Vasily Fedorovich Sokolov (d. 1862 ) - Russian writer .
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Biography
He lived in Voronezh . As the historian of the Voronezh literary life O. G. Lasunsky pointed out in 1985, “unfortunately, almost nothing is known about this person’s biography”, although it can be understood from his works that “, in all likelihood, Sokolov was a commoner , suffered deprivations , did not have a constant angle ” [1] . In the early 1850s, a short story from folk life was published in the Voronezh Provincial Gazette [1] .
According to the Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron , "the talent of V. F. Sokolov was ruined by the well-known Russian" weakness "."
According to the obituary in the "Voronezh Provincial Gazette", the writer died at the end of 1862 in the Voronezh hospital of the order of public charity [1] .
Artwork
As noted in the Brockhaus and Efron Dictionary , Sokolov’s first novels - “The Redhead” (in the journal Sovremennik , 1853 ) and Failures (in the journal Russky Vestnik , 1857 ) were greeted with criticism very sympathetically. Also, N. A. Nekrasov in a letter to I. S. Turgenev singled out the story of Vasily Sokolov among the works published in Sovremennik :
In the 2nd number read the story "Redhead". New author. It’s not that very gifted, but it is full of simplicity and truth, moreover, the faces, with all their ordinaryness, are somehow outlined with a special tact.
- Nekrasov N.A. - Turgenev I.S., letter of January 20, 1853
According to O. G. Lasunsky, "Redhead" is written in the traditions of the Gogol school:
Some accents placed in the story and the very description of the city in which Voronezh is guessed make one suppose the presence of autobiographical moments in it. Sokolov depicts a well-known gross bourgeois-raznochinsky lifestyle in a provincial society. The hero of the work is a modest and timid teacher Yakov Ivanovich Belokonov. He gives free music lessons to red-haired Olinka, the daughter of a petty roguish official, mired in a philistine slime, moral hardened from the eternal struggle for existence. Love affair is organically woven into the social issues of the story. The plot is based on the fate of two “poor people” (the unconditional influence of the corresponding novel by F. M. Dostoevsky is felt), not protected in the face of the harsh outside world, unable to oppose it with anything but a good heart and disinterested participation in people. The work contains many faithful paintings, captured by the brush of a talented artist [1] .
In some sources, Sokolov was also mistakenly attributed to the essay “Pigeons” (An Essay from the Life of Tula Armsmakers), published in 1863 [2] .
Literature
- Sokolov, Vasily Fedorovich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Lasunsky O. G. Literary and social movement in the Russian province: Voronezh region in the "Chernyshevsky era." - Voronezh: Publishing house of the University of Voronezh, 1985. - S. 68.
- ↑ Sokolov N. G. I. Uspensky: Life and work. - L .: Hudozh. lit., 1968 .-- S. 53.
Links
- Ryzhenkaya // Sovremennik Magazine No. 1 for 1853 - pp. 225—328 (the text is fully accessible, the Google Books service)