The story "The Enchanted Place" is one of the stories of N.V. Gogol from the cycle "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka". Two main motives are intertwined in it: hooliganism of devils and getting treasure. This article provides a summary of it. Gogol, "The Enchanted Place" is a book that was first published in 1832. But the time of its creation is not known for certain. It is believed that this is one of the earliest works of the great master. Let's refresh our memory of all its main points.
N. V. Gogol, "The Enchanted Place". The main characters of the work
Chumaki (traders).
Grandfather's grandchildren.
Grandfather's fiancee.
Summary: Gogol, "The Enchanted Place" (introduction)
This story happened a long time ago, when the narrator was still a child. His father, taking one of his four sons, left to trade tobacco in the Crimea. Three children remained on the farm, their mother and grandfather, who guarded the bashtan (a vegetable garden sown with watermelons and melons) from uninvited guests. One evening a cart with merchants drove past them. Among them were many of my grandfather's acquaintances. Having met, they rushed to kiss and remember the past. Then the guests lit their pipes, and the refreshments began. It became fun, let's dance. Grandfather also decided to shake the old days and show the Chumaks that he still has no equal in dancing. Then something unusual began to happen to the old man. But the next chapter (its summary) will tell about this.
Gogol, "The Enchanted Place". Development of events
Grandfather broke up, but as soon as he reached the cucumber patch, his legs suddenly stopped obeying. He scolded, but there was no point. Laughter was heard from behind. He looked around, but there was no one behind him. And the place around is unfamiliar. In front of him lies a bare field, and on the side is a forest, from which some kind of long pole sticks out. For a moment it seemed to him that this was the clerk's barn, and the pole, visible from behind the trees, was the dovecote in the garden of the local priest. Around it is darkness, the sky is black, there is no moon. Grandfather went across the field and soon came across a small path. Suddenly, a light on one of the graves lit up ahead, then went out. Then a light flashed in another place. Our hero was delighted, deciding that this was a treasure. He only regretted that he did not have a shovel now. “But that’s not a problem,” thought the grandfather. “After all, you can notice this place with something.” He found a large branch and threw it on the grave, on which a light was burning. Having done this, he returned to his tower. Only it was already late, the children were sleeping. The next day, without saying a word to anyone and taking with him a spade, the restless old man went to the priest's garden. But the trouble is - now he did not recognize these places. There is a dovecote, but there is no threshing floor. The grandfather will turn: there is a field, but the dovecote is gone. He returned home with nothing. And the next day, when the old man, having decided to dig a new ridge on the tower, struck with a shovel in the place where he did not dance, suddenly the pictures in front of him changed, and he found himself in the very field where he saw the lights. Our hero was delighted, ran to the grave, which he had noticed earlier. On it lay a large stone. Throwing it away, grandfather decided to sniff tobacco. Suddenly, someone sneezed heavily over him. The old man looked around, but no one was there. He began to dig the earth on the grave and dug out a cauldron. He was delighted and exclaimed: “Ah, there you are, my dear!” The same words were squeaked from a branch by a bird's head. Behind her, a ram's head bleated from a tree. A bear looked out of the forest and roared the same phrase. Before the grandfather had time to say new words, the same faces began to echo him. The old man was frightened, grabbed the cauldron and rushed to his heels. About what happened to the unlucky hero next, the next chapter below (its summary) will tell.
Gogol, "The Enchanted Place". ending
And grandfather's houses were already missed. Sat down for dinner, but he's still gone. After the meal, the hostess went into the garden to pour out the slop. Suddenly she saw a barrel climb towards her. She decided that this was someone's joke, and poured slop directly on her. But it turned out that it was the grandfather. In the cauldron that he brought with him, there were only squabbles and rubbish. Since then, the old man swore not to believe the devil anymore, and he surrounded the damned place in his garden with wattle. They said that when this field was hired for local melon chumaks, God knows what grew on this piece of land, it was even impossible to make out.
More than a century and a half ago, N.V. Gogol wrote The Enchanted Place. A summary of it is presented in this article. It is no less popular now than it was many years ago.
