"In Bad Society": a brief summary. "In Bad Society" - the story of VG Korolenko

In order to convey the summary of "In Bad Society," several trivial proposals are not enough. Despite the fact that this fruit of creativity Korolenko is considered to be a story, its structure and volume are more like a story.

On the pages of the reader's book, a dozen characters await the fate of which will move along the looped track for several months. Over time, the story was recognized as one of the best opuses that emerged from the writer's pen. Also, it was republished many times, and several years after the first publication was somewhat modified and published under the title "Children of the Underground".

The main character and place of action

The protagonist of the work is a boy named Vasya. He lived with his father in the town of Knyazhye-Vieno in the Southwest Territory, populated mainly by Poles and Jews. It is not superfluous to say that the city in the story was captured by the author "from nature." In landscapes and descriptions is recognized Exactly the second half of the XIX century. Contents "In a bad society" Korolenko is generally rich in descriptions of the surrounding world.

The mother of the child died when he was only six years old. The father, engaged in judicial service and his own grief, paid little attention to his son. At the same time, Vasya did not interfere with getting out of the house on his own. That is why the boy often wandered around his native city, full of secrets and mysteries.

Castle

One of these local attractions was the old castle, which used to be a count's seat. However, the reader will not find him at the best of times. Now the walls of the castle are destroyed from an impressive age and lack of care, and its interior premises were chosen by the beggars of the immediate vicinity. The prototype of this place was a palace belonging to the noble family of the Lubomirskys, who bore the title of princes and resided in Rivne.

Disparate, they could not live in peace and harmony because of differences in religion and conflict with the former count's servant Janusz. Using his right to decide who has the right to remain in the castle and who does not, he pointed to the door to all those who did not belong to the Catholic flock or servants of the former owners of these walls. The rogue settled in the dungeon, which was hidden from the eyes of others. After this incident, Vasya stopped visiting the castle, which he visited earlier, despite the fact that Janusz himself called a boy whom he considered to be the son of a respected family. He did not like what was done to the exiles. The immediate events of the story of Korolenko's "Bad Society", the brief content of which can not do without mentioning this episode, begin precisely from this point.

Introduction to the Chapel

One day, Vasya and his friends climbed into the chapel. However, after the children realized that there is someone else inside, Vasin's friends ran away cowardly, leaving the boy alone. In the chapel were two children from the dungeon. They were Valek and Maroussia. They lived together with the exiles, who were evicted by Janusz.

The leader of the whole community, hiding underground, was a man named Tyburcy. The summary "In a bad society" can not do without its characteristics. This person remained a mystery to others, almost nothing was known about him. Despite his penniless way of life, there were rumors that before this man was an aristocrat. This conjecture was confirmed by the fact that the extravagant man quoted ancient Greek thinkers. Such an education did not correspond in any way to his vulgar appearance. Contrasts gave an occasion to the townspeople to consider Tyburcy as a wizard.

Vasya quickly became friends with the children from the chapel and began to visit them and feed them. For the time being these visits remained a secret for others. Their friendship withstood such a test as Valek's admission that he steals food in order to feed his sister.

Vasya began to visit the dungeon itself, while there were no adults inside. However, sooner or later such imprudence had to be given to the boy. And then during the next visit Tyburtsy noticed the son of a judge. Children were afraid that the unpredictable master of the dungeon would expel the boy, but the latter, on the contrary, allowed the visitor to visit them, taking the word from him that he would remain silent about the secret place. Now Vasya could visit friends without fear. This is the summary of "In Bad Society" before the onset of dramatic events.

Dungeon Inhabitants

He became acquainted and became close with other exiles of the castle. They were different people: a former official, Lavrovsky, who liked to tell incredible stories from his past life; Turkevich, who called himself a general and liked to visit the windows of famous residents of the city, and many others.

Despite the fact that all of them in the past differed from each other, now they all lived amicably and helped their neighbor, sharing a modest way of life, which they arranged, scampering on the street and stealing, like Valek or Tyburcy. Vasya fell in love with these people and did not condemn their sins, realizing that they were all brought to such a state by poverty.

Sonia

The main reason that the main character ran into the dungeon was a tense atmosphere in his own house. If the father did not pay any attention to him, the servant considered the boy to be a spoiled child, who, moreover, constantly disappeared in unknown places.

The only person who pleases Vasya at home is his younger sister Sonia. He loves a four-year-old playful and cheerful girl. However, their own nanny did not let the children communicate with each other, because she considered her elder brother a bad example for the judge's daughter. Father Sonya himself loved much more than Vasya, because she reminded him of his deceased wife.

Marousi disease

Sister Valek Marusya fell seriously ill with the onset of autumn. In the whole work "In a bad society" content can be safely divided into "before" and "after" this event. Vasya, who could not calmly look at the difficult condition of his friend, decided to ask Sonya for the doll that she left after her mother. She agreed to lend a toy, and Marousia, who had nothing like this because of poverty, was very pleased with the gift and even began to recover in her dungeon "in a bad society." The main characters had not yet realized that the denouement of the whole story was closer than ever before.

Revealed mystery

It seemed that everything would work out, but suddenly Janusz came to the judge to inform the inhabitants of the dungeon, as well as Vasya, who was noticed in an unfriendly company. The father was angry with his son and forbade him to leave the house. At the same time, the nurse discovered the doll's disappearance, which caused another scandal. The judge tried to get Vasya recognition, where he goes and where is now the toy of his sister. The boy only answered that he had actually taken the doll, but did not say what he did with it. Even the short content "In Bad Society" shows how strong Vasilissa was, despite his small age.

Decoupling

Several days passed. In the house of the boy came Tyburcy and gave the judge a toy Sonya. In addition, he talked about the friendship of such different children. Staggered by the history of his father, he felt guilty before his son, who did not give time and who because of this began to communicate with beggars, who were not loved by anyone in the city. At last Tyburcy said that Marusya had died. The judge allowed Vasya to say goodbye to the girl, and he gave money to her father, after giving advice to escape from the city. Here ends the story "In Bad Society."

Unexpected visit Tyburcy and news of the death of Marousi destroyed the wall between the main character of the story and his father. After the incident, they together began to visit the grave at the chapel, where the first time met three children. In the story "In Bad Society" the main characters could not appear all together in the same scene. Beggars from the dungeon in the city no one else saw. All of them suddenly disappeared, as if they were not there.