Summary of the summer of the Lord by chapters.

Summer of the Lord, Shmelev: summary, autobiographical nature of the novel

In the period from 1927 to 1948, Shmelev created this novel. “The Summer of the Lord,” a brief summary of which we will consider, is one of the most famous works of this writer. It was first published in full in 1948 in Paris. Shmelev dedicated his novel to I.A. Ilyin and Natalya, his wife.

“The Summer of the Lord,” the summary of which we will describe, is an autobiographical work. Through the eyes of a simple boy, it describes life in a patriarchal merchant family. Shmelev’s father’s name was Sergei Ivanovich, just like Vanya’s father from the novel “The Summer of the Lord.” The main events of the work are also autobiographical.

It is known that the pious old man Gorkin, a former carpenter, was Ivan Shmelev’s teacher. A hero with the same surname and in the same role is presented in the novel.

Let us now move on to a brief summary of the work. The novel “The Summer of the Lord” begins as follows.

Clean Monday

The fact is that his people yesterday organized a farewell to Maslenitsa. They got drunk and pushed people down the slides, almost mutilating the public in the process. Sergei Ivanovich, Vanya’s father, is known to many in Moscow. He is a contractor, an energetic and kind owner.

After dinner, father forgives Vasil Vasilich.

When evening comes, Vanya goes to church with Gorkin. Lenten services begin here. The boy's companion, Gorkin, used to work as a carpenter. He is already old, so he stopped working. This man is now simply taking care of Vanya, living “at the house.”

Annunciation

The boy's father decides to forgive Denis, who drank away the owners' proceeds. Solodovkin, a songbird trader, arrives. According to custom, everyone releases them together. In the evening they learn that their father’s barges were “cut off” due to ice drift.

However, the father, along with his assistants, catches them.

Easter

The festive lunch begins. The owners eat in the yard with the workers. New workers come to be hired after the holidays. The Iveron Icon of the Mother of God is brought into the house in order to pray to it before starting work.

Vanya, together with Gorkin, goes to the Vorobyovy Gory for birch trees on Trinity Sunday. Then he goes to buy flowers with his father. The church, decorated with greenery and flowers, turns into a real “sacred garden” on the day of the holiday.

Apple Spas

The Apple Savior - the Transfiguration - is already approaching. Apples are being picked in the garden. Then Gorkin and Vanya go to the merchant Krapivkin in the Swamp to sell them. You need a lot of apples: for yourself, for the parable, for the workers, for the parishioners.

Christmas

Snowy frosty winter. Christmas is coming. In order to “glorify Christ,” a shoemaker appears in the house along with the boys. They put on a little performance about King Herod. Then the beggars come and are served in honor of the holiday. As always, a dinner is organized for all the poor. Vanya is always interested in watching various outlandish people.

Christmastide

Gorkin invites Vanya to tell fortunes using the “circle of King Solomon.” Each person is read the saying given to him. True, Gorkin himself chooses these sayings, taking advantage of the fact that others do not know how to read and write. Only Vanya reveals his cunning.

Gorkin is driven in this by the desire to read the most instructive and suitable for every person.

Baptism

In the Moscow River, water is blessed at Epiphany. At this time, many decide to swim in the ice hole, including Gorkin. Vasil Vasilich competes with the German Iceman. They argue about who will be able to stay in the water longer.

Both are cunning: Vasil Vasilich rubs himself with goose lard, and the German with pork lard. The soldier competes with them, and honestly, without resorting to tricks. As a result, Vasil Vasilich becomes the winner.

And the father takes this soldier as a guard.

Maslenitsa

Chef Garanka is invited to prepare food for the holiday. On Saturday everyone rides down the mountains, and the next day they ask each other for forgiveness before Lent. All this is described in detail by Shmelev (“Summer of the Lord”).

further developments also need to be briefly covered.

Vanya, together with Gorkin, goes to “restore order” at the icebreaker. The fact is that Vasil Vasilich drinks all the time, and the ice needs to be delivered to the customer on time. Unexpectedly, it turns out that day laborers do an excellent job with this task without it. Vasil Vasilich fell in love with these people very much. Every day he gives them beer.

