Pavel Petrovich Bazhov - a famous writer, his greatest merit is that he is a pioneer in the literary processing of the Ural tales. One of the results of this work is his work “Copper Mountain Mistress”. The summary will introduce the reader to this interesting tale.
Brief biography of the author, the story of the tale
To better understand the work, you need to at least learn a little about its creator. Pyotr Bazhov was born on the 15th, and according to the old style on January 27, 1879. His father was a mountain foreman and probably told his son about his work, about the precious stones that are found in rocks. Thus arousing interest in this topic in the child.
The great syllable of the future writer was facilitated by the fact that he studied very well, and later worked as a teacher of the Russian language at the theological schools of Kamyshev and Yekaterinburg.
When the summer holidays began , Pavel Petrovich went on a trip to the Urals, collecting folklore. Here he heard the stories that the miner-storyteller Vasily Khmelinin told him. Literally reverting them, Bazhov wrote in 1939 a collection of works entitled "Malachite Box", which included the tale of "Copper Mountain mistress." A summary of it, we now find out.
Stepan and his friend go mowing
Once, on a hot day, a young guy with a senior comrade went to see if the grass is good on mowing. In those days, many animals were kept in the villages - cows, horses, goats. We made sure that in the winter they had food. Therefore, even in the summer, they mowed grass, dried it, and then stacked hay in sheds and fed their animals in the cold season.
Further, the author describes natural beauties in her work “Copper Mountain Mistress”, a brief summary will also devote a little time to this.
The forest was very good. The birds sang beautifully, steam rose from the land devastated by the heat. The comrades were even a little debilitated, but they continued on their way. However, when they reached the Krasnogorsk mine, they could no longer resist the slumber. We lay here on the grass, and fell asleep.
Meeting a girl
Suddenly a young guy seemed to push something. What it was, says Bazhov in his work “Copper Mountain Mistress,” a brief summary will tell about it. He sees Stepan, on a large stone near the ore, a woman sits with her back to him. He looked closely, her braid was girlish - black, shiny. And not like village girls dangles, but hangs smoothly and does not move.
Ribbons in a braid of incomprehensible color and not soft, but ringing, as if made of copper. The girl herself is not tall, with a good figure. It is evident that she is having fun, she is looking at something under her feet, talking to someone, bending over.
Stepan wanted to talk to her, when he suddenly realized that this was the Mistress of the Copper Mountain.
Reader Summary
This work is recommended for reading in grade 5. It must be entered in the reader's diary. To make such a school document, take a notebook in a box with 12 or 18 sheets. Spread each side of it in this way: first there are 2 columns of 2 cm. In the first you write the name, first name and patronymic of the author, in the second - the name of the work “Mistress of the Copper Mountain”, the content goes through another column in which the main characters must be indicated . Make it 3 cm wide. The rest of your place will go for a brief summary. You can fill in the second sheet of the notebook.
This is how you spread out the columns for the tale “Copper Mountain mistress,” the summary for the reader’s diary will be written in a column that is wider than the first three, so you will have enough space for retelling on the sheet. Based on his notes, it will be easy to remember all the details of the tale.
In the table of contents of the columns will be written: name - "Copper Mountain mistress"; summary. Grade 5, school number, subject name - this must be indicated on the title page.
Continuation of the story, meeting a girl
But back to the work itself. The guy further notes. Yes, his hunch confirms that the dress on the girl is as if made of malachite, but flows like silk. Stepan was a little scared, because the old people were talking, a meeting with the Mistress of the Copper Mountain might not end very happily. But then she herself spoke to him, said to come up.
He approached the girl and sees that multi-colored lizards run around her: gold, green, blue, some even with patterns. She clapped her hands, and the lizards all strayed at her feet and turned into a well-polished floor of copper ore.
Then the Mistress of the Copper Mountain and says to Stepan: "We need to tell the factory clerk to get out of the Krasnogorsk mine, otherwise it will be bad." She clapped her hands, the ore again turned into lizards, and then the girl herself, too. I ran up to the top of the mountain and from there shouted to the guy that if he said as she asked, he would marry him.
