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Pushkin wrote the story “The Young Lady-Peasant Woman” in the fall of 1830 in Boldino. The work is part of the cycle “Tales of the late Ivan Petrovich Belkin” (“Belkin’s Tales”).
“The Peasant Young Lady” was written within the framework of the literary movement of realism. In the story, Pushkin makes ironic references to Karamzin’s work “Poor Liza” and Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”. To create a comic effect, the author uses the artistic method of masks and disguises.
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Peasant young lady summary
the story “The Young Lady-Peasant” in the fall of 1830 in Boldino. The work is part of the cycle “Tales of the late Ivan Petrovich Belkin” (“Tales of Belkin”). “The Peasant Young Lady” was written within the framework of the literary movement of realism. In the story, Pushkin makes ironic references to Karamzin’s work “Poor Liza” and Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”. To create a comic effect, the author uses the artistic method of masks and disguises. The main characters are Lizaveta Grigorievna Muromskaya – 17 years old, “the only and therefore spoiled child” of her father. Pretended to be a village girl. Alexey Ivanovich Berestov - was raised at the university, wanted to enter military service, fell in love with Lisa in the image of Akulina. Other characters Grigory Ivanovich Muromsky is a “real Russian gentleman,” a Westerner, a lover of everything English, a widower, Lisa’s father. Ivan Petrovich Berestov is a gentleman, a widower, the owner of a cloth factory, and Alexei’s father. Nastya is a serf girl, Lisa’s confidante. Summary: The estate of Ivan Petrovich Berestov was located in one of the remote provinces. In his youth he served in the guard, then retired and went to the village. Soon he built a house and “started a cloth factory.” Berestov did not get along with his closest neighbor Grigory Ivanovich Muromsky. Muromsky squandered most of his estate in Moscow and came to the village, where he “planted an English garden” and cultivated the fields “according to the English method,” although it was not profitable. Berestov did not like his neighbor’s innovations, Muromsky, in turn, nicknamed Ivan Petrovich “a bear and a provincial.” Berestov's son Alexey came to the village. The young man was well built, stood well in the saddle and enjoyed great success with young ladies, but he himself was cold towards the female sex. Muromsky's daughter, Liza, really wanted to meet Alexei, but she was stopped by the enmity of their fathers. After partying with the neighbors, Lisa’s maid Nastya said that Alexey was “surprisingly good”, that during the holiday he played burners with peasant girls.
So that the young man would not think that “she was chasing him,” Liza changed into peasant clothes and early in the morning went to the grove where young Berestov usually hunted at that time. She waited, thoughtful. Suddenly a dog ran up to her, and soon the hunter arrived. Alexey calmed down the girl who pretended to be “half-frightened, half-shy.” Lisa, speaking in a peasant dialect, introduced herself as Akulina, the daughter of a blacksmith. Alexey was going to visit her father, but the girl promised that tomorrow she would come to the same place. Lisa was absent-minded all day. She even thought about not going tomorrow, but she was afraid that Alexey would meet the real Akulina - “a fat, pockmarked girl.”
Alexey was delighted with his new acquaintance. In the morning he immediately went on a date. Having met Alexei, Lisa said that this was their last date. But the young man asked her for at least rare meetings. The girl made him promise that he would never look for her himself, and they would meet only when she herself made an appointment. Meetings of young people continued. Alexey fell madly in love, “Liza was not more indifferent.”
One day, during a morning walk, Berestov and Muromsky collided. Muromsky's horse was frightened by a running hare, and it threw its rider off. Berestov helped his neighbor recover and invited him to his place. They chatted amiably over breakfast. Muromsky invited Berestov and his son to his place in Priluchino. Having learned about this, Lisa flatly refused to appear in front of the Berestovs. But soon she came up with a trick, asking her father not to be surprised by anything. When the Berestovs arrived and settled down in the living room, the girl came out to them: she was “whitewashed up to her ears,” with blond fake curls on her head, fluffed up like a Louis XIV wig. Alexey did not recognize Akulina in her. At the table, Alexey played “the role of absent-minded and thoughtful. Lisa was being cutesy."
The next morning on a date, Lisa asked if Alexey liked the young lady. He replied that she was a “freak of a freak.” The young man offered to teach the supposedly illiterate Akulina to read and write and was very surprised at how she mastered the alphabet and writing in three lessons. A correspondence began between them; they left letters in the hollow of an old oak tree. “Nastya secretly corrected the postman’s position.”
Berestov and Muromsky soon became good friends. They decided to marry their children. Alexey refused to take Lisa as his wife, and then his father set a condition for him: either the wedding or he will be deprived of his inheritance. The young man wrote to Akulina about what had happened and suggested in the letter that she marry him (although he knew that he would then have to lead the life of an ordinary peasant).
