Those who at least sometimes read books are finethey know what is known about many classical works of those or other masters of the word who have not come down to our day ... The most prominent work of the whole life N.V. Gogol is the second volume of the novel about the landowner Chichikov that we know about. Friends, today we will try to understand why Gogol burned the second volume of Dead Souls.
В конце жизни писатель проживал в Москве.His house was located on Nikitsky Boulevard. This estate legally belonged to Count Alexei Tolstoy, who sheltered a lonely writer in it. Tradition says that it was there that Gogol destroyed his most important literary work. At first glance, the writer lived in prosperity - he had no family of his own, which means that no one and nothing could distract him from work, he had a permanent roof over his head. But what happened? Why did Gogol burn the second volume of Dead Souls? What was happening in his mind at the moment when he set fire to his manuscripts?
No cola, no yard ...
Few people know that Nikolai Vasilievich invested inall your creativity! He lived only by them. For the sake of creativity, the writer doomed himself to poverty. Then they said that all Gogol property was limited to only one “small suitcase with pieces of paper”. His main work was about to come to an end. He put all his soul into it. This was the result of religious intrigues; it was the whole truth about Russia and all the love for it ... The writer himself said that his work was great, and the feat was salvific. But the novel was never to be born: Gogol burned Dead Souls because of a woman ...
Oh, dear Catherine!
In the life of Nikolai Vasilyevich there was a realfracture. It all started on the morning of January 1852. It was then that someone Ekaterina Khomyakova, the spouse of one of Gogol's friends, died. The fact is that the writer himself sincerely considered her a worthy woman. Some literary critics say that he was secretly in love with her and more than once veiled about him in his work. After her death, the writer told his confessor, Matthew, that for no reason he was seized with the fear of death! Now Gogol was constantly thinking about his future demise, he had a breakdown, was depressed ... Father Matthew strongly advised the writer to think about the spiritual state, leaving his literary works.
Diagnosis: Psychoneurosis
"Psychoneurosis!That is why Gogol burned the second volume of "Dead Souls" - this is the opinion expressed by modern psychiatrists. They say that such a state can bring anyone to suicide, not to mention the damage to their own property or any works. How did Gogol burn the second volume of his novel?
Chichikov, goodbye!
February 24, 1852. Night.The writer called his manager Seeds, ordering him to bring his briefcase with the manuscripts of the continuation of the novel. Under the prayer of the Seeds to think again and not destroy their literary works, Nikolai Vasilyevich with the words: “It's none of your business,” addressed to the manager, threw handwritten notebooks into the fireplace and brought a burning candle to them ...
Crafty is strong!
The next morning the writer was stunned by his ownby act. Justifying in front of Count Tolstoy, he said: "I was just going to destroy some things already prepared in advance, and destroyed everything ... How strong is the evil one! That's what he did to me and my works! Only you know that I am very many practical and outlined all understood ... ". According to the writer, he wanted to give each of his friends a notebook for memory, but his dream did not come true ...
From the author
So, friends, it happens in life.As they say, if a person is talented, then this is manifested in everything. Perhaps it is the genius of the writer that explains why Gogol burned the second volume of Dead Souls. Be that as it may, but modern literary scholars agree to one another that the execution of the continuation of the novel about Chichikov is a real loss for all of world literature!
