Summary of chapter 1 dead souls gogol. Retelling of the poem "Dead Souls" by Gogol N.V. Visit to Korobochka
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The action of N. V. Gogol's poem "Dead Souls" takes place in one small town, which Gogol calls NN. The city is visited by Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov. A man who plans to purchase the dead souls of serfs from local landlords. With his appearance, Chichikov disrupts the measured city life.
Chapter 1
Chichikov arrives in the city, he is accompanied by servants. He settles in an ordinary hotel. During dinner, Chichikov asks the innkeeper about everything that happens in NN, finds out who the most influential officials and famous landowners are. At a reception at the governor's, he personally gets acquainted with many landowners. The landowners Sobakevich and Manilov invite the hero to pay them a visit. Chichikov visits the vice-governor, the prosecutor, the farmer for several days. In the city, he acquires a positive reputation.
Chapter 2
Chichikov decided to go outside the city to Manilov's estate. His village was a rather boring sight. The landowner himself was not an understandable nature. Manilov was most often in his dreams. There was too much sugar in his pleasantness. The landowner was very surprised by Chichikov's offer to sell him the souls of the dead peasants. They decided to make a deal when they met in the city. Chichikov left, and Manilov was puzzled for a long time by the guest's proposal.
Chapter 3
On the way to Sobakevich, Chichikov was caught by bad weather. His chaise went astray, so it was decided to spend the night in the first estate. As it turned out, the house belonged to the landowner Korobochka. She turned out to be a businesslike hostess, the contentment of the inhabitants of the estate was traced everywhere. Korobochka accepted the request for the sale of dead souls with surprise. But then she began to consider them as goods, she was afraid to sell them cheap and offered Chichikov to buy other goods from her. The deal went through, Chichikov himself hastened to get away from the difficult nature of the hostess.
Chapter 4
Continuing the journey, Chichikov decided to stop by a tavern. Here he met another landowner Nozdrev. His openness and friendliness immediately attracted me. Nozdryov was a gambler, he did not play honestly, so he often participated in fights. Nozdryov did not appreciate the request for the sale of dead souls. The landowner offered to play checkers for hearts. The game nearly ended in a fight. Chichikov hastened to leave. The hero was very sorry that he trusted such a person as Nozdryov.
Chapter 5
Chichikov finally ends up at Sobakevich's. Sobakevich looked like a large and solid man. The landowner took the offer to sell dead souls seriously and even began to bargain. The interlocutors decided to finalize the deal in the near future in the city.
Chapter 6
The next point of Chichikov's journey was a village belonging to Plyushkin. The estate was a miserable sight, desolation reigned everywhere. The landowner himself reached the apogee of stinginess. He lived alone and was a pitiful sight. Dead souls Plyushkin sold with joy, considering Chichikov a fool. Pavel Ivanovich himself hastened to the hotel with a sense of relief.
Chapter 7-8
The next day, Chichikov completed deals with Sobakevich and Plyushkin. The hero was in a great mood. At the same time, news of Chichikov's purchases spread throughout the city. Everyone marveled at his wealth, not knowing what kind of souls he was actually buying. Chichikov became a welcome guest at local receptions and balls. But Nozdryov betrayed Chichikov's secret, shouting at the ball about dead souls.
Chapter 9
The landowner Korobochka, having arrived in the city, also confirmed the purchase of dead souls. Unbelievable rumors began to spread around the city that Chichikov really wanted to kidnap the governor's daughter. He was forbidden to appear on the threshold of the governor's house. None of the residents could accurately answer who Chichikov was. To clarify this issue, it was decided to meet with the chief of police.
Chapter 10-11
How many did not discuss Chichikov, they could not come to a common opinion. When Chichikov decided to pay visits, he realized that everyone was avoiding him, and visiting the governor was generally prohibited. He also learned that he was suspected of making counterfeit bonds and plans to kidnap the governor's daughter. Chichikov hurries to leave the city. At the end of the first volume, the author talks about who the main character is and how his life developed before appearing in NN.
Volume two
The story begins with a description of nature. Chichikov first visits the estate of Andrei Ivanovich Tententikov. Then he goes to a certain general, turns out to be visiting Colonel Koshkarev, then Khlobuev. Misdemeanors and forgeries of Chichikov become known and he ends up in prison. A certain Murazov advises the governor-general to let Chichikov go, and the story ends there. (Gogol burned the second volume in the stove)
We give a summary of the famous work of Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol - Dead Souls. This book is required in the school curriculum, so it is important to familiarize yourself with its content, or, if you have forgotten some points, remember the main plot points.
Volume One
The story took place immediately after the famous expulsion of the French. Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov, a collegiate adviser, (not very young and not old, pleasant and slightly round in appearance, neither thin nor fat) finds himself in a provincial town of NN and stays at a hotel. He asks the tavern servants about the owners and income of the institution, significant landowners, officials, is interested in the state of the region and about rampant diseases, epidemic fevers and other misfortunes.
The guest of the city visits all the inhabitants and notices the courtesy of the people and their vigorous activity. He almost does not talk about himself, brushing aside, saying that he had seen a lot in his life, that he had many enemies who wanted to kill him. He is currently looking for a place to live. At the governor's party, he achieves universal favor and meets the landowners Manilov and Sobakevich. Then he dines with the chief of police (where he meets the landowner Nozdryov), visits the vice-governor and the chairman, the prosecutor and the farmer - and goes to the Manilov estate.
