In 1910, Kuprin created the story " Garnet bracelet". A summary of the chapters of this work is offered to your attention. In addition, we will analyze the story, which will help you understand its meaning.

The first chapter of the story "Garnet Bracelet"

A summary of the chapters, like the work itself, opens with a description of the bad weather that occurred on the Black Sea coast in the 2nd half of August. However, by the beginning of September the sea had calmed down and the sun came out. This made Sheina very happy, who could not leave for the city due to unfinished repairs. This concludes the first chapter of the story "The Garnet Bracelet". Very summary, is not it? But no important events happen in this chapter, they are all ahead.

Chapter two

Sheina's birthday is September 17th. On this day, her husband wanted to invite several of his closest people to dinner. He gave Vera Nikolaevna earrings made of pearls. The princess felt deep affection for her husband, which gave way to passionate love. Then Anna Nikolaevna, her sister, arrived. Vera did not have her own children, so she loved Anna’s children, a girl and a boy, whom she gave birth to from her unloved but rich husband.

Chapter Three

The sisters decided to sit over the cliff and admire the sea. Anna is delighted, but Vera is already accustomed to these views and is even tired of the sea. The sister gave Princess Sheina a lady's cornet, converted from a prayer book. Then they went home, listing the guests who would come that evening, and also discussing the table.

Chapter Four

Soon the guests began to arrive. The chapter-by-chapter summary of the story “The Garnet Bracelet,” compiled by us, omits the listing of guests, since it is not essential for the development of the plot. However, it should be noted that among them was General Anosov, whom the sisters loved very much. He was like their own grandfather. The sisters met Anosov near the carriage and escorted him into the house. The general was a friend of the family and became very attached to Anna and Vera, since he did not have any children of his own. He went through several wars, and everyone called him brave. Anosov received many injuries and also developed illnesses. However, he decided not to resign, so he served as commandant of the fortress. Everyone in the city knew and respected him.

Chapter Five (summary)

Analysis of this chapter allows us to highlight the following main events. The dinner went well, it was pleasant and warm. Vasily Lvovich, Vera’s husband, entertained everyone by telling stories he had written. He took real situations as a basis and exaggerated them to the point of impossibility, so it turned out very funny. With his stories he touched both Nikolai Nikolaevich (Sheina’s brother) and Gustav Ivanovich Friesse, Anna Nikolaevna’s husband. In the midst of poker, the maid called Vera. She gave Sheina a gift - a garnet bracelet. Along with it was a note from Vera's secret admirer. For 7 years now this man has signed his name as G.S.Zh. He congratulated his beloved on Angel Day, and also told the story of this bracelet, which was passed down through the female line in his family. The fan changed the silver parts, but left the stones. Now the garnet bracelet has become gold. The chapter summary proceeds to the description of the sixth chapter.

Chapter Six

The evening continues. Colonel Ponomarev has great success in poker. Some of the guests are playing whist. And Prince Vasily Lvovich decides to show the audience a homemade humorous album. It chronicles events in the family in a comic form. The prince shows the guests the last drawing: “Princess Vera and the telegraph operator in love.” This page is dedicated to the story of how Vera received letters from her secret admirer. The woman does not give him any chance, and the admirer even enters the house under the guise of a dishwasher and chimney sweep. After this mysterious man spends some time in a madhouse, he decides to enter a monastery. Before his death, the admirer bequeaths to Vera 2 telegraph buttons and a bottle of his tears.

Chapter seven

Let's move on to the seventh chapter, describing the story "Garnet Bracelet" (summary). General Anosov told his sisters stories, just like in childhood. They looked after him, cut cheese, poured wine. Among other things, he spoke about an affair with a Bulgarian woman with whom he had to lodge, and also about the fact that they had to separate when the regiment moved on. Anosov then said that he had probably never truly loved. The evening came to an end, everyone began to say goodbye, and Anna and Vera went to accompany Anosov to his carriage.

