It often happens that certain books have an interesting and dramatic story of creation. "Master and Margarita", this immortal masterpiece is a vivid representative of just such a situation. The idea of the novel arises long before its first print, and even more so film adaptation. Back in 1928, the first characters in it were Woland and his retinue. Then the author assumed that he would name his work in a different way, because he was conceived as a novel about the devil.
At that time, three names survived the history of creation. “Master and Margarita,” as the name of the book, appeared much later. Bulgakov proposed three headings: “Consultant with a Hoof”, “Black Magician” and “Hoof of an Engineer”. Recently, the book “The Grand Chancellor” was published, in it, for every lover of the author’s creativity, you can familiarize yourself with the first editorial options. By the way, most of them Mikhail Afanasevich personally destroyed. Later, the writer tries to resume the creation of the book, but his overwork, both physical and psychological, prevents him from doing this.

The beginning of work on the novel is accompanied by a difficult period in the life of the creator, and all these blows, one way or another, reflect the history of creation. “The Master and Margarita” at some point ceased to be created at all, even in a handwritten version. Moreover, almost all the drafts existing then were burned, a couple of notebooks and several sketches of various chapters were preserved. The author’s works are prohibited, they are considered hostile to the life order of that time. This is what has a significant impact on the work on the book.
Margarita appears in the plan only in 1932, and after her - the Master. It is no coincidence that a woman in love is included in the plot, her image is entirely consistent with Bulgakov’s wife. The next two years, the author works on his manuscripts and does not hope to see the work printed. In eight years of work, he is finishing the draft edition, and she is already the sixth in a row!
The structure of the novel finally takes shape only in 1937, we can say that this ends the main story of creation, “The Master and Margarita”, finally, gets its name, as well as the plot, which does not change in the future. However, the work does not stop until the last sigh of the author, Bulgakov’s spouse makes most of the amendments to the work.
The author’s obsession with the novel did not pass without a trace, his wife sets one single goal - to achieve the publication of the book. Elena Sergeevna reprints the manuscript and independently makes minor changes. The Moscow magazine was the first to be fortunate enough to acquaint the world with this immortal creation, a masterpiece of Russian literature. Then in 1967 it was published in Paris and translated into several European languages. As for Russia, here the full text of the work appears only in 1973. The history of the creation of the novel “The Master and Margarita” lasts almost half a century, but its genre affiliation has not yet been determined.

Thus, as if a reflection of the creator’s life is the novel “The Master and Margarita”, the story of its creation is closely intertwined with the whole plot. The fate of the Master and Bulgakov are two unusually similar life lines. He sees his duty as a creator in returning to humanity faith in higher ideals, recalling the search for truth. And the novel about eternal love and creative power is a clear confirmation of this.