Having overcome 30 miles, Chichikov arrived in Manilovka to the kindest host. Don of the landowner, who was located in a jura surrounded by flower beds and gazebos, characterized the owner, not weighed down by passions. After dinner with the landlady and the two sons of the landowner, Alkid and Themistoclus, Chichikov talks about the purpose of his visit: he wants to buy dead peasants who are not declared in the audit certificate, but to register them as living. The kind owner was initially frightened and perplexed, but then he was delighted and made a deal. Then Chichikov goes to Sobakevich, and Manilov dreams of living next door to Chichikov across the river, building a bridge, a house with a gazebo that allows him to see Moscow, and making friends with him, for which the sovereign would make them generals. Chichikov's coachman Selifan, whom Manilov's yard people were kind to, while talking to the horses, misses the necessary turn and, during a downpour, drops the master into the slush. In the darkness, they manage to find lodging for the night at Nastasya Petrovna Korobochka, a somewhat timid landowner, from whom Chichikov buys dead souls in the morning. He said that he himself would pay taxes for them. He buys souls from her for 15 rubles, takes the list and, having tasted pancakes, pie and pies, leaves, leaving the hostess worried about whether she sold too cheap.
On the high road, Chichikov heads to the tavern for a meal. He meets with Nozdrev, who is riding in Mizhuev's britzka, because he lost everything he had. Talking about the fair he visited, he praises the drinking qualities of the officers and, demonstrating the puppy, Nozdrev takes Chichikov with him, taking also the stubborn son-in-law Mizhuev. After describing Nozdryov, his house, dinner, the author switches to his son-in-law's wife, and Chichikov starts a conversation about his interest, but the landowner does not agree. Nozdryov suggested an exchange, take it to a stallion or put it in cards, as a result they swear and say goodbye for the night. Persuasion continues in the morning again, and Chichikov agrees to play checkers, but sees Nozdryov's cheating during the game. Chichikov, whom the owner and servants are about to beat, runs away during the visit of the police captain, who announced that Nozdryov had been taken to court. On the way, Chichikov's cart collides with an unknown crew, and while the confused horses are being bred, Chichikov sees a 16-year-old young lady, talking about her and dreaming of a family. A visit to Sobakevich is followed by a lunch during which they discuss city officials, who, according to the owner, are all swindlers, the conversation ends with a proposal for a deal. Sobakevich begins to bargain, characterizing the good qualities of the serfs, gives Chichikov the list and forces him to make a deposit.
Chichikov's path to Plyushkin is interrupted by a conversation with a peasant who gave Plyushkin a petty nickname and the author's reflection on love and indifference. Seeing the landowner, Chichikov thought that he was a housekeeper or a wandering beggar. His most important feature lies in his amazing tinkering, he dragged all unnecessary things into his chambers. Having demonstrated the advantage of the offer, Chichikov refuses tea with crackers and leaves in a good mood, taking with him a letter to the chairman of the chamber.
During Chichikov's sleep, the author sadly talks about the meanness of objects. After a dream, Chichikov begins to study the lists of the purchased peasants, thinking about their fate, and goes to the ward to conclude the case. Manilov meets him near the hotel and goes with him. Then the official place is described, Chichikov's troubles and giving a bribe. The chairman becomes Plushkin's attorney, speeding up other deals. The people begin to discuss Chichikov's purchases, what he intends to do: in what places, with land or for withdrawal, did he acquire peasants. Having learned that the peasants will be sent to the Kherson province, after discussing the qualities of the sold peasants, the deals are completed with champagne, then they go to the police chief to drink for the new landowner. Excited after strong drinks, they began to force Chichikov to stay and start a family.
Chichikov's acquisitions lead to a stir in the city, everyone says that he is a millionaire. Ladies line up. Trying to describe women, the author becomes shy and falls silent. Before the governor's ball, Chichikov receives a love note. Having spent a lot of time on the toilet and being satisfied, Chichikov goes to the ball, where he can hardly escape from the embrace. The girls, among whom he is looking for the author of the letter, begin to quarrel. But when the governor's wife approaches him, his behavior changes dramatically, because she is accompanied by her daughter, a 16-year-old blonde, whose carriage he encountered on the road. He begins to lose the favor of women, because he begins to talk with an interesting blonde, defiantly ignoring the rest. In addition, Nozdryov comes to the ball and loudly asks if Chichikov bought up a lot of dead people. Despite Nozdryov's drunken state, society is embarrassed, Chichikov is not given either dinner or whist, and he leaves the ball in upset feelings.
At this time, a tarantass arrives in the town with the landowner Korobochka, who has arrived in order to find out about the price of dead souls. In the morning, some pleasant house finds out the news, which is in a hurry to notify others, as a result, interesting details appear in the story (an armed Chichikov burst into Korobochka at night, demanding dead souls - everyone came running, screaming, crying children). Her friend says that the dead souls are just a cover for Chichikov's cunning intent to steal the governor's daughter. After discussing the details of the enterprise, Nozdrev's accomplice, the women tell everything to the prosecutor and go to rebel in the city.
The town quickly begins to seethe, to this is added the news that a new governor-general has been appointed, and there is information about papers: about the appearance of fake banknotes in the province, about a robber who fled from legal persecution. Trying to find out who Chichikov is, they begin to recall his vague certification and the conversation about the attempt on his life. The postmaster suggested that Chichikov is the captain of Kopeika, who took up arms against an unjust world and became a robber, but this is rejected because the captain has no limbs, and Chichikov is whole. There is an assumption that this is Napoleon in disguise, with whom he has many similarities. Conversations with Sobakevich, Manilov and Korobochka yielded no results. And Nozdryov only intensifies the confusion, saying that Chichikov is a spy who makes fake banknotes and wants to steal the governor's daughter, in which he should help him. All the conversations had a strong effect on the prosecutor, he has a stroke, from which he dies.