Chapter Eight

Vera walked arm in arm with the general, and with Bakhtinsky was Anna, Vera’s sister from the story “The Garnet Bracelet.” The chapter summaries do not go into detail about their conversation. We will convey only some of its moments. They said that at this time women and men are not capable of true love. The general told 2 stories about how this feeling still occurs, but sometimes takes strange forms. The first story is about how a young ensign fell in love with an old libertine. This woman got tired of him very quickly. The ensign wanted to commit suicide by throwing himself under a train. However, at the last moment someone grabbed him. The ensign's wrists were cut off, he became a beggar and after a while froze to death. The second story is about how a husband loved his wife, who openly cheated on him and did not care about him, although he was an honest and brave officer. Vera reported about her admirer, to which the general said that perhaps her life had intersected with unselfish true love. Are you wondering how the summary of Kuprin's story "The Garnet Bracelet" will end? We recommend reading it to the end - the ending is very interesting.

Chapter Nine

When Vera returned to the house, she heard her husband Vasily Lvovich talking with her brother Nikolai Nikolaevich. Before leaving, Vera asked her husband to look at the fan’s gift, and now they discussed it. Nikolai was very categorical. He wanted to decisively put an end to the notes so that they could not tarnish his sister's reputation. Nikolai Nikolaevich reproached the Sheins for not taking this act seriously, although it could have led to sad consequences. Vasily Lvovich and the princess’s brother decided to find the mysterious admirer the next day, return the gift and ask not to disturb more faith Nikolaevna with letters.

Chapter ten

The next day Nikolai Nikolaevich and Shein visited Zheltkov, who was renting an apartment. Going up to him, they found young man 30-35 years old, good-looking, blond. This is exactly how Alexander Kuprin described it (“Garnet Bracelet”). A summary will not give you an answer to the question about the meaning of this person’s surname. However, by reading the analysis below, you will learn about this too. They introduced themselves, but no one sat down, despite the fact that Zheltkov offered to do so twice. Nikolai asked Vera’s admirer not to write to her anymore and returned the gift. Zheltkov agreed, but he only wanted to talk with Vasily. He explained to Vera’s wife that he loved his wife, but he was very sorry and would not write to her anymore. Then he asked permission to write a final letter to Vera. The princess's brother was categorically against it, but her husband agreed. Zheltkov promised that he would not be heard or seen again. Shein told his wife about everything, and she had a premonition that the admirer would kill himself.

Chapter Eleven

Vera did not like newspapers, but she accidentally came across a note that Zheltkov shot himself in his apartment due to embezzlement of government funds. The woman was surprised that she sensed his death in advance. In the evening she was given a letter written by a fan. He apologized for disturbing her and being a nuisance to her for so long. He admitted that he loved her, but promised that he would leave soon and she would never see him again. Zheltkov asked Vera to play a sonata from Beethoven’s orchestra (D major No. 2). The woman told her husband that something terrible had intervened in their lives. He replied that he believed in the feelings of her admirer, that he was not crazy at all. The princess decided to look at him, asking permission from her husband, since she did not want to offend him.

Chapter Twelve

Sheina arrived at his house in a carriage and asked to see Zheltkov. The hostess saw her off. Vera saw him, and then remembered the words of General Anosov about true love. The woman came up and gave her admirer a friendly kiss. When Sheina was about to leave, the hostess suddenly detained her to give her a note from the deceased. Zheltkov told her to give it to her if the lady came. It said that the best was Sonata No. 2 from his orchestra. Sheina suddenly began to cry. Although she told the hostess that she always reacts to death this way, in fact Vera cried for Zheltkov. The story “The Garnet Bracelet” is already approaching its end. The chapter summary ends with the events described in Chapter 13.