Stepan fulfills the Mistress’s order, what came of it
The guy thinks about what he should do now. I decided to do as the girl asked. The next day he approached the clerk at the factory (where he worked) and relayed what the Mistress of the Copper Mountain had ordered. He was struck by such impudence, did not believe Stepan and ordered him to be carved. The young man was chained to a long chain and ordered to work in the face.
They gave the guy the task - to get a lot of malachite and identified in an unpromising adit, where almost no expensive stones come across. Still there was wet and damp. So that Stepan would not starve to death, the commander ordered him to give him a bowl of dog oatmeal.
So the young man would have been in these terrible conditions if the Mistress had not come to his rescue.
- summary;
- Bazhov P.P .;
- title of the work;
- the main characters.
Recall that these items should be filled in the reader's diary. In the column "main characters" write down "Stepan" and "Mistress of the Copper Mountain."
A new acquaintance helped the young man, she drained the adit, and then she came to him herself. The landlady ordered her faithful helpers-servants to get 2 times more malachite than Stepan had been told, and she would take him to her palace to show the dowry.
Mansions under the mountain
Here is such an interesting plot, based on ancient stories, invented by P.P. Bazhov. The mistress of the Copper Mountain led the guy to his chamber. Underground, as if large rooms are located. The walls are cast in different colors, like the girl’s dress. That changed just before our eyes. At first it was as if from malachite, then it was cast in glass. After that it was covered with diamond crumbs.
The guest and hostess went into a very spacious room. There is a bed, a table, stools. They sat down, a girl, and asked how now about marriage. After all, she promised to give her hand and heart if the guy gives the clerk her words. But the young man could not marry the Mistress. He told the one that he has a bride - an orphan Nastya. This is further narrated by Bazhov. The mistress of the Copper Mountain seemed to be glad that Stepan had not exchanged his Nastya for her - a stone girl.
For this, his girlfriend awarded him, presented a box with rings and earrings for the bride. Then the Mistress fed him and indicated the way back.
Stones
The young man returned back to the adit, and there already lizards in store for him a lot of malachite. Again they adjusted the chain, as if the guy had not gone anywhere. The clerk was amazed when he saw how much Stepan got malachite, gave this adit to his nephew, and sent the young man to a bad slaughter. But even there, the guy managed to get a lot of malachite, because he was invisibly helped by a magical girl.
Then they ordered Stepan to find a huge block of malachite and promised for it free. After all, then there was still serfdom. The guy found a block, but they did not give him will. I heard everything about the master, arrived, gave the guy an honest noble word to grant free if he finds malachite stones, from which it is possible to cut down pillars of at least five fathoms in length. The young man said that he would try to get such, but first let the master write free to him and his bride Nastya. On that and decided
How did the story end
The Styopa found this wealth, of course, the Mistress invisibly helped him.
"Summary", "Bazhov" - these two points are, respectively, in the fourth and second column of the reader's diary. If the teacher says to add comments here, you can write them in the fifth column, leaving a little space for him.
The narrative ends on a not-so-happy note. Nastya and Stepan got free, got married. The young man built a house, everything seemed to be fine, but Stepan Petrovich became gloomy, melted right before his eyes.
He took a gun and went hunting. But his path invariably lay to Red Mountain, and from hunting the man returned empty-handed. Somehow, he also left in the fall and did not return. They began to search, found inanimate in the mine, he lay motionless and seemed to smile.
Someone said that next to him he had already seen a very large green lizard. Most likely, it was the Copper Mountain Mistress.
Summary, reviews
The meeting with the magical girl did not bring happiness to Stepan. Not without reason, in the last lines, the author says that if a bad person meets her, there will be sorrow for him, and there is little good from this joy. This ends both the tale and the summary of the work.
If you listen to the reviews about this story, it will become clear what is hidden behind the image of the main character. It turned into a lizard, since it is this reptile that is mentioned in the folk tales of that locality. They also say that in the Mistress of the Copper Mountain, the folk image of the goddess Venus is captured, her in the 18th century was branded Polevskaya copper.
Readers like this story about a simple, honest, courageous Stepan, who was not greedy and prudent, like a clerk or master. The unusual speech of the heroes, expressions, and folk words is interesting. You can also learn about this from reader reviews.