Chichikov, with a slight cold, stays at the hotel and is surprised that not a single official comes to him. However, when he decided to pay everyone visits, he learns that the governor does not want to see him, and the rest step aside in fear. Nozdryov, having come to his hotel, tells him everything, declaring that he is ready to help in the kidnapping of the governor's daughter. In the morning, Chichikov quickly leaves, but he is stopped by a funeral procession, he has to look at the officials who are following the prosecutor's coffin. The brichka leaves the city, and the open spaces make the author think about sad and gratifying things, about Russia, and then grieve about the hero.
Having concluded that the hero needs to rest, the author tells the story of Pavel Ivanovich, reveals his childhood, studies, where he showed a practical mind, what kind of relationship he had with teachers and peers, how he served in the Treasury, the commission for the construction of a government building , where for the first time he showed his weaknesses, how later he went to other not so profitable places, as he served at customs, where it is almost impossible to work honestly and incorruptibly, he received a lot of money by conspiring with smugglers, went bankrupt, but was able to avoid a criminal court, although forced to retire. Becoming an attorney and bustling about the pledge of the peasants, he came up with a plan: he began to travel around Russia, buying dead souls and pledging them to the treasury to receive money that would be used to purchase the village and provide for offspring.
Having again murmured at the nature of the hero and justified him a little, calling him "the acquirer, the owner", the author compared the flying troika with Russia, ending the story with the ringing of a bell.
Volume two
The estate of Andrey Ivanovich Tentetnikov is described, whom the author calls "the smoker of the sky". The author tells about his empty pastime, tells the story of his life, which was inspired by hopes and overshadowed by official troubles and trifles. He retires, wanting to renovate the estate, take care of the peasant, read books, but without any experience this does not provide the desired results, the peasant begins to mess around, and Tentetnikov simply gives up. He avoids neighbors, offended by the attitude of General Betrishchev, does not visit him, although he often thinks about his daughter Ulinka. In general, he begins to turn sour.
Pavel Ivanovich goes to him, complaining about the breakdown in the carriage, trying to pay respect. Having arranged the owner to himself, Chichikov goes to the general, telling him about the grumpy uncle and asking about the dead souls. The narrative is interrupted by a laughing general, then we find Chichikov walking towards Colonel Koshkarev. He turns to the Rooster, who appears before him naked, he is interested in catching sturgeon. Petukh has almost nothing, except for the mortgaged estate, so he simply overeats, meets with the landowner Platonov and persuades him to drive around Russia. After that, he goes to Konstantin Kostanzhoglo, the wife of Platonov's sister. From him, he learns about management methods that significantly increase the profit from the estate, Chichikov is greatly inspired by this.
He quickly comes to Koshkarev, who divided his village into expeditions, departments, committees, organizing an ideal paper production on the estate. After returning, Costanjoglo curses manufactories and factories that have a bad effect on the peasant, the absurd desires of the peasant and Khlobuev's neighbor, who abandoned his estate and gives for a penny. Chichikov is touched and even drawn to honest work, listening to the story of the farmer Murazov, who earned 40 million flawlessly, the next day, together with Platonov and Kostanzhoglo, he goes to Khlobuev, sees his obscene and careless household, along with a governess for children, a fashionable wife and other luxury . Having borrowed money from Kostanzhoglo and Platonov, he pays for the estate, wanting to acquire it, and goes to the Platonov estate, where he meets his brother Vasily, who is skillfully engaged in farming. Then he ends up with his neighbor Lenitsyn, winning his sympathy with the ability to tickle a child, thanks to which he receives dead souls.
After many omissions in the manuscript, Chichikov finds himself at a city fair, where he acquires lingonberry fabric with a spark. He meets Khlobuev, whom he ruined his life. Khlobuev was taken away by Murazov, who convinced him that he needed to work and raise funds for the church. Meanwhile, slanders against Chichikov are recognized by dead souls and forgery. The tailor delivers the tailcoat. Suddenly, a gendarme arrives and drags Chichikov to the governor-general. Here all his atrocities become known, and he finds himself in prison. Chichikov finds himself in a closet, where Murazov finds him. He tears his hair and clothes, mourning the loss of the box of papers. Murazov, with kind words, tries to awaken in him a desire for an honest life and goes to soften the governor general. At the same moment, officials who want to annoy the authorities and take a bribe from Chichikov bring him a box, send denunciations to confuse the case and steal the witness. Riots are unfolding in the province, which are of great concern to the Governor General. But Murazov is able to grope for the sensitive sides of his soul and provide the right advice that the Governor-General wants to use when releasing Chichikov. After that, the manuscript ends...
I had to linger, because the negligent coachman Selifan did not warn in time about the malfunction of the britzka. I had to wait five or six hours for the hastily found blacksmiths to repair it. When the chaise left the city very late, she had to wait out the funeral procession. A prosecutor was carried to the cemetery, the cause of whose death was unwittingly Chichikov himself. Now he drew down the curtains on the windows of the carriage and hid himself until the procession passed by.
Having passed the city barrier, the britzka rolled along the high road. After two lyrical digressions - about this road and about unpleasant, but always alluring Russia - Gogol introduces the reader to the biography, explaining the purpose of buying dead serfs.
Chichikov - the main character of Gogol's "Dead Souls"
Chichikov's father and mother were poor nobles who owned a single serf family. His sick parent did nothing, but only, shuffling, walked around the room and tore his son by the ear. Very young, Chichikov was taken from the village to an old relative in the city and sent to a school there. The father, parting with his son forever, advised him to please teachers and bosses and save a penny, because "this thing is more reliable than anything in the world, you can do everything and break everything in the world with a penny." (See Chichikov's childhood.)