Chapter Thirteen

When Sheina returned home, she found pianist Jenny Reiter. The woman was upset. She asked Jenny to play something and went out into the flower garden. Sheina was sure that she would play Beethoven’s sonata. And so it happened. The princess heard words in the music that brought her peace. Vera cried, leaning against the acacia tree. When Reiter came to her, the princess kissed her and said that now he had forgiven her and everything would be fine. This is how music influenced her. Most likely, Zheltkov wanted to achieve exactly this, since he always wanted only the well-being and happiness of his beloved. This concludes Kuprin's "Garnet Bracelet". We have outlined a summary of the chapters; let us now move on to the analysis of the story.

Analysis of the work

It is known that the work was based on an incident that happened in reality. The author's mother was once in a situation similar to the one described. Let us note that the theme of love permeates most of Alexander Ivanovich’s works (Kuprin’s photo is presented above). It is no coincidence that the author calls his story “The Garnet Bracelet.” Its summary gave you an idea of ​​the meaning of the name. Let us add that the red pomegranate, from the author’s point of view, is a symbol of love, and a dangerous one at that. Gift sender - G.S. Zheltkov, a secret young man of about 30-35 years old, thin, had a yellowish face (most likely, this is why he received such a surname). By occupation, Zheltkov is a minor official. However, his feelings for Sheina were great and simmered for about 8 years. Sometimes this unrequited love reached the point of madness. A fan of Vera collected all the things that belonged to her or were at least for one moment in the hands of his beloved. He revealed himself with his gift, revealed his feelings to Vera’s entire family.

Note that in a conversation with a fan of Vera, Shein shows nobility. The prince sees that Zheltkov’s feelings are real. His love was so strong that Vera’s admirer was unable to do anything with it. In a conversation with him, the idea is heard that Zheltkov cannot get his beloved out of his head, that his death is the only way out of this situation. After this, Vera Nikolaevna foresees Zheltkov’s imminent death. After his death, she has a desire to see him, and she suddenly realizes that this was the man she needed. This woman’s feelings for her husband have long grown into respect and understanding. Perhaps her fate would have been different if she had accepted the garnet bracelet.

Summary, analysis, biography of the author - all this is often asked to schoolchildren. Carrying out any type of work on literature, we often encounter certain manifestations of love and their role in the work or in the life of the author. And this is no coincidence, because this topic is one of the main ones for writers and poets. Without this feeling there would be no humanity, because it is one of the indispensable components of society. Many writers and poets sang his praises, including Kuprin. "The Garnet Bracelet", a summary of the chapters and analysis of which were presented, is one of best works dedicated to the theme of love.

“Garnet Bracelet” is a work written by A.I. Kuprin in 1910. The story is based on an incident that actually happened in life, but slightly changed by the author himself. Let us turn to the main ideas of the work “Garnet Bracelet” in order to briefly understand the essence of the work: The tragedy of the image “ little man"in the realities of life; Nothing can happen stronger than love, even death; The opposition of the nobility to the “lower class”, the conflict arising in connection with this. “Interclass barriers” force people to act not according to the dictates of their hearts, but guided solely by their minds.

Garnet bracelet summary

The epigraph to the story is the second movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's famous sonata Largo appassionato. It runs like a connecting thread through Kuprin’s entire work, filling the work with musicality and lyrical mood. Chapters. Brief summary of Kuprin's garnet bracelet.

Chapter l

There is talk of bad weather since mid-August, so typical of the Black Sea coast; The story is about the local inhabitants moving to the city; The improvement in the weather at the beginning of September pleases Vera Nikolaevna Sheina, who, due to the fact that renovations in her city apartment with her husband (Vera’s husband is the leader of the nobility) were not completed, could not leave the dacha.

Chapter II

September 17 is Vera Nikolaevna’s birthday, a day from which she always expected something “joyful and wonderful.” Not many friends were supposed to gather at the birthday party, since, in many ways, her husband’s situation was sad: forced to live beyond his means, but according to his status, he “barely made ends meet.” Vera tried to help her husband, unnoticed by him, denying herself many things, even saving on household. For Vera, her “passionate love for her husband has long turned into a feeling of lasting, faithful, true friendship.”