Petrovsky post

The summer Peter's Fast begins. Seamstress Glasha, maid Masha, Vanya and Gorkin go to the Moscow River to rinse clothes. Here, at the portomoy, there lives one guy, Denis. He fell in love with Masha and wants to marry her. Denis asks Gorkin to talk to the girl.

Feast of the Don Icon

Banners are carried from all the churches in Moscow. The time of the Intercession will soon come. At Vanya’s house they pickle cucumbers, soak Antonovka, and chop cabbage. Masha and Denis exchange barbs. Katyusha, Vanya's sister, is born on the very holiday. And Masha and Denis finally get married.

Name day of Sergei Ivanovich and Gorkin

A surprise is being prepared for Sergei Ivanovich. The workers want to give him a huge pretzel for his name day, on which is written: “To the good owner.”

In violation of all the rules, Vasil Vasilich arranges a church ringing when this pretzel is presented. The birthday party is going great. Sergei Ivanovich accepts many congratulations. Pies are brought from all over Moscow.

The bishop himself arrives at the house. Vasil Vasilich cries when he receives a blessing from him.

Michaelmas is coming. Now Ivan Shmelev (“The Summer of the Lord”) tells us about the celebration of Gorkin’s name day. Everyone loves Gorkin too. Vanya's father bestows rich gifts on him.

Christmas and Lent

Preparations for the Nativity fast begin. Pelageya Ivanovna, my father’s aunt, arrives. It’s like she’s a “cousin.” There are predictions hidden in this woman’s jokes. Here comes Christmas. The father begins to build an “ice house” in the Zoological Garden.

Andryushka the carpenter and Denis tell him how to do it. It turns out just wonderful. The father is glorified throughout Moscow. Although, of course, no profit can be expected from this enterprise.

Vanya congratulates the “proud rich man,” godfather Kashin, on Angel’s Day.

The boy fasts with Gorkin during the week of veneration of the cross. Vanya does this for the first time. There are many bad omens in the house this year. Gorkin and his father have ominous dreams. They dream about how the “snake flower” - a terrible flower - blooms.

Palm Sunday, Easter

Palm Sunday is approaching. Coal miners bring willow from the forest. Easter. Grishka the janitor, who missed the church service, is doused with ice water. Vanya and Gorkin go to the Kremlin during Holy Week. They walk around the cathedrals here.

Yegoryev day

Yegoryev's day is coming. A boy listens to songs performed by shepherds. Again, bad omens: the starlings did not arrive, the dog Bushui howls, the furrier was given a blasphemous picture instead of a holy one.

Accident with Sergei Ivanovich

Here comes Radunitsa - the commemoration of the dead on Easter. Vanya and Gorkin drive through cemeteries. Having stopped at a tavern on the way back, they learn the terrible news: Vanya’s father was “killed by a horse.” However, Sergei Ivanovich remains alive. But since then he has been sick all the time.

Sergei Ivanovich broke his head when he fell from a restive horse. After a while he feels better. Vanya's father goes to the bathhouse. After this he feels completely healthy. Sergei Ivanovich goes to Vorobyovka to admire Moscow.

He starts going to construction sites again. However, the disease returns.

Next, Ivan Shmelev describes the prayer service (“Summer of the Lord”). An icon of the healer Panteleimon is brought into the house. The patient feels better for a short time. Doctors say there is no hope. At parting, Sergei Ivanovich blesses the children. It is clear to everyone that he will die soon. Sergei Ivanovich will receive unction.

Father's name day, funeral

The work itself and its summary are already approaching the end. “The Summer of the Lord” continues with a description of his father’s name days. Once again, pies and congratulations are coming from everywhere. However, these gifts seem like a mockery to the dying man's family.

The priest appears to read the waste card. The boy falls asleep. Vanya has a joyful dream. The next morning he learns that Sergei Ivanovich has died. Vanya feels sick at his coffin. The boy gets sick.

He is unable to go to the funeral and only watches the coffin being carried out through the window.

This concludes the summary. “The Summer of the Lord” is a work that is worth reading in the original. From it you can learn about the customs and traditions of our country, about its Orthodox culture.

