On the last clear and frosty night before Christmas, a witch flew out of a hut through a pipe. Flickering in the sky, she began to collect stars in her sleeve. Thus begins the magic novel by N. V. Gogol, “The Night Before Christmas,” a summary of which will be presented in this article.
And on the other side of the sky, a devil flew up with a black dot, just like “provincial
the solicitor in his uniform. " He stole a month from heaven, thinking that in this way he would annoy the blacksmith Vakula, and he would not be able to come to his beloved beauty Oksana, because her father, the Cossack Chub, was afraid to leave the house on a dark night.
But, alas, the dreams of the devil, who harbored a grudge against Vakula, painted him in the church, did not come true. As the “Night before Christmas” tells, a brief summary that you read, Chub could not resist the desire to try the glorious varenuha at the clerk, and
Vakula freely came to Oksana.
True, his confessions cause the windy beauty only ridicule. Frustrated, he goes to open the door where someone knocks, with one desire, to knead the sides of the first one. And Chub, who returned home and saw on the threshold of an angry Wakulu, who immediately awarded him with shocks, was frightened, thinking that he had somehow entered the wrong way.
So he went to the witch Soloha, the mother of the blacksmith, not knowing that the devil himself was already visiting her. True, as the “Night before Christmas” tells, a brief summary of which you are reading, the ruined housewife was forced to hide it in a bag, because her head came to her. But he also had to hide in a bag from the clerk who came "to the light". And he, having heard a knock on the door, also hid in a bag. Chub, and he was knocking, cooing with the mistress for a short time - the angry Vakula returned home, to whom her beloved, laughing, said that she would only go for him if he would bring the little turtles that the queen herself had!
Seeing bags in the middle of the hut, the guy, annoyed and sad, not even noticing their severity, decides to take the "rubbish" away. But on the way he is met by Oksana, who, for all, again reminds of the cuttings. And the blacksmith, not seeing the light, runs wherever his eyes look, with only one small bag behind his back.
How Vakula discovered the trait in him and how he made him obey, he tells in detail the "Night before Christmas", a summary of which is now in front of you. But after all the adventures, the goat-footed carried the blacksmith straight to Petersburg to the Cossacks, who passed through Dikanka in the summer. With the help of
evil spirits, Vakula convinces them to take themselves to an audience with the queen. And rushing to the floor in front of her, he begs the little animals.
What rumors were rushing around the village at that time, could not convey a summary. “The Night Before Christmas” talks about it in a vivid and detailed way. One thing is clear that as a result of gossip, poor Oksana could not find a place for herself. It was said that Vakula drowned and hanged himself, and she felt guilty and was completely exhausted over night. Meanwhile, the blacksmith, having overslept after the mornings after the trip, was going to the house of his beloved to forgive her hands. Imagine his happiness when Oksana joyfully exclaimed that she loved him, and so, without cuttings!
The amazing end of this story is colorfully described by N.V. Gogol. The “Night before Christmas”, a brief summary of which was provided to you, vividly and unforgettably conveys events similar to a fairy tale. Read this book, and you will forever fall in love with both its heroes and the great writer.