Vera was glad to see the arrival of her sister Anna Nikolaevna, with whom she outwardly had little in common. Vera - took after her mother, and was a tall and slender woman with lovely sloping shoulders and a cold, to some extent arrogant, face, while Anna - the heiress of her father’s “Mongolian blood”, was short in stature, but very active and lively, although She did not have the attractiveness of her sister, but she beat her due to her femininity and frivolity. Anna had two children from a person she did not love: a girl and a boy, whom Vera loved passionately. She did not have her own children, but dreamed that she would have them.

Chapter lll

The sisters, who have not seen each other for a long time, decide to sit on the cliff for a while. They talk about the sea; Anna gives her sister a ladies' cornet made from a prayer book. Vera really liked her sister’s gift; Reasoning about the birthday, about who will arrive and what will happen at the holiday.

Chapter lV

Soon guests arrive: Vera’s husband, Vasily Lvovich and Lyudmila Lvovna, his sister. Also this is the “rogue” Vasyuchok,” Vera’s brother, Nikolai Nikolaevich, Gustav Ivanovich, Anna’s husband, Jenny Reiter, Vera’s friend, and also Professor Speshnikov, Vice-Governor von Zeck, General Anosov, and with him two officers - Bakhtinsky and Ponomarev; An important guest was General Anosov, who was a very close person to the sisters, he even godfather Faith. Anna and Vera loved him very much, they were upset when he did not visit them for a long time. He lived a glorious life, went through several wars, he was a brave man, whom everyone respected and revered.

Chapter V

Dinner went on as usual, everything was great and truly festive. The main entertainment of the evening were the stories of Vasily Lvovich, in which he talked about someone in an exaggerated and grotesque form. Although he took it as a basis from a real life incident. He spoke about cases related to Nikol Nikolaevich Mirza-Bulat-Tuganovsky and Gustav Ivanovich Friesse. The sisters, as passionate lovers of gambling, organized a kind of card “games” that evening.

And this evening was no exception. The maid informs Vera Nikolaevna about a gift that was handed over to an unknown person through a courier. This gift was a garnet bracelet. Attached to it was a note saying that this bracelet, which belonged to the stranger’s great-grandmother, was nothing more than a gift. And her admirer asks her to accept this gift, since the bracelet endows “everyone who wears it” with the gift of foresight, and protects men from violent death. Vera momentarily compared the beads to blood clots. “It’s like blood,” she said. The letter ended with the words: “Your humble servant G.S.Zh. before death and after death.”

Chapter Vl

Continuation of the evening. Colonel Ponomarev, who has never played poker, ends up winning, although he did not want to start the game; Vasily Lvovich captures the attention of most guests with the help of his “humorous album”, in which many guests are shown in a comic form. The last drawing turns out to be “Princess Vera and the telegraph operator in love.” This story tells how Vera received letters from a “secret admirer”; The story ends sadly: dying, the lover bequeaths “two telegraph buttons and a perfume bottle - filled with his tears.”

Chapter Vll

General Anosov, sitting on the terrace, tells his sisters stories from his life; The general says that he “must not have loved” for real; Afterwards, General Anosov, reluctantly, begins to say goodbye. Vera, like Anna, expresses a desire to accompany him; Vera tells her husband to look “at the gift.”

Chapter Vlll

On the way, General Anosov and Vera started talking about “true love” and the fact that both men and women are not often capable of true, sacrificial love; The general gives examples of two stories where he met true love; Vera talks about her admirer. Aonsov notes that perhaps Vera’s life “was crossed by true and selfless love.”

Chapter lX

Discussion of the note and gift by Vasily Lvovich and Nikolai Nikolaevich, who is quite categorical. Nikolai does not even think about compromise; They decide to find Vera’s mysterious admirer the next day in order to once and for all prohibit him from disturbing Vasily Lvovich’s wife and return the gift.

