Perhaps one of the most "fabulous" and magicalRussian writers - P.P. Bazhov. “Malachite Box” is a book that everyone knows: from very young children to serious literary scholars. And it is not surprising, because everything is there: from a fascinating plot and finely written images to unobtrusive morality and a multitude of allusions and reminiscences.
Biography
Russian Soviet writer, famousfolklorist, a man who was one of the first to process the Ural tales - all this is Pavel Petrovich Bazhov. "Malachite Box" is just the result of this literary processing. He was born in 1879 in Polevskoy, in the family of a mountain master. He graduated from the factory school, studied in the seminary, was a teacher of the Russian language, traveled to the Urals. These trips were aimed at collecting folklore, which would later form the basis of all his works. The first book Bazhova called "Ural were" and was published in 1924. Around the same time, the writer got a job in the "Peasant Newspaper" and began to publish in a variety of magazines. In 1936, the magazine published the tale "Girl Azovka", signed by the name "Bazhov". "Malachite Box" first saw the light in 1939 and subsequently reprinted several times, constantly replenished with new tales. In 1950, the writer PP died. Bazhov.
"Malachite Box": the poetics of the title
Необычный заголовок произведения объясняется quite simple: a casket made of beautiful Ural stone, filled with wonderful jewels made of gems, gives its beloved Nastya the central character of the tale, the ore Stepan. He, in turn, receives this box not from anyone, but from the Mistress of Copper Mountain. What is the hidden meaning of this gift? A small casket finely crafted from green stone, carefully passed down from generation to generation, symbolizes the hard work of the miners, the exquisite workmanship of the faceter and stone cutters. Simple people, masters of mining, workers - it is them who make their heroes Bazhov. The “malachite box” is also named because of each writer's tale resembles a finely cut, iridescent, shining precious stone.
P.P. Bazhov, "Malachite Box": a summary
After Stepan's death, the casket is keptNastasya has, however, a woman is not in a hurry to flaunt a gift of jewelry, feeling that they are not meant for her. But her youngest daughter, Tanya, is attached to the contents of the box with her whole soul: the jewelry seems to be crafted specifically for her. The girl matures and earns a living beadwork and silk. The rumor about her art and beauty goes far beyond her native places: the master Turchaninov himself wants to marry Tanya. The girl agrees on the condition that he will take her to Petersburg and show the malachite chamber located in the palace. Once there, Tanyusha leans against the wall and disappears without a trace. The image of the girl in the text becomes one of the personifications of the Mistress of Copper Mountain, the archetypal keeper of precious rocks and stones.