Father's instruction sunk into the boy's soul. Not distinguished by outstanding talents, young Chichikov became the most exemplary student in the class in terms of behavior. Thanks to currying favor with teachers, he received an excellent certificate. Already at school, he showed a very inventive money-grubbing: having bought edibles on the market, he sat in the classroom next to those who were richer, and as soon as he noticed that a friend was hungry, he would stick out from under the bench, as if by chance, a corner of a gingerbread or a roll and take it by the hand. him money, according to his appetite.
Leaving the school, Chichikov entered the service in the Treasury. At first, he was paid the lowest salary. But Chichikov managed to flatter himself with his elderly boss, who had an ugly, pockmarked daughter. Chichikov pretended to be ready to marry her. He even moved to the boss's house and began to call him daddy. The boss secured a promotion for him, but immediately after that Chichikov skillfully hushed up the matter of the wedding, as if there had been no talk of it.
The lively and cunning Chichikov began to quickly rise in ranks. Everywhere he mercilessly took bribes, but he did it covertly and deftly: he never accepted money from the petitioner himself, but only through subordinate clerks. Having joined the commission for the construction of one state-owned building, Chichikov managed things in such a way that this structure did not go beyond the foundation, and he and his associates acquired beautiful houses of their own.
The authorities, however, started up and sent a strict military man to them as a new chief. Chichikov involuntarily had to leave his bread place. He spent some time in low positions, but soon got a job in customs. Here he showed unheard-of quickness and truly canine instinct. No smuggler on the western frontier could fool him. Chichikov's talents were noticed here too. For a long time he showed complete incorruptibility. But when, satisfied with his success, his superiors made him the head of a team to fight against one large smuggling society, he entered into an agreement with him and began to facilitate the transportation of illegal goods, earning hundreds of thousands on this.
However, this enterprise of Chichikov was also upset due to the negligence of one assistant. With difficulty avoiding a criminal court, Chichikov lost almost everything he had, lost his place, and only with difficulty got a job as an attorney. Once one of his clients, a bankrupt landowner, decided to mortgage his ruined estate to the state board of trustees. On the security of the peasants, the treasury gave money - two hundred rubles per capita. Chichikov suddenly found out that his client would receive these amounts not only for living serfs, but also for the dead, because before the financial census (audit) conducted every few years, all peasants were formally listed as alive. In the fraudulent mind of Chichikov, the thought flashed: to travel around Russia, buying from the landlords at a cheap price, and where, out of friendship, taking for nothing, dead peasant souls. Then Chichikov hoped to pledge them in bulk, as if alive, to the board of trustees and get a rich jackpot.
The poem of the great classic of Russian literature "Dead Souls" represents a man who travels around the Russian land with a strange desire to buy up dead peasants who are listed as alive on paper. In the work there are characters different in character, class and dignity. A summary of the poem "Dead Souls" by chapters (brief retelling) will help you quickly find the necessary pages and events in the text.
Chapter 1
A carriage enters the city without a name. She is met by men chatting about nothing. They look at the wheel and try to figure out how far it can go. Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov turns out to be a guest of the city. He came to the city on business about which there is no exact information - "according to his needs."
The young landowner has an interesting appearance:
- narrow short pantaloons of white canine fabric;
- tailcoat for fashion;
- pin in the form of a bronze pistol.
The landowner is distinguished by innocent dignity, he loudly “blows his nose” like a trumpet, the people around are frightened by the sound. Chichikov settled in a hotel, asked about the inhabitants of the city, but did not tell anything about himself. In communication, he managed to create the impression of a pleasant guest.
The next day the guest of the city shone visits. He managed to find a kind word for everyone, flattery penetrated the hearts of officials. The city was talking about a nice person who visited them. Moreover, Chichikov managed to charm not only men, but also ladies. Pavel Ivanovich was invited by landowners who were in the city on business: Manilov and Sobakevich. At a dinner with the chief of police, he met Nozdryov. The hero of the poem managed to make a good impression on everyone, even on those who rarely spoke positively about someone.
Chapter 2
Pavel Ivanovich had been in the city for more than a week. He attended parties, dinners and balls. Chichikov decided to visit the landowners Manilov and Sobakevich. The reason for this decision was different. The master had two serfs: Petrushka and Selifan. The first silent reader. He read everything that came to hand, in any position. He liked unknown and incomprehensible words. His other passions are: sleeping in clothes, keeping his scent. The coachman Selifan was completely different. In the morning we went to Manilov. They searched for the estate for a long time, it turned out to be more than 15 miles away, about which the landowner spoke. The master's house stood open to all winds. The architecture tuned in to the English manner, but only remotely resembled it. Manilov broke into a smile as the guest approached. The nature of the owner is difficult to describe. The impression changes with how close a person converges with him. The landowner has an alluring smile, blond hair and blue eyes. The first impression is a very pleasant man, then the opinion begins to change. They began to get tired of him, because they did not hear a single living word. The business went on by itself. Dreams were absurd and impossible: an underground passage, for example. He could read one page for several years in a row. There was not enough furniture. The relationship between wife and husband was like a voluptuous meal. They kissed, created surprises for each other. Everything else didn't bother them. The conversation begins with questions about the inhabitants of the city. All Manilov considers pleasant people, nice and amiable. The amplifying particle pre- is constantly added to the characteristics: most amiable, most esteemed and others. The conversation turned into an exchange of compliments. The owner had two sons, the names surprised Chichikov: Themistoclus and Alkid. Slowly, but Chichikov decides to ask the owner about the dead on his estate. Manilov did not know how many people died, he ordered the clerk to write down everyone by name. When the landowner heard about the desire to buy dead souls, he was simply dumbfounded. I could not imagine how to draw up a bill of sale for those who were no longer among the living. Manilov donates souls for nothing, even pays the costs of transferring them to Chichikov. The farewell was as sweet as the meeting. Manilov stood on the porch for a long time, watching the guest, then plunged into dreams, but the strange request of the guest did not fit in his head, he twisted it until dinner.