Chapter X

Vasily Lvovich and Nikolai Nikolaevich visit Mr. Zheltkov in his rented apartment; They saw a man who looked to be about 30-35 years old, with a “gentle, girlish face” and blond hair; Twice unsuccessfully inviting Shein and Mirza-Bulat-Turganovsky to sit down, Zheltkov listened to who came to his apartment and for what purpose; Nikolai, asking not to disturb his wife anymore, gave Zheltkov a gift. Zheltkov agreed to leave Vera Nikolaevna, but on the condition that Vasily would listen to him. Having explained to Vasily Lvovich that his wife is the meaning of his life, he asked permission to call Vera Nikolaevna; After this, Zheltkov promised that “you will never hear from me again and, of course, you will never see me again”; Vera has a presentiment of Zheltkov's death.

Chapter Xl

Vera, who did not like to read newspapers, discovers in one of them a note about the death of Zheltkov, who shot himself in his apartment, allegedly because of debts; Vera reads the letter that Zheltkov wrote to her before his death. In the letter, he asks for forgiveness for “being a hindrance to her”; Vera, with her husband’s permission, is going to visit Zheltkov.

Chapter Xll

She, with the permission of the mistress of the house, a Catholic by birth, visits Zheltkov, whom she kissed on the forehead, realizing that this is what Anosov was talking about: it was real love, which touched her but passed by; When Vera was about to leave, the hostess handed her a note in which Zheltkov once again mentioned Beethoven’s Sonata No. 2, which he had spoken about in the letter; Vera, unable to contain herself, burst into tears.

Chapter Xlll

Finding Jenny Reiter at home, Vera asked her to play something for her; Confident that she would play exactly the right sonata, Vera was not surprised when Jenny played music in which she heard words of reassurance, words of forgiveness; Vera felt better, as she realized that Zheltkov, even after his death, only wished her happy life, a life filled with many bright and joyful days.

The seventeenth of September is Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina’s name day. The messenger delivers a gift in her name - a case with a garnet bracelet. Low karat blown gold bracelet covered with red garnets. Among them is a small green stone - also a garnet, but very rare. The case also contains a letter containing congratulations on Angel's Day and a request to accept this bracelet, which belonged to the writer's great-grandmother, as a gift.

The green pebble is a kind of talisman that gives a woman the gift of foresight, and protects a man from violent death. “Definitely blood!” - the princess suddenly thought anxiously, looking at the deep red living lights of the pomegranates. The letter was signed: “Yours before death, after death, your humble servant G.S.Zh.”

The princess returns to the living room. Her husband, Prince Vasily Lvovich, is just demonstrating his own work - the home album “The Princess and the Telegraph Operator in Love.” There, in drawings and funny comments, the story of telegraph operator G.S.Zh. is presented, besieging Princess Vera with declarations of love. Here, for example, is a picture where young Vasya Shein returns to Vera wedding ring with the words: “I do not dare to interfere with your happiness, but it is my duty to warn you: telegraph operators are seductive, but insidious.”

For some reason, Vera is annoyed by this sweet homely humor. She offers the guests tea. After tea, the guests leave.

The old general Anosov, whom Vera and her sister Anna call grandfather, stays with Vera in the garden and asks to tell him about this story.

G.S.J. began besieging Vera with love letters two years before marriage. He obviously watched her tirelessly, saw her at parties and at the theater, noted every detail of her hairstyle and dress. Vera finally answered him and asked him not to bother him anymore. The mysterious correspondent no longer wrote about love, but continued to send congratulations on holidays.

Anosov thought: “Perhaps, Verochka, your life path crossed precisely the kind of love that women dream about and that men are no longer capable of.”

After the guests left, Vera’s brother Nikolai saw the bracelet and became angry: “He will boast that Princess Sheina accepts gifts from him! This ridiculous bourgeois thing! The bracelet needs to be returned!”

The princess's husband trusts her; he is generally an easy-going and indulgent person. But under pressure from the stern Nikolai, he decides to return the bracelet and give an exemplary reprimand to the obsessive admirer. Soon they found out his address and last name - Georgy Zheltkov.

