A. Green, "Running on the Waves". Summary

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The novel "Running on the Waves" was written by A. Green in the romantic genre. Modern critics would classify it as a fantasy, although the author himself did not admit this. This is a work about the unfulfilled. The action takes place, as in most of Green's writings, in a fictional country.

"Running on the waves": a summary of chapters 1-6

In the evening everyone gathered at Sters's to play cards. Thomas Harvey was among the other guests. This young man stayed in Lissa due to a serious illness. During the game, he distinctly heard a woman's voice say: "Running on the waves." And yesterday, Thomas watched from the window of the tavern for a girl who had just stepped off the ship. She behaved as if she could subjugate both people and circumstances. In the morning, Harvey learned that the name of the stranger who struck him was Bice Seniel. For some reason, it seemed to him that the girl and yesterday's voice were somehow connected. When he saw a ship in the port with the inscription "Running on the Waves", his guess only got stronger. Captain Gez, brusque and not very friendlya man agreed to take Harvey as a passenger only with the permission of the owner of the ship - a certain Brown.

"Running on the waves": a summary of chapters 7-12

When Thomas returned with the note, the captain became more friendly. He introduced Harvey to Butler and Sincrite, his assistants. The rest of the crew did not look like sailors, but various rabble.

"Running on the waves": a summary of chapters 13-18

Already during the voyage, Thomas learns that this ship was once built by Ned Seniel. On the captain's desk was a portrait of his daughter. When Ned went bankrupt, Gez purchased the ship. In Dagon, the captain took on board three women for amusement. But soon Harvey heard one of them screaming, and Gez threatened her. Protecting the woman, Thomas hit the captain so hard in the jaw that he fell down. Enraged, Gez ordered to put Harvey in a boat and put it into the sea. When the ship had almost set sail, a woman jumped into it, wrapped from head to toe. The girl's voice was the same as the one that uttered the mysterious phrase at Sters's at the party. She said her name was Fresy Grant and told her to sail south. There he will meet a ship bound for Gel-Gyu, and it will pick him up. At the request of the girl, Harvey promised no one, not even Bice Seniel, not to tell about her. Then Fresy Grant stepped onto the water and swept away on the waves. By lunchtime, Thomas actually met the ship "Dive", which was heading for Gel-Gyu and picked him up. There, Harvey once again heard about Freesy Grant. Her father had a frigate. One day a wavecompletely calm sea lowered him next to an unusually beautiful island, to which it was not possible to moor. Frezi, however, insisted on it. Then the young lieutenant noticed that she was so light and thin that she could have run straight through the water herself. The girl really jumped off the ship and easily went through the waves. The fog immediately descended, and when it dissipated, there was no longer either Frezi or the island. The fact that Thomas listened to the legend with particular attention was noticed only by Proctor's niece Daisy.

"Running on the waves": a summary of chapters 19-24

Soon the ship arrived in Gel-Gyu. There was a carnival in the city. Thomas found himself near a marble figure, on its pedestal was carved the inscription familiar to him: "Running on the waves." It turned out that Fresy Grant saved Williams Hobbes (the founder of the city) a hundred years ago when he was shipwrecked. The course indicated by the girl led him to this shore, which was then still deserted. Harvey was informed that a woman would be waiting for him at the theater. He hoped to see Seniel, but it turned out to be Daisy. Thomas called her Beeche, the girl was offended and left. And a minute later he really met Seniel: she was looking for Geza to buy the ship.

"Wave Runner": a summary of chapters 25-29

In the morning, Thomas and Butler went to the hotel where the captain was staying. Gez lay in his room, he was killed. It was said that everyone heard the shot immediately after Bice's visit to the captain. She was detained as a suspect, but then Butlerconfessed that he was the killer. He and Gez had their own scores: the captain did not give him a large part of the income received from the transport of opium. Butler went into his room, there was no one there. But he had to hide in the closet, as the captain appeared with a lady. Unable to bear the harassment of Gez, Bice jumped out of the window of the room onto the landing. The captain attacked Butler, who got out of the closet, and he, defending himself, killed him.

Summary of Wave Runner: Chapters 30-35

Biche decided to auction the ship. Harvey told her about Freesy Grant. She insisted that it was just a legend. Thomas regretted that Daisy would have believed him, but she was already engaged. However, he was soon destined to meet her again. Daisy said that they broke up with the groom. After a while, the heroes got married and lived in a house by the sea. Doctor Filatr visited them. He said that he saw the broken hull of the ship "Running on the Waves" off the coast of a deserted island. Nothing is known about the fate of his crew. I saw the doctor and Bice. She was already married and gave Harvey a small letter wishing him a happy life. On behalf of everyone, Daisy said that Harvey was right - Fresy Grant really exists.