Chapter 3
The hero in excellent spirits goes to Sobakevich. The weather turned bad. The rain made the road look like a field. Chichikov realized that they were lost. When it seemed that the situation was becoming unbearable, the barking of dogs was heard, and a village appeared. Pavel Ivanovich asked to come into the house. He dreamed only of a warm lodging for the night. The hostess did not know anyone whose names were mentioned by the guest. They straightened the sofa for him, and he woke up only the next day, already quite late. The clothes were cleaned and dried. Chichikov went out to the hostess, he communicated with her more freely than with the former landowners. The hostess introduced herself - the collegiate secretary Korobochka. Pavel Ivanovich finds out if her peasants died. The box says eighteen people. Chichikov asks them to sell. The woman does not understand, she imagines how the dead are dug out of the ground. The guest reassures, explains the benefits of the deal. The old woman doubts, she never sold the dead. All the arguments about the benefits were clear, but the very essence of the deal was surprising. Chichikov silently called Korobochka a clubhead, but continued to persuade. The old woman decided to wait, suddenly there will be more buyers and prices are higher. The conversation did not work out, Pavel Ivanovich began to swear. He was so dispersed that the sweat rolled off him in three streams. The box liked the guest's chest, paper. While the deal was being processed, pies and other homemade food appeared on the table. Chichikov ate the pancakes, ordered the britzka to be loaded and a guide given to him. The box gave the girl, but asked not to take her away, otherwise the merchants had already taken one.
Chapter 4
The hero goes to a tavern for lunch. The hostess, the old woman, pleases him with the fact that there is a pig with horseradish and sour cream. Chichikov asks the woman about business, income, family. The old woman tells about all the local landowners, who eats what. During dinner, two people arrived at the tavern: a blond one and a black one. The blond entered the room first. The hero had already almost begun acquaintance, as the second one appeared. It was Nozdryov. He gave out a lot of information in one minute. He argues with the blond that he can handle 17 bottles of wine. But he does not agree to the bet. Nozdryov calls Pavel Ivanovich to his place. The servant brought the puppy into the tavern. The owner examined whether there were fleas, and ordered them to be carried back. Chichikov hopes that the lost landowner will sell him the peasants cheaper. The author describes Nozdryov. The appearance of a broken little one, of which there are many in Russia. They quickly make friends, switch to "you". Nozdryov could not stay at home, his wife quickly died, the children were looked after by a nanny. The master constantly got into trouble, but after a while he reappeared in the company of those who beat him. All three crews drove up to the estate. First, the owner showed the stable, half empty, then the wolf cub, the pond. The blond doubted everything Nozdryov said. They came to the kennel. Here the landowner was among his own. He knew each puppy's name. One of the dogs licked Chichikov and immediately spat out of disgust. Nozdryov composed at every step: in the field you can catch hares with your hands, he recently bought timber abroad. After examining the property, the men returned to the house. The dinner was not very successful: something burned, the other did not finish cooking. The owner leaned on the wine. The blond son-in-law began to ask to go home. Nozdryov did not want to let him go, but Chichikov supported the desire to leave. The men went into the room, Pavel Ivanovich saw the owner of the card in the hands. He started a conversation about dead souls, asked to give them. Nozdryov demanded to explain why he needed them; the guest's arguments did not satisfy him. Nozdryov called Pavel a swindler, which offended him very much. Chichikov offered a deal, but Nozdryov offered a stallion, a mare and a gray horse. The guest didn't need any of that. Nozdryov haggles further: dogs, hurdy-gurdy. Begins to offer an exchange for a chaise. Trade turns into a dispute. The owner's rampage frightens the hero, he refuses to drink, to play. Nozdryov becomes more and more inflamed, he insults Chichikov, calls him names. Pavel Ivanovich stayed for the night, but scolded himself for his imprudence. He shouldn't have started a conversation with Nozdryov about the purpose of his visit. The morning starts again with a game. Nozdryov insists, Chichikov agrees to checkers. But during the game, the checkers seemed to move on their own. The argument almost turned into a fight. The guest turned pale as a sheet when he saw Nozdryov swinging his hand. It is not known how a visit to the estate would have ended if a stranger had not entered the house. It was the police captain who informed Nozdryov about the trial. He inflicted bodily harm on the landowner with rods. Chichikov did not wait for the end of the conversation, he slipped out of the room, jumped into the britzka and ordered Selifan to rush at full speed away from this house. Dead souls could not be bought.
Chapter 5
The hero was very frightened, threw himself into the britzka and rushed quickly from the village of Nozdreva. His heart was beating so fast that nothing could calm him down. Chichikov was afraid to imagine what might have happened if the police officer had not appeared. Selifan was indignant that the horse was left unfed. Everyone's thoughts were interrupted by the collision with the six horses. The strange coachman scolded, Selifan tried to defend himself. There was confusion. The horses moved apart, then huddled together. While all this was going on, Chichikov examined the unfamiliar blonde. A pretty young girl caught his attention. He did not even notice how the britzkas disengaged and parted in different directions. Beauty melted like a vision. Pavel began to dream of a girl, especially if he has a large dowry. A village appeared ahead. The hero looks at the village with interest. The houses are strong, but the order in which they were built was clumsy. The owner is Sobakevich. It looks like a bear. The clothes made the resemblance even more precise: a brown tailcoat, long sleeves, a clumsy gait. The barin constantly stepped on his feet. The owner invited the guest to the house. The design was interesting: full-length paintings of the generals of Greece, a Greek heroine with strong thick legs. The hostess was a tall woman, resembling a palm tree. All the decoration of the room, the furniture spoke about the owner, about the resemblance to him. The conversation didn't go well at first. Everyone whom Chichikov tried to praise caused criticism from Sobakevich. The guest tried to praise the table of the city officials, but even here the host interrupted him. All food was bad. Sobakevich ate with an appetite one could only dream of. He said that there was a landowner, Plyushkin, whose people were dying like flies. They ate for a very long time, Chichikov felt that he had gained a whole pound in weight after dinner.
