Chameleon. Adventures of literary scoundrels

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Chameleon. Adventures of literary scoundrels

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Pavel Stelliferovsky is a candidate of philological sciences, publisher of educational literature, author of books and articles about Russian writers.
Russian writers have been writing this unusual novel for almost one hundred and fifty years. But they never finished writing it, because his main character strove to elude the sharp writer's eye, changed color and, in the words of Saltykov-Shchedrin, silently crawled "from one period of history to another." Today, having re-read the classics, we can recreate a completely unusual collective work that has come down to us in excerpts, sketches and short chapters. Zagoretsky, Molchalin, Shprikh, Chichikov, Glumov, Opiskin, Balalaykin, Tarelkin, Ochumelov, Nevzorov, Gulyachkin, Podsekalnikov, Pobedonosikov, Momentalnikov… ? No, no and NO! They are from the same rotten root, this foul-smelling family has ruined the lives of many generations of decent people, and sometimes played a tragic role in their fate. Under the flag of good intentions and servility, servility, conciliation and spiritual betrayal, these chameleons not only seek and find a warm place and a plate of cabbage soup, but also give rise to the evil of permissiveness and impunity. Gloomy-Grumbling, Benefactor, Elder Brother appear where and when they meet kneeling silent performers, in whose eyes one reads the eternal question “What do you want?” This book is about scoundrels in Russian classical literature of the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries, but the thoughtful reader has the right to multiply the despicable series by referring to world classics and contemporary works. And he should, according to the author of the book, carefully look around him. Is there somewhere nearby one of the representatives of the chameleon family? Times and customs change, but these characters are tenacious and successfully adapt to all changes, quietly and persistently declaring their appetites. Alas, our time is also very suitable for them ...

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Publication language: Russian

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