The novel "What to do?" Belongs to the pen of one of the most famous writers and literary critics. Being included in the school curriculum, this great work is read by many. And in Soviet times, when Chernyshevsky was given the status of a great revolutionary democrat, the novel "What to do?" Was one of the most famous literary works. Of course, today the name of Chernyshevsky has lost its former greatness and fame, but interest in the novel has not diminished. The story of the creation of the novel “What to do?” Is noteworthy.
Nikolai Gavrilovich wrote his masterpiece, being imprisoned in a solitary confinement of the Alekseevsky ravelin, located in the Peter and Paul Fortress. The novel was written for almost a year, and then, after passing through the commission of inquiry, which dealt with the Chernyshevsky case, they were transferred to the writers in parts. Of course, the censors and the commission considered only a love story in the novel, so they allowed to print it in the journal Sovremennik. Later, when the novel "What to do?" it was published, an error, of course, was discovered, and everyone who had anything to do with the publication of the novel was removed from office. All the issues of Sovremennik in which the novel was printed were banned. The story of the creation of the novel “What to do?”, As you see, is not at all simple. And taking into account the fact that the novel was lost on the way from the Peter and Paul Fortress to the editorial office of Sovremennik and picked up by some peasant on the street, it becomes clear how miraculously he survived to this day.
At first glance it seems that “What to do?” Is a love story. However, the novel reflects philosophical, aesthetic, economic, social allusions to the future. In essence, this is the first utopian novel in Russian literature. And the story of the creation of the novel “What to do?” Was dictated by the needs of the time. But at the same time, Chernyshevsky was able to predict the revolution, to which the tsar’s reforms quietly led, as well as some details, for example, aluminum in the novel is called metal, which will be used in the future. In addition, some of the characters in the novel What to Do? Are autobiographical. So, the Lady in mourning from the last chapter is the writer’s wife, Olga Chernyshevskaya, who personifies virtue and love.
The main character of the novel is Vera Rosalskaya, who does not look like her environment and family. She suffers a lot from this until her brother’s teacher, Dmitry Lopukhov, comes up with a plan to save her. It consists in the fact that the girl entered into a fictitious marriage with him, which will allow her to get rid of parental oppression and become an independent person. She begins to learn, opens her sewing, which became a new word in the economy at that time, because the profit was shared equally among all the workers. At the end of the novel, Vera becomes the first female doctor.
The novel "What to do?" Has an unusual love story for that time. After several years of marriage, Dmitry and Vera begin to love each other for real. And after a while, the love of two turns into a triangle. The third is Alexander Kirsanov, who loves Vera. Further, the plot develops in an unpredictable way, and how exactly, you can find out by reading the novel.
Chernyshevsky brings to the novel a special person by the name of Rakhmetov. In the work, he does not play a big role, but his biography and actions allow him to be distinguished as a special type of person. Which one? Find out if you read the novel. In addition to Rakhmetov, the rest of the main characters also make up the type of new people (but not special ones) who live and think outside the box and act in a new way, going against the established traditions.
How does the novel end? This is what the readers of the ingenious work of the classic of Russian literature Nikolai Chernyshevsky will have to learn. It is not in vain that his works have grown many generations of interesting and great people.