St. John's Eve
Author: Nikolai Gogol
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Languages: RU, German, English, French, Japanese
Genre: Fairy tale, Fantasy, Mystery
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An old storyteller recalls how poor Peter, desperate for Pidorka and treasure on St. John's Eve, makes a ruinous bargain with Basavriuk.
Characters
- Thoma Grigorovitch — Frame narrator: A sacristan who retells the tale in his own voice.
- Peter the Orphan — Poor labourer: A young lover tempted by a demonic power.
- Pidorka — Peter's beloved: Korzh's daughter, pressed toward an unwanted marriage.
- Basavriuk — Demonic tempter: A mysterious man tied to sorcery and buried treasure.
- Terentiy Korzh — Pidorka's father: An old Cossack who forbids Peter to court his daughter.
- Ivas — Pidorka's little brother: A child whose fate becomes the centre of the terrible rite.
- the grandfather — Foma Grigorievitch's grandfather: The witness from whom the sacristan inherited the true tale of Petro and Basavriuk.