Autumn in the Oak Woods (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1950's
- Setting: Northern Russia
- Principal Characters: The unnamed narrator, His girlfriend
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Voyages, Nature, Rural or country life, Friendship, Rivers or waterways, Russia or Russian people, Happiness
- Locales: Russia
The Story
A young man living in a hut above the Oka River in northern Russia goes down to a makeshift dock, at which he is expecting a woman to arrive. He is apprehensive because he is not sure she will come. After he has waited anxiously for a few moments, the river boat finally docks, and she steps gingerly ashore. They are shy with each other at first as they climb the hill back to the hut, but the initial discomfort goes away as he shows her the beauties of the area even in the darkness, relying mostly on the sounds and smells. Using his lantern, he points out to her the...
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