Clean Monday

In the Zamoskvoretsk house, owned by the protagonist’s father, the boy Vanya wakes up. Everything is ready for Lent, and it begins. The boy hears Vasil Vasilich, the senior clerk, being scolded by his father. The fact is that his people yesterday organized a farewell to Maslenitsa. They got drunk and pushed people down the slides, almost mutilating the public in the process. Sergei Ivanovich, Vanya’s father, is known to many in Moscow. He is a contractor, an energetic and kind owner. After dinner, father forgives Vasil Vasilich.

Summary of Summer of the Lord Shmelev

The narrative describes the events that happened over the course of two years, and is described as if perceived through the eyes of a child, Vanya - memories of what happened in childhood, what was vividly remembered, holidays, significant events of a religious, rich family that rests on the authority of the father , Sergei Ivanovich.

Father Vanya has a lot of people under his command - he is a contractor and is responsible not only for the work of many people, but also for the functioning of the local church. The author begins his story from Maundy Thursday, when Lent begins. He remembers how his father scolds Vasil Vasilich, and by the evening he forgives him.

With warmth he remembers a man who was already old and very religious - Gorkin. He served as a carpenter for a long time, was a very good person, and therefore Sergei Ivanovich asked Gorkin to raise his son.

Vanya spent almost all his time with this old man and adopted much of what the former carpenter taught him, but especially religious values and Christian morality.

The author alternately describes the Annunciation, Trinity, Transfiguration, Christmas, Christmastide, Epiphany, Maslenitsa, Peter's Summer Fast - all these holidays are associated with Christian canons. Vanya’s family strictly follows traditions, and on the Annunciation everyone tries to please someone with something - for example, his father forgives someone’s debts.

On Easter, his whole family, together with his employees, organize a big holiday, a charity dinner, decorate their church with flowers so that the child will forever have memories of this. She looked like the Garden of Eden.

At Christmas they feed the poor and wretched - the boy carefully examines them, studies them, tries to understand their lives and experiences.

The author recalls with pleasure Maslenitsa and the wonderful cook Garanka; at Epiphany he recalls how Vasil Vasilich, some German and a soldier competed to see which of them could sit in the ice hole the longest.

Someone smeared himself with some kind of fat, and someone sat in the water without anything at all, in the end Vasil Vasilich won. Vanya's father takes the soldier into his service as a watchman.

Vanya’s little sister, Katya, is born on the feast of the Don Icon.

After some time, both Gorkin and Sergei Ivanovich begin to notice various bad signs in the house and in the atmosphere - they have bad dreams, the “snake color” begins to bloom. Various absurd situations occur, and finally, on the day of remembrance of all the dead, Vanya’s father is thrown off by a horse.

He remains to live, but is very ill, then he gets a little better for a short time, but after that he lies completely ill again with the disease. Father Vanya is given unction, a prayer service is served, and Father Panteleimon gives communion. At night the boy has a beautiful dream, and in the morning he finds out that his father has died.

My father was buried without him - he became very ill at the coffin.

The author describes Vanya’s wonderful, carefree childhood, very similar to the author’s own childhood.

The narrative is imbued with nostalgic notes, love for everything that happens in it - for the father, Gorkin, all the workers, religious holidays.

The author loves and misses, yearns for the life that he once had, far back in childhood, where it is no longer possible to return - only in this very story.

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Easter

Next, we will talk about the events that happened on Easter and describe their brief content. “The Summer of the Lord” continues with the boy’s father arranging an illumination in the parish church. It also happens in the Kremlin. The festive lunch begins. The owners eat in the yard with the workers. New workers come to be hired after the holidays. The Iveron Icon of the Mother of God is brought into the house in order to pray to it before starting work.

Shmelev I. S.,

It is known that the pious old man Gorkin, a former carpenter, was Ivan Shmelev’s teacher. A hero with the same surname and in the same role is presented in the novel.

Let us now move on to a brief summary of the work. The novel “The Summer of the Lord” begins as follows.

Annunciation

Spring morning. The boy looks out the window. He sees the cellars being filled with ice. Vanya then goes with Gorkin to the Lenten market for supplies. The Annunciation is coming. Everyone on this day must certainly make someone happy. The boy's father decides to forgive Denis, who drank away the owners' proceeds. Solodovkin, a songbird trader, arrives. According to custom, everyone releases them together. In the evening they learn that their father’s barges were “cut off” due to ice drift. However, the father, along with his assistants, catches them.

