Yermolai and the Miller’s Wife (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ivan Turgenev
- First Published: 1847
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1840's
- Setting: Tula Province, 120 miles south of Moscow
- Principal Characters: The narrator, Yermolai Petrovich, Arina Timofeyevna, Savely Alekseyevich, Aleksandr Silych Zverkov, His wife, Petrushka
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Class conflict, Servants, Hunting or hunters, Russia or Russian people, Feudalism
- Locales: Moscow, Russia
The Story
The author-narrator starts with the setting. He is out hunting woodcock with his assistant, Yermolai. The most productive time for such hunting is the spring mating-season of the woodcock. The specific Russian word (tyaga, “attraction”) that indicates this activity and the hunt conducted by human beings during this season is explained by the narrator. The atmosphere of the setting carries great weight: evening, motionless air, pervasive silence, only weak and occasional sounds, the setting sun, gradual darkness, birds falling asleep, stars,...
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