Reader practice and reception of text: Tomsk official of the 19th century Aleksandr M. Gorokhov and his edification to children

The article is devoted to the text "Pledge or Moral Mirror", which was written by Tomsk official Aleksandr M. Gorokhov in the 1830s. The text is an edification to Gorokhov's children; it was not published ant it is currently stored as an author's manuscript in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Department of Tomsk State University Research Library (ORKP NB TGU). The paleographical description of the manuscript is given in the article; the records made by readers on the fields of the manuscript are examined; one of the readers was Agapit, the first bishop of Tomsk and Yenisei. The history of appearance of the manuscript in ORKP NB TGU is reconstructed. The sources Gorokhov used were considered as well. The Bible took a special place among them: Gorokhov quoted both books of the Old and New Testament (Wisdom of Solomon, Five Books of Moses, the Epistles and others). Gorokhov was familiar with the works of Russian poets of the 18th century (G. Derzhavin, A. Kantemir, I. Krylov et al.). He very closely followed the development of contemporary Russian literature, especially poetry. There are numerous quotations from poems of A. Pushkin, M. Lermontov, A. Griboedov and others in the manuscript. Among the literary critics F. Bul-garin was closest to Gorokhov for his views; his opinion is repeatedly given in the manuscript. Foreign literature attracted much less attention of Gorokhov. Perhaps the reason lies in his poor knowledge of foreign languages. In general, his acquaintance with foreign literature based most likely on the classical gymnasium program; and Russian literature was what he really loved and knew. Subjects of quotations are connected with the problems of everyday life and experience that Gorokhov sought to convey to his children. The methods of Gorokhov's work with the text are listed in the article. He rarely reproduced poem's full texts; the most common is combination of poetic fragments extracted from different works. At the same time, indications of author's names are quite rare. Also Gorokhov's manuscript allows identifying how soon newly published works arrived in Tomsk. The time gap between the publication of the magazine and its reading in Tomsk was about a year. The article shows that the manuscript allows reconstructing the range of reading of the Tomsk official, his literary interests, his ideas about books and reading.

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