Heroes of the fairy tale of Alexei Tolstoy. Malvina's house. Description of the heroine's story

Papa Carlo, Piero, Malvina, signor Karabas-Barabas, cat Basilio, fox Alice, dog Artemon, turtle Tortilla, Pinocchio. The fairy tale of Alexei Tolstoy "The Golden Key, or The Adventures of Pinocchio" unites all these heroes. How was the work created? For what reason are the characters so popular? Why did they get such names? These and many other questions are of interest to literary critics and readers for already several decades.

History of creation of the work

In the opinion of the majority of literary critics, Aleksei Tolstoy created the fairy tale Golden Key, or The Adventures of Pinocchio, based on the works of the Italian writer Carlo Collodi. The author of the fairytale story himself has repeatedly spoken about this.

A fairy tale called "Pinocchio, or the Adventures of a Wooden Doll" became known in Russia in 1908, after its translation into Russian. Alexei Tolstoy, being a very young man, became acquainted with the work of K. Collodi. Tale immediately fell in love with the young man, she became one of his favorites for him. Years later Alexey Tolstoy himself became a writer. Many of his works, written for children, are examples of world literary creativity. He addressed the tale of the Italian author more than once. At first, Aleksei Nikolaevich conceived only to translate the work into Russian, but was carried away by work, and the idea of creating the original version appeared.

Today, the characters of Tolstoy's work are known to both adults and small readers in different parts of the world. Literary characters such as Malvina, Karabas-Barabas, Duramar, Piero, Artemon, Papa Carlo, Pinocchio are also recognizable.
The fairy tale "The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio" was first published in 1936. It almost immediately gained immense popularity among readers. Since then, the publication has forever taken its place on the library bookshelves.

Heroes of a fairy tale

A feature of the fairy tale is that one and the same hero is endowed with both positive and negative qualities. This makes the little reader think, think about the actions and actions of the characters.

An important observation is that the heroes of Tolstoy's fairy tale are completely different from their Italian prototypes. The readers, who fell in love with Pinocchio with his golden key, the wise tortoise Tortilla, Papa Carlo, the house of Malvina, whose description is so interesting to all the girls, there is always a desire to read the work and Carlo Collodi too. Noticing this desire of the child, adults must necessarily support it.

History of Malvina

This heroine of the fairy tale, like all other characters, has its own story. Together with other dolls, Malvina was a member of the troupe of the theater, whose master was Signor Karabas. Unable to withstand the brutality, rude treatment of the theater owner in relation to the actors, she left the scene.

Fearing the persecution of his former master, the girl decides to settle away from the city. Her devoted friend Dog Artemon shares the fate of the girl.

Malvina's House

Description of the way of life of the heroine after her departure from the theater takes a large place in the content of the tale. For living, the girl and Artemon choose a place in the forest. Malvina's house from the fairy tale "Buratino" was located in a picturesque place on the shore of the lake. It was small, but very cozy. Forest dwellers helped the girl with blue hair as best she could. Mice brought her sugar, pieces of sausage and cheese. Magpies were supplied with delicious chocolates. The frogs treated her to a cool lemonade. Malvina's house from the fairy tale "Pinocchio" was liked to visit hawks, caterpillars, butterflies, May beetles. The girl knew no need for anything. Mirror carp served her as a mirror, burdock - a handkerchief.

Malvina and Pinocchio

For the main character of the fairy tale, the place of salvation was the house of Malvina. Description of the adventures of Pinocchio captures the reader with its sharpness, unusual twists of events. And the fact that he is in the house of Malvina - this is also unexpected.

It is the girl with blue hair who tries to bring the victim back to life in the alteration of Pinocchio. Malvina's house became a place where a wooden boy is tried not only to teach the basics of grammar and mathematics, but also to re-educate. However, even here these attempts are useless. Buratino lacks the assiduity, patience, understanding that in life one can achieve everything only by hard work and constant work on oneself. For the wooden shalunishka, the house of Malvina became hated. The description of his experiences, feelings of vexation, resentment of those who tried to make a well-educated and educated creature from Pinocchio, says exactly this. However, having passed a series of tests, Buratino begins to understand the true price of friendship. Only after that, Malvina and all the other puppets from the theater become true friends of a wooden man.