Chichikov began to talk about his business. Dead souls he called non-existent. Sobakevich, to the surprise of the guest, calmly called a spade a spade. He offered to sell them even before Chichikov said about it. Then the trading began. Moreover, Sobakevich raised the price for the fact that his men were strong, healthy peasants, not like others. He described each deceased. Chichikov was amazed and asked to return to the topic of the deal. But Sobakevich stood his ground: his dead are dear. We bargained for a long time, agreed on the price of Chichikov. Sobakevich prepared a note with a list of sold peasants. It indicated in detail the craft, age, marital status, in the margins additional notes on behavior and attitudes towards drunkenness. The owner asked for a deposit for the paper. The lines of transferring money in exchange for an inventory of the peasants cause a smile. The exchange passed with disbelief. Chichikov asked to leave the deal between them, not to disclose information about it. Chichikov leaves the estate. He wants to go to Plyushkin, whose men are dying like flies, but he does not want Sobakevich to know about it. And he stands at the door of the house to see where the guest will turn.
Chapter 6
Chichikov, thinking about the nicknames that the peasants gave to Plyushkin, drives up to his village. A large village met the guest with a log pavement. The logs rose like piano keys. A rare rider could drive without a bump or a bruise. All buildings were dilapidated and old. Chichikov examines the village with signs of poverty: leaky houses, old stacks of bread, roof ribs, windows stuffed with rags. The owner's house looked even stranger: the long castle looked like an invalid. The windows except two were closed or barred. The open windows did not look familiar. The strange appearance of the garden, located behind the master's castle, corrected. Chichikov drove up to the house and noticed a figure whose gender was difficult to determine. Pavel Ivanovich decided that it was the housekeeper. He asked if the master was at home. The answer was negative. The housekeeper offered to come into the house. The house was just as creepy as the outside. It was a dump of furniture, heaps of papers, broken objects, rags. Chichikov saw a toothpick that turned yellow as if it had lain there for centuries. Paintings hung on the walls, a chandelier in a bag hung from the ceiling. It looked like a big cocoon of dust with a worm inside. There was a pile in the corner of the room, it would hardly have been possible to understand what was collected in it. Chichikov realized that he was mistaken in determining the sex of a person. Rather, it was the key. The man had a strange beard, like an iron wire comb. The guest, after waiting a long time in silence, decided to ask where the gentleman was. The keymaster replied that it was him. Chichikov was taken aback. Plyushkin's appearance struck him, his clothes amazed him. He looked like a beggar standing at the door of a church. There was nothing to do with the landowner. Plyushkin had more than a thousand souls, full pantries and barns of grain and flour. The house has a lot of wood products, utensils. Everything that was accumulated by Plyushkin would be enough for more than one village. But the landowner went out into the street and dragged into the house everything he found: an old sole, a rag, a nail, a broken piece of dishes. He put the found objects in a pile, which was located in the room. He took into his hands what the women left. True, if he was convicted of this, he did not argue, he returned it. He was just thrifty, but he became stingy. The character changed, first he cursed the daughter who had run away with the military, then the son who lost in cards. Income was replenished, but Plyushkin kept reducing expenses, depriving even himself of small joys. The landowner was visited by his daughter, but he held his grandchildren on his knees and gave them money.
There are few such landowners in Russia. The majority are more willing to live beautifully and widely, and only a few can shrink like Plyushkin.
Chichikov could not start a conversation for a long time, there were no words in his head to explain his visit. In the end, Chichikov started talking about the economy, which he wanted to see personally.
Plyushkin does not treat Pavel Ivanovich, explaining that he has a very bad kitchen. The conversation about souls begins. Plyushkin has more than a hundred dead souls. People are dying of hunger, of diseases, some simply run away. To the surprise of the stingy owner, Chichikov offers a deal. Plyushkin is indescribably happy, he considers the guest a stupid dragger after the actresses. The deal was done quickly. Plyushkin offered to wash the deal with liquor. But when he described that there were boogers and insects in the wine, the guest refused. Having copied the dead on a piece of paper, the landowner asked if anyone needed the fugitives. Chichikov was delighted and bought 78 runaway souls from him after a little trade. Satisfied with the acquisition of more than 200 souls, Pavel Ivanovich returned to the city.
Chapter 7
Chichikov got enough sleep and went to the chambers to register ownership of the purchased peasants. To do this, he began to rewrite the papers received from the landowners. The men of Korobochka had their own names. Plushkin's description was short. Sobakevich painted each peasant with detail and qualities. Each had a description of his father and mother. There were people behind the names and nicknames, Chichikov tried to present them. So Pavel Ivanovich was busy with papers until 12 o'clock. On the street he met Manilov. Friends froze in an embrace that lasted more than a quarter of an hour. The paper with the inventory of the peasants was folded into a tube, tied with a pink ribbon. The list was designed beautifully with an ornate border. Hand in hand, the men went to the ward. In the chambers, Chichikov searched for the table he needed for a long time, then carefully gave a bribe, went to the chairman for an order allowing him to complete the deal quickly. There he met Sobakevich. The chairman gave orders to gather all the people needed for the deal, gave the order to complete it quickly. The chairman asked why Chichikov needed peasants without land, but he himself answered the question. People gathered, the purchase ended quickly and successfully. The chairman suggested that the acquisition be noted. Everyone went to the police chief's house. The officials decided that they definitely need to marry Chichikov. During the evening he clinked glasses with everyone more than once, noticing that it was time for him, Pavel Ivanovich left for the hotel. Selifan and Petrushka, as soon as the master fell asleep, went to the cellar, where they stayed almost until morning, when they returned, they lay down so that it was impossible to move them.