Summary of “The Summer of the Lord”

The novel “The Summer of the Lord” by Shmelev, written in 1948 in Paris, is an autobiographical work. The book describes the life of a patriarchal merchant family through the eyes of a little boy. The usual way of life of the Russian merchants is shown through the church liturgical year.

To better prepare for a literature lesson, we recommend reading online a summary of “The Summer of the Lord” chapter by chapter. You can test your knowledge using a test on our website.

Vanya is a kind, lively and cheerful boy, who is not yet seven years old, and the story is told on his behalf.

Sergei Ivanovich is Vanya’s father, a wealthy merchant who lives according to his conscience.

Mikhail Pankratovich Gorkin is an old carpenter and Vanya’s spiritual mentor.

On Clean Monday, “the house is cleaned.” Vanya recalls how Gorkin told yesterday that you need to prepare your soul for the bright holiday - “fast, fast, prepare for the Bright Day.” The old carpenter Gorkin is always next to Vanya, and helps him understand the meaning of religious holidays and rituals.

Efimony

On Efimon, Vanya goes with Gorkin to the temple. This is his first time standing, and the boy is “a little scared.”

March drops

As Vanya falls asleep, he hears not gray dull rain knocking on the window, but “cheerful March drops.” He paints pictures of the arrival of the long-awaited spring, and his soul becomes light and joyful.

Lenten market

The next morning, Vanya and Gorkin go to the Lenten Market. Their road lies past the Kremlin, and the omniscient Mikhail Pankratovich tells the boy everything he knows about Moscow.

Part 1

Tomorrow all Orthodox Christians will have a “red day” - the Annunciation. Suddenly, in his father’s office, “the lark began to sing, sang and murmured, barely audible” - until that day he had been silent for more than a year.

Part 2

On Annunciation, the merchant brings a lot of birds to the merchant's house, and, according to the old custom, both the owner and the workers release them together. Vanya, releasing the little birds into the wild, feels great joy.

Rozgovina

Festive tables are laid in the courtyard, the owners sit down at the table with the workers - this has been the custom since ancient times.

Queen of Heaven

The Iveron Icon of the Mother of God must be brought into the house, and on this occasion the yard is thoroughly cleaned. Everyone prays to the Intercessor, the icon is solemnly brought into the house, they walk around the barns, barnyard, and work bedrooms with it.

Trinity Day

On Ascension, they bake “Christ’s ladders” in the house and eat them carefully, crossing themselves: “whoever breaks the ladder will go to heaven and will not ascend, his sins are heavy.” All corners and icons in the house are decorated with birch branches. The church looks like a blooming garden - “the favorable summer of the Lord.”

Apple saved

Gorkin explains to the boy that at the Apple Spas the fruits must be sprinkled with holy water before eating, since “sin came through them.”

Birds of God

Christmas morning. There are dizzying smells coming from the kitchen – “thick smells of Christmas, homey smells.” Sergei Ivanovich wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and invites them to a festive, richly decorated table.

Lunch “for different people”

Poorly dressed people “sneak through the back door” into the merchant’s house. First of all, they warm themselves by the stove, and then they start eating a festive dinner.

King Solomon's Circle

Vanya’s “throat hurts,” and his parents go to the theater without him. The family gathers at the table, and Gorkin begins to guess in King Solomon's circle - who will get what.

Epiphany

It is bitterly cold at Epiphany. Gorkin washes Vanya with “holy water, completely ice cold.” For the first time, Vanya goes with adults to the Moscow River to watch people dive into the ice hole into the icy water.

Icebreaker

Gorkin goes to the icebreaker with Vanya. The boy finds himself there for the first time and is amazed that “there is such and such a fair there, it’s really hot.” All the “random people,” the lost, the day laborers, work here.

Petrovka

Petrovsky fast or “Petrovki” - “light, summer fast.” Gorkin explains to the boy that he is so named in honor of the first apostles Peter and Paul, who “accepted the end of a martyr for Christ.”

