden man surfaced and even received a golden key as a gift from the Tortilla Turtle - the old inhabitant of the pond. The summary for the reader's diary can be continued by the fact that with the help of this magic key it was possible to open the door that would make anyone happy. That's just the turtle forgot which one.
Universal happiness
Returning home, Pinocchio rescues the escaped Pierrot, who was chased by police bulldogs, and leads him to Malvina. And then Pinocchio accidentally overhears the conversation between Duremar and Karabas and finds out that Papa Carlo in the closet behind the old canvas has a door that can be opened by a golden key. A summary for the reader’s diary is drawing to a close. As a result, Pinocchio collects all his puppet friends, leads into the closet, opens the treasured door, and they get into the magic theater. And Karabas Barabas is left with nothing and literally sits in a puddle.
This suggests the conclusion that, at all times, good conquered evil. The tale teaches children to be well-mannered, polite, friendly and not greedy. The main character Pinocchio in the end turned out to be a faithful companion who saved his friends from the greedy and treacherous Karabas. The golden key in this fairy tale became a symbol of freedom for good dolls, and for the evil Karabas Barabas - the path to wealth.