Chapter 8
Everyone in the city was talking about Chichikov's purchases. They tried to calculate his wealth, recognized that he was rich. Officials tried to calculate whether it was profitable to acquire peasants for resettlement, which peasants the landowner bought. The officials scolded the peasants, felt sorry for Chichikov, who had to transport such a lot of people. There were miscalculations about a possible riot. Some began to give Pavel Ivanovich advice, offered to escort the procession, but Chichikov reassured him, saying that he had bought meek, calm men who were willing to leave. Chichikov was especially treated by the ladies of the city of N. As soon as they counted his millions, he became interesting to them. Pavel Ivanovich noticed a new extraordinary attention to himself. One day he found a letter from a lady on his desk. She called him to leave the city for the desert, out of desperation she completed the message with verses about the death of a bird. The letter was anonymous, Chichikov really wanted to unravel the author. The governor has a ball. The hero of the story appears on it. The eyes of all the guests are turned to him. Everyone had joy on their faces. Chichikov tried to figure out who the messenger of the letter to him was. Ladies showed interest in him, looked for attractive features in him. Pavel was so carried away by conversations with the ladies that he forgot about decency - to come up and introduce himself to the hostess of the ball. The governor herself approached him. Chichikov turned to her and was already preparing to utter some phrase, when he broke off. Two women stood in front of him. One of them is a blonde who charmed him on the road when he was returning from Nozdryov. Chichikov was embarrassed. The governor introduced her daughter to him. Pavel Ivanovich tried to get out, but he did not succeed very well. The ladies tried to distract him, but they did not succeed. Chichikov is trying to attract the attention of his daughter, but she is not interested in him. The women began to show that they were not happy with such behavior, but Chichikov could not help himself. He tried to charm the beautiful blonde. At that moment, Nozdryov appeared at the ball. He began shouting loudly and asking Chichikov about dead souls. Made a speech to the governor. His words left everyone confused. His speeches were insane. The guests began to look at each other, Chichikov noticed the evil lights in the eyes of the ladies. The embarrassment passed, Nozdryov's words were taken by some for a lie, stupidity, slander. Pavel decided to complain about his health. He was reassured, saying that the brawler Nozdryov had already been taken out, but Chichikov did not become calmer.
At this time, an event occurred in the city that further increased the troubles of the hero. A carriage that looked like a watermelon drove in. The woman who got out of their wagons is the landowner Korobochka. She suffered for a long time from the thought that she had made a mistake in the deal, she decided to go to the city, to find out at what price dead souls are sold here. The author does not convey her conversation, but what he led to is easy to learn from the next chapter.
Chapter 9
The governor received two papers, which reported on a fugitive robber and a counterfeiter. Two messages were combined into one, the Rogue and the counterfeiter were hiding in the image of Chichikov. First, we decided to ask about him those who communicated with him. Manilov spoke flatteringly about the landowner and vouched for him. Sobakevich recognized a good person in Pavel Ivanovich. Officials were seized with fear, they decided to get together and discuss the problem. The gathering place is at the police chief.
Chapter 10
The officials, having gathered together, first discussed the changes in their appearance. Events led to the fact that they lost weight. The discussion was pointless. Everyone talked about Chichikov. Some decided that he was a maker of state banknotes. Others suggested that he was an official from the office of the governor-general. They tried to prove to themselves that he could not be a robber. The appearance of the guest was very well-intentioned. The officials did not find the violent acts that are characteristic of the robbers. The postmaster interrupted their argument with a startling shout. Chichikov - Captain Kopeikin. Many did not know about the captain. The postmaster tells them The Tale of Captain Kopeikin. The captain's arm and leg were torn off in the war, and no laws were passed regarding the wounded. He went to his father, he refused him shelter. He himself did not have enough for bread. Kopeikin went to the sovereign. Came to the capital and was confused. He was given a commission. The captain got to her, waited more than 4 hours. The room was full of people like beans. The minister noticed Kopeikin and ordered him to come in a few days. Out of joy and hope, he went into a tavern and had a drink. The next day, Kopeikin received a refusal from the nobleman and an explanation that no orders had yet been issued regarding the disabled. The captain went to the minister several times, but they stopped accepting him. Kopeikin waited for the grandee to come out, asked for money, but he said that he could not help, there were many important things. He ordered the captain himself to look for means of subsistence. But Kopeikin began to demand a resolution. He was thrown into a cart and taken away by force from the city. And after a while, a gang of robbers appeared. Who was its leader? But the police chief did not have time to pronounce the name. He was interrupted. Chichikov had both an arm and a leg. How could he be Kopeikin. The officials decided that the chief of police had gone too far in his fantasies. They came to the decision to call Nozdryov to them for a conversation. His testimony was completely bewildering. Nozdryov composed a bunch of fables about Chichikov.
The hero of their conversations and disputes at this time, suspecting nothing, was ill. He decided to lie down for three days. Chichikov gargled his throat, applied decoctions of herbs to the flux. As soon as he felt better, he went to the governor. The porter said that he was not ordered to receive. Continuing his walk, he went to the chairman of the chamber, who was very embarrassed. Pavel Ivanovich was surprised: they either did not receive him, or they met him very strangely. In the evening Nozdryov came to his hotel. He explained the incomprehensible behavior of city officials: false papers, the kidnapping of the governor's daughter. Chichikov realized that he needed to get out of the city as quickly as possible. He sent Nozdryov out, told him to pack his suitcase, and was getting ready to leave. Petrushka and Selifan were not very happy with this decision, but there was nothing to be done.