Very pale, “with a gentle girlish face, blue eyes and a stubborn childish chin with a dimple in the middle,” Zheltkov looks like a romantic young man at 30-35 years old.

He does not deny anything and even recognizes the indecency of his behavior. However, a certain dignity is felt in him: Zheltkov ignores the aggressive Nikolai and communicates only with Vasily Lvovich, who sympathizes with him. Let the gentlemen not worry: he will disappear from the city and they will never hear from him again. Shein felt that he was present at “some enormous tragedy of the soul.” Vera also has a premonition that this story will end in death.

The next day, Vera Nikolaevna read in the newspaper about the suicide of the control chamber official G.S. Zheltkov. In the evening the postman brought his farewell letter. He calls his love for Faith “an enormous happiness sent to him by God.” As he leaves, he repeats in delight: “Hallowed be thy name.” If the woman you adored suddenly remembers him, let her play the D major movement of Beethoven’s “Appassionata.”

Vera's sensitive and delicate husband allows her to say goodbye to the deceased. In a poor apartment, the princess is met by a tear-stained Polish landlady, who sadly remembers “Mr. Jerzy.” There is an expression on the face of the deceased as if he had learned a deep secret. Vera Nikolaevna kissed the cold forehead of the man lying in the coffin and placed a red rose under his neck.

Returning home, Vera found her friend from the institute, the famous pianist Jenny Reiter. The princess asked to play something for her. And - by a wonderful coincidence - Jenny played exactly the part of the “Appassionata” that Zheltkov mentioned in his farewell letter. Each musical period ends in Vera Nikolaevna’s thoughts with a solemn and sad, prayerful “Hallowed your name...».

What happened to you? - Jenny was alarmed, noticing the tears on her friend’s face.

No, no... He has forgiven me now... I feel good... - Vera answered.

Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin

"Garnet bracelet"

The messenger handed over a package with a small jewelry case addressed to Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina through the maid. The princess reprimanded her, but Dasha said that the messenger immediately ran away, and she did not dare to tear the birthday girl away from the guests.

Inside the case was a gold, low-grade blown bracelet covered with garnets, among which was a small green stone. The letter enclosed in the case contained congratulations on Angel's Day and a request to accept the bracelet that belonged to his great-grandmother. The green pebble is a very rare green garnet that conveys the gift of providence and protects men from violent death. The letter ended with the words: “Your humble servant G.S.Zh. before death and after death.”

Vera took the bracelet in her hands - alarming, thick red living lights lit up inside the stones. “Definitely blood!” - she thought and returned to the living room.

Prince Vasily Lvovich was demonstrating at that moment his humorous home album, which had just been opened on the “story” “Princess Vera and the Telegraph Operator in Love.” “It’s better not to,” she asked. But the husband had already begun a commentary on his own drawings, full of brilliant humor. Here a girl named Vera receives a letter with kissing doves, signed by telegraph operator P.P.Zh. Here young Vasya Shein returns Vera’s wedding ring: “I don’t dare interfere with your happiness, and yet it’s my duty to warn you: telegraph operators are seductive, but treacherous." But Vera marries the handsome Vasya Shein, but the telegraph operator continues to persecute him. Here he is, disguised as a chimney sweep, entering Princess Vera’s boudoir. So, having changed clothes, he enters their kitchen as a dishwasher. Finally, he is in a madhouse, etc.

“Gentlemen, who wants some tea?” - Vera asked. After tea the guests began to leave. The old general Anosov, whom Vera and her sister Anna called grandfather, asked the princess to explain what was true in the prince’s story.

G.S.Zh. (and not P.P.Zh.) began to pursue her with letters two years before her marriage. Obviously, he constantly watched her, knew where she went at the evenings, how she was dressed. When Vera, also in writing, asked not to bother her with his persecutions, he fell silent about love and limited himself to congratulations on holidays, like today, on her name day.

The old man was silent. “Maybe this is a maniac? Or maybe, Verochka, your path in life was crossed by precisely the kind of love that women dream of and that men are no longer capable of.”