The next day, Alexey immediately went to Muromsky to explain himself, but only Lisa was at home. The young man entered the house without warning and was dumbfounded: in front of him was his Akulina, but “in a white morning dress.” The girl carefully read his letter, so she did not notice how he entered. Alexey rushed to her and began to kiss her hands. Just at that moment Grigory Ivanovich entered.
“Aha! - said Muromsky, “yes, it seems that the matter is already completely coordinated... Readers will save me from the unnecessary obligation to describe the denouement.”
Conclusion In the story “The Peasant Young Lady,” Pushkin ironically reveals the problem of social prejudices. Liza thinks that she will make a bad impression if she meets Berestov’s son first. It is because of this that she changes clothes, first into Akulina, and then into a young lady with a whitened face. Alexey turns out to be above prejudice - he was ready to marry a simple girl for love, even after losing his inheritance. We recommend not limiting yourself to reading a short retelling of “The Young Lady-Peasant Woman”, but evaluating the full version of the story.
Other characters
- Grigory Ivanovich Muromsky is a “real Russian gentleman,” a Westerner, a lover of everything English, a widower, Lisa’s father.
- Ivan Petrovich Berestov is a gentleman, a widower, the owner of a cloth factory, and Alexei’s father.
- Nastya is a serf girl, Lisa’s maid.
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Brief summary of the story “The Young Lady-Peasant Woman” by Pushkin
Two neighbors, Berestov and Muromsky, live in a village in a remote Russian province. They have a strong dislike for each other because they are dissimilar in character.
Ivan Petrovich Berestov, a former military man, is a widower. After retiring, Berestov settled in the village forever. Economical and practical, Ivan Petrovich built a house and managed to establish his business. He created a cloth factory and considered himself the smartest person. Despite some of Berestov's arrogance, his neighbors loved him.
He did not find a common language only with his closest neighbor, with Grigory Aleksandrovich Muromsky. This gentleman squandered most of his estate. Arranging the situation in the English manner, Muromsky continued to waste money, bringing his senseless ideas to life. He invested money in complex projects, preferring innovation and a non-standard approach.
Muromsky's actions irritated the practical Berestov, who hated new trends and ridiculed imitation of the British. Berestov often expressed himself critically and mockingly at Muromsky, which the neighbors did not forget to notify Grigory Alexandrovich about. The offended Anglomaniac responded by calling Berestov a bear and a provincial.
Such were the relations of the neighbors at the time when Berestov’s son Alexei graduated from the university and came to his father in the village. The son dreamed of a military career, but Ivan Petrovich was categorically against it. Alexey couldn’t imagine himself in another profession and decided to just live with his father for now. Insisting on his choice to become a military man, the young master grew a mustache.
Alexey looked stately and handsome. He felt great in the saddle, as if he was made for a military uniform. When hunting, the young master always came first. It would be impossible to imagine his slender figure bent over his office desk. Local young ladies looked at him, but so far to no avail. The reason for his coldness was explained by the fact that Alexey was in love with a certain Akulina, a message to whom was seen in the list of his sent letters.
The appearance of Alexei intrigued the village young ladies who grew up among apple trees and reading book novels. A handsome man burst into their monotonous life, talking about lost joys, wearing an unusual black ring. The girls were crazy about him.
Most of all, Muromsky’s daughter, Lisa, became interested in him. Their fathers did not communicate, and she did not have the opportunity to meet with Alexei. The girl was pretty - pretty, with big black eyes. She grew up as a playful, playful child. The pranks of her only daughter delighted her father, but irritated the governess, Madame Jackson, brought up in prim English traditions.
Lisa had a maid, Nastya, who understood and supported her mistress in many ways. It was Nastya who the young lady trusted with her plans and dreams. One day the maid was invited to Berestov’s servants for a name day. When Nastya returned home, Lisa received maximum flattering information about Alexey. It turns out that the young master is very handsome, unbridled, impetuous. He chased peasant girls, playing burners with them.
Lisa had a great desire to meet Alexey. A curious idea popped into her head. The girl will change into peasant clothes and go for a walk in the grove, not far from Berestov’s estate. Nastya supported the young lady’s invention.
Early in the morning, Lisa dressed up as a peasant and went to the grove where Alexei usually hunted. She was frightened by the dog's barking, and the girl screamed. The dog belonged to Alexey, who went hunting. He began to calm the girl down, and the young people met. Lisa pretended to be a peasant woman, Akulina, the daughter of the blacksmith Vasily. The young master was captivated by the girl and her beauty. Accustomed to easy treatment of peasant women, he wanted to hug her, but the girl did not allow it. He decided to definitely find her and visit the blacksmith, but the girl dissuaded him, promising to come to the same place at the same hour.