"Donskaya"

Before the procession of the Cross, the banners are decorated with fresh flowers, the street is sprinkled with sand and grass, “so that it would be silent, as if they were being carried through the air.”

Cover

Gorkin tells Vanya how the Intercession “covers and fences the whole earth.” Under such a Veil nothing is scary, just know this: work diligently and live according to your conscience.

Prelude

Autumn in a merchant's house is the most “birthday time”. At this time, Vanya, his father and mother, Gorkin, as well as other people not so close to the boy celebrate his name day. On Sergei Ivanovich’s name day, his relatives decide to surprise him with a hitherto unseen pretzel, on which the inscription “on Angel Day to the good owner” is emblazoned on top.

Celebration

When a luxurious pretzel is brought into the house, “a rich, sweet-almond spirit spreads throughout all the rooms,” and Sergei Ivanovich wipes away tears of happiness and kisses everyone.

Michaelmas

Mikhail Pankratovich celebrates his name day on Michaelmas Day. He receives expensive gifts from Vanya’s father, and the old man sincerely rejoices at them, like a child.

Filipovka

On Filippovka “more than an arshin of snow has piled up, and the frost is getting stronger day by day.” This is the name of the Nativity Fast, “from the Apostle Philip.” Sergei Ivanovich and his assistants begin to set up the “ice house”, and Vanya gives the task of “spanking” tickets for skiing from the mountains.

Ice house

During the construction of the Ice House in the Zoological Garden, the father is very afraid of an unexpected thaw - “everything will be lost, there will be a big scandal.” At its grand opening, hissing rockets are launched into the sky, illuminating the fairy-tale crystal castle with a million lights.

Cross veneration

On Saturday of the third week of Lent, before the Veneration of the Cross, “crosses” are baked in the house - “special cookies, with an almond flavor, crumbly and sweet.” During the Week of the Cross, a strict, sacred fast is observed. All the household are saddened by a bad omen - the “snake flower” has bloomed, promising a quick death.

Govenier

Vanya, along with the adults, is fasting for the first time. He does not eat sweets, washes away his sins in the bathhouse, on Friday before supper he asks everyone for forgiveness, and in church he repents of his childhood sins.

Palm Sunday

The house is decorated with lush, beautiful willow trees. Gorkin says that on this day the Lord raised Lazarus - “eternal life, which means there will be life for everyone, we will all be resurrected.”

On the holy

On the bright holiday of Easter, Vanya is in a great mood - he is happy with everything that surrounds him. The servants punish the janitor Grishka, who deceived everyone by talking, but did not do it himself. They doused him with ice water, and “in the evening they took him to a tavern and made peace.”

Radunitsa

Radunitsa is a “dead holiday,” as Gorkin likes to say. On this day, Orthodox Christians go to their graves and mentally rejoice that we will all be resurrected. “That’s why it’s called Radunitsa.”

After visiting the cemetery, Vanya and Gorkin learn terrible news - Sergei Ivanovich was seriously injured by a horse.

Holy joy

From morning to evening, guests from all over Moscow come to the merchant's house - they worry about Sergei Ivanovich, pray for his health. Over time, the father gets better, but his head is still “heavy, as if it were filled with lead, and as if needles were pricking.”

Living water

To “sink away” the remnants of the illness, the father goes to the “Thirty” - this is “the most expensive bathhouse, 30 kopecks, and only rich guests who are clean go to it.”

Moscow

After the bath, Sergei Ivanovich really felt better. Everyone is happy that the kind and fair owner is “alive and well.” In the company of Gorkin and Vanya, he goes to Vorobyovka and “looks at his native Moscow, looks for a long time.” One day, at a construction site, my father became very dizzy and almost fell off the scaffolding. The mood in the house became gloomy - my father’s “illness has returned.”

Silver chest

The doctor swears that the father does not take care of himself at all and, “with a little better head,” leaves on business. People bring him various miraculous icons and “healthy” malts, but Sergei Ivanovich does not get better.

Bitter days

His father’s illness has a depressing effect on Vanya, who is even afraid to look at him. Famous doctors come to Sergei Ivanovich, and at the consultation they come to the conclusion that the only way to relieve severe headaches and dizziness is surgery, but only one in ten survives it. All that remains is to trust in the will of God.

