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Ответ от Helena S-va[гуру]
Marriage (Russian: Женитьба, Zhenit'ba) is a play by the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol, which was first published in 1842.
A civil servant named Ivan Kuzmich Podkolyosin has hired a matchmaker (Fyokla Ivanovna) to help find him a bride. When Podkolyosin's friend Kochkaryov unexpectedly pays a visit and finds Fyokla at Podkolyosin's home, he learns for the first time of his friend's search for a bride. Kochkaryov gets furious as he sees Fyokla because she also married him, and his marriage is an unhappy one.
In the next scene, Fyokla visits a young woman named Agafya Tikhonovna to inform her that several suitors will soon be making appearances at her home. Then, three suitors do arrive. The first is Yaichnitsa who is overly concerned with the dowry. The second suitor, Anuchkin, at first thinks that Yaichnitsa is Agafya's father. The third, Zhevakin, a retired navy lieutenant, tells stories about his military service. At this point, Podkolyosin and Kochkaryov arrive and everyone sits down to chat. Yaichnitsa almost immediately demands that Agafya make a decision, which makes her so uncomfortable that she leaves the room.
All of the suitors wonder what happened. Once they are alone Kochkaryov tries to scare off the other suitors by calling Agafya ugly. Later, Kochkaryov tries to convince Agafya to choose Podkolyosin over the others. Actually, she herself was indecisive about who she liked best.So, due to Kochkaryov, the two become engaged despite the fact that Podkolyosin was still indecisive himself and wanted to wait another month before proposing.
Kochkaryov insists that the wedding must take place immediately as he has already ordered all of the food and the guests are waiting at the church. The bride and groom begin to get dressed and Podkolyosin muses to himself about the splendor of marriage. However, he soon changes his mind again and ...jumps out the window!