After the meeting, Lisa felt distracted; she did not know what to do next. The minx understood that if she didn’t come on a date, Alexey would find the blacksmith’s real daughter - the pockmarked girl Akulina. And I decided to come again the next day. Alexey was delighted with his new acquaintance and thought about her all day.
On the second date, Lisa told young Berestov that this was the last time they would see each other and asked him not to look for her. The master promised the girl to fulfill her request, but asked to meet at least occasionally. After parting, Alexey could not understand how just two meetings with a peasant girl could leave such a deep mark on his soul. He decided to keep his word. Despite his “mysterious image,” he had a passionate and pure heart, capable of love.
Soon two neighbors, Berestov and Muromsky, met under delicate circumstances. Berestov went hunting, and his huntsmen scared the hare. Muromsky's horse, at the sight of a hare, threw off its rider. Courtesy obliged Berestov to help his neighbor, which he did. In response, Muromsky invited him to visit with his son.
Having learned about the visit, at first Lisa decided not to go to the guests, but then she came up with a trick. She only warned Muromsky to be lenient towards her eccentricities. When the guests arrived, the young lady came out, having made herself up with fake curls and whitewash. Alexey did not see a single familiar feature in her.
The next morning, the girl again changed into a peasant woman and had an appointment with Alexei. He shared his impressions of the young lady Muromtseva, saying that she is a “freak of a freak.” The guy and the girl chose an oak tree, in the hollow of which they decided to leave letters to each other.
The long-standing feud between Berestov and Murovsky unexpectedly grew into a warm friendship. The neighbors were so fond of each other that they decided to marry Lisa and Alexei. Young Berestov did not even want to hear about this marriage. His father harshly posed the question - either Alexei would marry or be deprived of his inheritance. Young Berestov made his choice. He wrote a note to Akulina asking her to marry him. Alexey honestly warned the girl that they would have to live in poverty.
After that, he decided to explain himself to the Muromskys and went to them. Having entered the house without an invitation, he was speechless. Lisa-Akulina stood in front of him. She read Alexei’s letter, where he proposed to marry him. The young master jumped up to her, grabbed her hands in joy, and began to kiss them. Muromsky, who entered at that moment, exclaimed: “Aha, yes, it seems that things are already completely coordinated.” Next, the author asks to be spared unnecessary details of the happy ending.
Summary
The estate of Ivan Petrovich Berestov was located in one of the remote provinces. In his youth he served in the guard, then retired and went to the village. Soon he built a house and “started a cloth factory.”
Berestov did not get along with his closest neighbor Grigory Ivanovich Muromsky. Muromsky squandered most of his estate in Moscow and came to the village, where he “planted an English garden” and cultivated the fields “according to the English method,” although it was not profitable. Berestov did not like his neighbor’s innovations, Muromsky, in turn, nicknamed Ivan Petrovich “a bear and a provincial.”
Berestov's son Alexey came to the village. The young man was well built, stood well in the saddle and enjoyed great success with young ladies, but he himself was cold towards the female sex.
Muromsky's daughter, Liza, became interested in Alexei, but their fathers did not communicate and therefore there was no place for them to meet. After partying with the neighbors, Lisa’s maid Nastya said that Alexey was “surprisingly good”, that during the holiday he played burners with peasant girls.
So that the young man would not think that “she was chasing him,” Liza changed into peasant clothes and early in the morning went to the grove where young Berestov usually hunted at that time. She waited, thoughtful. Suddenly a dog ran up to her, and soon the hunter arrived. Alexey calmed down the girl who pretended to be “half-frightened, half-shy.” Lisa, speaking in a peasant dialect, introduced herself as Akulina, the daughter of a blacksmith. Alexey was going to visit her father, but the girl promised that tomorrow she would come to the same place.
Lisa was absent-minded all day. She even thought about not going tomorrow, but she was afraid that Alexei would meet the real Akulina - “a fat, pockmarked girl.” Alexey was delighted with his new acquaintance. In the morning he immediately went on a date.
Having met Alexei, Lisa said that this was their last date. But the young man asked her for at least rare meetings. The girl made him promise that he would never look for her himself and they would meet only when she herself made an appointment. Meetings of young people continued. Alexey fell madly in love, “Liza was not more indifferent.”