Blessing of children

After the Assumption, as always, cucumbers are pickled in the house. But they just don’t sing songs—my father feels really bad. On the day of Ivan the Theologian, “mother, in tears,” asks Sergei Ivanovich to bless the children. He no longer sees anyone, but he will bless Vanya and his three daughters: Sonechka, Manya and Katyusha.

Unction

On Pokrov they chop cabbage in the house, but there is no former joy. Everyone knows “that there is no hope: Sergei Ivanovich is leaving.” The priests arrive, all the relatives gather - “leisurely, gracefully” the service of unction takes place for the father, who finds it difficult to even sit on the pillows.

Demise

On his name day, Sergei Ivanovich feels so bad “that he can’t even utter a word.” All day long they bring congratulatory pies to the birthday boy, “relatives and step-relatives come and cope like daddy.” By evening, Sergei Ivanovich quietly dies.

Christmastide

Now we have already reached the time of Christmastide, describing the summary. “The Summer of the Lord,” as you have probably already noticed, is built on events associated with Orthodox holidays. During Christmas time, the boy's parents went to the theater, and he himself went to people's kitchens. Gorkin invites Vanya to tell fortunes using the “circle of King Solomon.” Each person is read the saying given to him. True, Gorkin himself chooses these sayings, taking advantage of the fact that others do not know how to read and write. Only Vanya reveals his cunning. Gorkin is driven in this by the desire to read the most instructive and suitable for every person.

Readership

Shmelev’s “Summer of the Lord” is read not only by children’s audiences. The book describes the annual cycle of time in holidays and rituals, which will be interesting for adults. The first chapter of the book is called “Holidays.” For a Russian person, cut off from his native land, this word contains a sacred meaning. The author nurtured the idea of the future work for a long time: before becoming recognized among his compatriots, he retold invented stories to his godson and made sketches in his diary.

The chapter-by-chapter analysis of “The Summer of the Lord” tells about everything that is dear to the heart of a Russian person:

About the most significant and holy holidays;
About the order of worship;
About church customs and everyday life;
About signs and predictions;
About the pain of loss and grief.

Each chapter is a part of life, so the author’s personal involvement in all the events described is felt in the work.

There are chapters in the book that have political overtones. Ivan Sergeevich did not want to put on paper his personal experiences associated with the fight against a serious illness and the death of the most dear person - his father. But the work is not only permeated with bitterness and pain, there is a lot of light and joy in it.

The idea that runs through the book is that death and suffering are not as terrible as the Fall . The most important thing is the salvation of the soul. The description of all the events taking place is told on behalf of the main character - the boy Vanya, who is not yet seven years old. Difficult trials befall the little man, but religious education and the support of the old man Gorkin help him find meaning in life.

Maslenitsa

Next, the celebration of Maslenitsa is described by Ivan Shmelev (“The Summer of the Lord”). A summary of the events associated with it is as follows. Workers begin to bake pancakes. The bishop arrives. Chef Garanka is invited to prepare food for the holiday. On Saturday everyone rides down the mountains, and the next day they ask each other for forgiveness before Lent. All this is described in detail by Shmelev (“The Summer of the Lord”). The content of further events also needs to be briefly covered.

Feast of the Don Icon

The solemn religious procession takes place on the feast of the Don Icon. It is about him that is described further in the work “The Summer of the Lord.” The summary of the chapters only outlines the events in general terms, so we will not dwell on the details. Banners are carried from all the churches in Moscow. The time of the Intercession will soon come. At Vanya’s house they pickle cucumbers, soak Antonovka, and chop cabbage. Masha and Denis exchange barbs. Katyusha, Vanya's sister, is born on the very holiday. And Masha and Denis finally get married.

Father's name day, funeral

The work itself and its summary are already approaching the end. “The Summer of the Lord” continues with a description of his father’s name day. Once again, pies and congratulations are coming from everywhere. However, these gifts seem like a mockery to the dying man's family. The priest appears to read the waste card. The boy falls asleep. Vanya has a joyful dream. The next morning he learns that Sergei Ivanovich has died. Vanya feels sick at his coffin. The boy gets sick. He is unable to go to the funeral and only watches the coffin being carried out through the window.