After the guests left, Vera’s husband and her brother Nikolai decided to find the admirer and return the bracelet. The next day they already knew the address of G.S.Zh. It turned out to be a man of about thirty to thirty-five. He did not deny anything and admitted the indecency of his behavior. Having discovered some understanding and even sympathy in the prince, he explained to him that, alas, he loved his wife and neither deportation nor prison would kill this feeling. Except death. He must admit that he has squandered government money and will be forced to flee the city, so that they will not hear from him again.

The next day, Vera read in the newspaper about the suicide of the control chamber official G.S. Zheltkov, and in the evening the postman brought his letter.

Zheltkov wrote that for him his whole life lies only in her, in Vera Nikolaevna. This is the love with which God rewarded him for something. As he leaves, he repeats in delight: “Hallowed be Thy name.” If she remembers him, then let her play the D major movement of Beethoven’s “Appassionata”; he thanks her from the bottom of his heart for being his only joy in life.

Vera could not help but go to say goodbye to this man. Her husband completely understood her impulse.

The face of the man lying in the coffin was serene, as if he had learned a deep secret. Vera raised his head, placed a large red rose under his neck and kissed his forehead. She understood that the love that every woman dreams of passed her by.

Returning home, she found only her institute friend, the famous pianist Jenny Reiter. “Play something for me,” she asked.

And Jenny (lo and behold!) began to play the part of “Appassionata” that Zheltkov indicated in the letter. She listened, and words formed in her mind, like couplets, ending with the prayer: “Hallowed be Thy name.” "What happened to you?" - Jenny asked, seeing her tears. “...He has forgiven me now. “Everything is fine,” Vera answered.

The birthday girl, Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina, received a package with a jewelry case. It contained a gold but low-grade bracelet with garnets. The letter contained congratulations and a request to accept the gift. The bracelet, the letter said, was from my great-grandmother, and the green stone in it was an extremely rare green garnet, which brings the gift of providence, protecting men from violent death. The signature read: “Your humble servant G.S.Zh. before death and after death.”

Vera took the bracelet; the stones shimmered with an alarmingly deep red. Like blood - it came to her mind. She returned to the hall to the guests. Her husband, Prince Vasily Lvovich Shein, at that time showed the guests an album with his drawings, accompanying him with a cheerful story about the ridiculous, as he called him, telegraph operator, who is madly in love with Vera, pursues her even after marriage, writes letters and, obviously, follows her her from afar. He knows everything about Vera - how she is dressed, where she has been and what she likes to do.

The husband and Nikolai, Vera’s brother, decided to find the obsessive and immodest admirer in order to return the bracelet. G.S.Zh. turned out to be a young man of 30-35 years old. He did not deny anything, fully admitting the indecency of his feelings and actions. Seeing understanding and sympathy in Prince Shein, he explained that he loved Vera so much that not a single deportation, not a single prison would kill his feeling. Only his death can save both himself and Vera from this feeling of love. He admitted that he had squandered government money and would now have to flee the city, so they would not hear from him again.

The next day, Vera read about the suicide of G. S. Zheltkov, an official of the control chamber. That evening she received a farewell letter. The unfortunate man wrote: his whole life was in Vera Nikolaevna. God rewarded him with this love for something. Leaving forever, he repeats the words only as a prayer: Hallowed be Thy name. Maybe Vera will remember him - he wrote further - then let her play the D major movement from Beethoven’s “Appassionata”. He thanks her as the only joy that was in his unhappy existence.

Vera wanted to say goodbye to the strange admirer - now she knew his name and his address. The husband understood and did not mind. She saw the serene face of G.S.Zh., as if he was keeping some great secret known to him alone. The young woman put a large red rose on him and kissed him on the forehead. The love one dreams of has passed by. It was so obvious to her now. Her friend from the institute, Jenny, was waiting for her at home. When Vera asked her to play something, she played the D major movement of Beethoven’s sonata. Vera cried and whispered, “Hallowed be thy name.” “He forgave me,” she answered her surprised friend. Everything is fine.