One day, during a morning walk, Berestov and Muromsky collided. Muromsky's horse was frightened by a running hare, and it threw its rider off. Berestov helped his neighbor recover and invited him to his place. They chatted amiably over breakfast. Muromsky invited Berestov and his son to his place in Priluchino. Having learned about this, Lisa flatly refused to appear in front of the Berestovs. But soon she came up with a trick, asking her father not to be surprised by anything. When the Berestovs arrived and settled down in the living room, the girl came out to them: she was “whitewashed up to her ears,” with blond fake curls on her head, fluffed up like a Louis XIV wig. Alexey did not recognize Akulina in her. At the table, Alexey played “the role of absent-minded and thoughtful. Lisa was being cutesy."
The next morning on a date, Lisa asked if Alexey liked the young lady. He replied that she was a “freak of a freak.” The young man offered to teach the supposedly illiterate Akulina to read and write and was very surprised at how she mastered the alphabet and writing in three lessons. A correspondence began between them; they left letters in the hollow of an old oak tree. “Nastya secretly corrected the postman’s position.”
Berestov and Muromsky soon became good friends. They decided to marry their children. Alexey refused to take Lisa as his wife, and then his father set a condition for him: either the wedding or he will be deprived of his inheritance. The young man wrote to Akulina about what had happened and suggested in the letter that she marry him (although he knew that he would then have to lead a poor life).
The next day, Alexey immediately went to Muromsky to explain himself, but only Lisa was at home. The young man entered the house without warning and was dumbfounded: in front of him was his Akulina, but “in a white morning dress.” The girl carefully read his letter, so she did not notice how he entered. Alexey rushed to her and began to kiss her hands. Just at that moment Grigory Ivanovich entered.
“- Aha! - said Muromsky, - yes, it seems that the matter is already completely coordinated...
Readers will relieve me of the unnecessary obligation to describe the denouement.”
Summary of the story
The summary of the story is easy to summarize in a few paragraphs. The work well demonstrates the description of the nature and morals of the people of that time, the resistance of new and old ways.
Far from the capital, in the village of Tugilovo, lives a landowner, former military man Ivan Petrovich Berestov. He was known as a homebody and did not communicate with practically anyone, for which people in the area considered him proud and arrogant. But most of all, Berestov was in conflict with his neighbor Grigory Ivanovich Muromsky: a serious conflict had arisen between the former friends over ideological views on the development of the country.
At this time, the young gentleman Alexey returns to his native estate Tugilovo, which interests all the local young ladies. Elizaveta Muromskaya showed the greatest curiosity. But the young master turned out to be adamant in front of the girls, which many explained by his secret love. In order to clarify the situation, Lisa sends her maid Nastya to a neighboring village, ordering her to ask in detail about the young master.
Nastya, having returned from Tugilovo, says that the young master is very handsome and stately, but is not at all proud and plays burners with simple girls, after which he kisses each one. Elizaveta really wants to look at Alexei and persuades Nastya to help her.
Lisa dresses up as a simple girl and goes to Tugilovo. On the way to the grove, Alexei Ivanovich's hunting dog rushes at her. The girl was very frightened, but the young master immediately comes to the aid of the beautiful peasant woman. He calls himself the young master's valet, but Liza immediately recognizes Alexei. The young lady herself called herself the daughter of a local blacksmith, Akulina. The master really liked the girl, and he says that he will visit the forge in the near future to meet again. Elizabeth is horrified by this and persuades the young man not to come, promising that she will appear in the grove herself the next day.
After returning home, Lisa fears that she made a promise to the young master so quickly, but the revelation was more frightening.
Alexey himself was looking forward to a new meeting and arrived at the agreed place ahead of the appointed time. Akulina came to the meeting upset and with the intention of stopping any dating, but the young man was able to convince the girl otherwise. Lisa sets the condition that she will make all appointments herself. Secret meetings between the young people continued for two months. At this time, Muromsky and Berestov renew friendship between the houses. Friendships develop between the landowners and they agree on the marriage of their children.
At the first meeting, Elizabeth appeared before the guests in a ridiculous outfit and with a terrible hairstyle. Alexey did not recognize Akulina in this cutesy young lady. The book perfectly conveys all the emotions of the characters.
The next day, Alexei admits to Akulina that he has never seen a scarier lady. Lisa, satisfied with the result, goes home. Then Ivan Petrovich informs his son that he should marry Elizabeth. Alexey is horrified by this and tells his father that he will never do this. The old master threatened his son that he would deprive him of his inheritance. But even this did not frighten the young man, who dreamed of marrying his beloved peasant girl.
To inform the Muromskys about his decision, Alexey goes to a neighboring estate, where he takes Elizabeth by surprise. He sees her in her usual clothes and recognizes her beloved Akulina. The deception was discovered, but the young people were only happy and soon got married.