Chapter 11
Chichikov is going on the road. But unforeseen problems arise that delay him in the city. They are quickly resolved, and the strange guest leaves. The road is blocked by a funeral procession. The prosecutor was buried. All the noble officials and residents of the city walked in the procession. She was absorbed in thoughts about the future governor-general, how to impress him, so as not to lose what she had acquired, not to change her position in society. The women thought about the forthcoming, about the appointment of a new face, balls and holidays. Chichikov thought to himself that this was a good omen: to meet the dead on the way - fortunately. The author digresses from the description of the trip of the protagonist. He reflects on Russia, songs and distances. Then his thoughts are interrupted by the state carriage, which almost collided with Chichikov's chaise. Dreams go to the word road. The author describes where and how the main character appeared. The origin of Chichikov is very modest: he was born into a family of nobles, but went out neither to his mother nor to his father. Childhood in the village ended, and the father took the boy to a relative in the city. Here he began to go to classes, to study. He quickly understood how to succeed, began to please the teachers and received a certificate and a book with gold embossing: "For exemplary diligence and trustworthy behavior." After the death of his father, Pavel was left with an estate, which he sold, deciding to live in the city. The father's instruction was left as a legacy: "Take care and save a penny." Chichikov began with zeal, then with sycophancy. Having made his way into the family of the promoter, he got a vacancy and changed his attitude towards the one who promoted him in the service. The first meanness was the most difficult, then everything went easier. Pavel Ivanovich was a pious man, he loved cleanliness and did not use foul language. Chichikov dreamed of serving in customs. His zealous service did its job, the dream came true. But luck was cut short, and the hero had to again look for ways to make money and create wealth. One of the assignments - to lay the peasants in the Board of Trustees - led him to think about how to change his condition. He decided to buy dead souls, so that later he could resell them for settlement underground. A strange idea is difficult to understand for a simple person, only the cunningly intertwined schemes in Chichikov's head could fit into the enrichment system. During the author's reasoning, the hero sleeps peacefully. The author compares Russia
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Chichikov could not recover for a long time after visiting Nozdryov. Selifan was also dissatisfied with the landowner, because the horses were not given oats. The britzka flew at full speed until it collided with a carriage with six horses and almost overhead the cry of the ladies and the cursing of the coachman were heard. Selifan, although he felt his mistake, nevertheless began to quarrel with a strange coachman.
At this time, the ladies sitting in the britzka - an old woman and a young fair-haired girl - were watching everything that was happening with fear. Chichikov stared at the sixteen-year-old beauty. Finally, they began to disperse, but the horses stood opposite each other as if rooted to the spot and did not want to disperse. They were taken up by men who had come running from a nearby village. While the different sides of the horses were being bred, Pavel Ivanovich looked at the young stranger and even wanted to talk to her, however, while he was getting ready, the carriage left, taking the beauty with it.
Since Chichikov had long since passed the age when they instantly fall in love, and then stand for a long time, seeing off their beloved with a suffering look, he ordered to go further. However, he thought about the stranger, deciding that she was good because she had just left the boarding house. Very little time will pass, and being in the care of various mothers and aunts, she will learn to lie and " will finally lie all his life ».
Soon the village of Sobakevich appeared, and Chichikov's thoughts returned to their usual subject. The estate was large, two forests stretched to the right and left - birch and pine. The house with a mezzanine looked like a military settlement of German colonists. The yard was surrounded by a thick wooden lattice. The landowner cared more about strength than about beauty. Even village houses were solid and solid, without any patterned decorations.
The owner himself outwardly resembled an average bear. Nature did not philosophize here for long:
she grabbed with an ax once - her nose came out, she grabbed another one - her lips came out, she poked her eyes with a large drill and, without scraping, let her out into the light, saying: “he lives!”
Seeing the guest, Sobakevich briefly said: “Please!” - and led him to the inner chambers.
The master's living room was hung with paintings depicting full-length Greek generals. Chichikov met Sobakevich's wife, Feodulia Ivanovna, a tall lady, straight as a palm tree.
There was silence for about five minutes, after which the guest was the first to start talking about the chairman of the chamber, to which he heard in response that the chairman “ such a fool as the light did not produce».
Enumerating city officials, Sobakevich scolded each and each gave an unflattering definition. At dinner, the owner praised the dishes served and scolded the cuisine of other landowners and city officials.
Sobakevich tells Chichikov about Plyushkin, who has eight hundred souls, but lives and dines worse than any shepherd. Pavel Ivanovich learns that Sobakevich's neighbor is a rare miser, he starved all his peasants to death, while others ran away.
Carefully, the guest found out in which direction and where Plyushkin's estate was located.
After a hearty dinner, the host and guest retired to the living room, where Chichikov spoke about his business. Sobakevich quickly realized that the purchase of dead souls brought some benefit to the guest, so he immediately broke a hundred rubles per soul. When Pavel Ivanovich became indignant, the owner began to list the merits of each dead peasant. In the process of hard bargaining, they agreed on two rubles and a half for each soul. The guest asked for a list of the peasants he had bought, and Sobakevich, with his own hand, by name, indicating laudable qualities, began to copy the dead souls. When the note was ready, the owner demanded a deposit of fifty rubles from Chichikov. New friends again began to bargain and agreed on twenty-five rubles. Having received the money, Sobakevich looked at the banknotes for a long time and complained that one of them was old.
Leaving Sobakevich, Pavel Ivanovich was dissatisfied that he had to give so much money for the dead peasants. He ordered Selifan to go to Plyushkin's estate.