Essays

A package with a small jewelry case in the name of the princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina the messenger conveyed it through the maid. The princess reprimanded her, but Dasha said that the messenger immediately ran away, and she did not dare to tear the birthday girl away from the guests.

Inside the case was gold, of low standard blown bracelet, covered with pomegranates, among which was a small green pebble. The letter enclosed in the case contained congratulations on Angel's Day and a request to accept the bracelet that belonged to his great-grandmother. The green pebble is a very rare green garnet that imparts the gift of providence and protects men from violent death. The letter ended with the words: “Your humble servant G.S.Zh. before death and after death.”

Vera took it in her hands bracelet- alarming, thick red living lights lit up inside the stones. “Definitely blood!” - she thought and returned to the living room.

Prince Vasily Lvovich was at that moment demonstrating his humorous home album, which had just been opened on the “story” “Princess Vera and the Telegraph Operator in Love.” “It’s better not to,” she asked. But the husband had already begun a commentary on his own drawings, full of brilliant humor. Here a girl named Vera receives a letter with kissing doves, signed by telegraph operator P.P.Zh. Here young Vasya Shein returns Vera’s wedding ring: “I don’t dare interfere with your happiness, and yet it’s my duty to warn you: telegraph operators are seductive, but treacherous." But Vera marries the handsome Vasya Shein, but the telegraph operator continues to persecute him. Here he is, disguised as a chimney sweep, entering Princess Vera’s boudoir. So, having changed clothes, he enters their kitchen as a dishwasher. Finally, he is in a madhouse, etc.

“Gentlemen, who wants some tea?” - Vera asked. After tea the guests began to leave. The old general Anosov, whom Vera and her sister Anna called grandfather, asked the princess to explain what was true in the prince’s story.

G.S.Zh. (and not P.P.Zh.) began to pursue her with letters two years before her marriage. Obviously, he constantly watched her, knew where she went at the evenings, how she was dressed. When Vera, also in writing, asked not to bother her with his persecutions, he fell silent about love and limited himself to congratulations on holidays, like today, on her name day.

The old man was silent. “Maybe this is a maniac? Or maybe, Verochka, your path in life was crossed by precisely the kind of love that women dream of and that men are no longer capable of.”

After the guests left, Vera’s husband and her brother Nikolai decided to find the admirer and return the bracelet. The next day they already knew the address of G.S.Zh. It turned out to be a man of about thirty to thirty-five. He did not deny anything and admitted the indecency of his behavior. Having discovered some understanding and even sympathy in the prince, he explained to him that, alas, he loved his wife and neither deportation nor prison would kill this feeling. Except death. He must admit that he has squandered government money and will be forced to flee the city, so that they will not hear from him again.

The next day, Vera read in the newspaper about the suicide of the control chamber official G.S. Zheltkov, and in the evening the postman brought his letter.

Zheltkov wrote that for him his whole life lies only in her, in Vera Nikolaevna. This is the love with which God rewarded him for something. As he leaves, he repeats in delight: “Hallowed be Thy name.” If she remembers him, then let her play the D major part of Beethoven’s “Appassionata”; he thanks her from the bottom of his heart for being his only joy in life.

Vera could not help but go to say goodbye to this man. Her husband completely understood her impulse.

The face of the man lying in the coffin was serene, as if he had learned a deep secret. Vera raised his head, placed a large red rose under his neck and kissed his forehead. She understood that the love that every woman dreams of passed her by.

Returning home, she found only her institute friend, the famous pianist Jenny Reiter. “Play something for me,” she asked.

And Jenny (lo and behold!) began to play the part of “Appassionata” that Zheltkov indicated in the letter. She listened, and words formed in her mind, like couplets, ending with the prayer: “Hallowed be Thy name.” "What happened to you?" - Jenny asked, seeing her tears. “...He has forgiven me now. “Everything is fine,” Vera answered.