"Taper": a summary of a sincere story

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Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin in 1900 wrote the story "Taper". A summary of the work will allow the reader to save time and get acquainted with the plot in five minutes.

Introduction to the characters of the work: Rudnev sisters

The story "Taper", the summary of which you are reading, begins with an acquaintance with the Rudnev family. First of all, this is Tina, a 12-year-old girl, the daughter of the owner of the house.

The girl ran into the room where the maids were dressing her sisters. Tina was very worried, she wanted the Christmas meeting to go well. She shared her concern with her sisters, telling them that there was no pianist.

The older sister, who was already respectfully called Lidia Arkadyevna, was, on the contrary, too calm. She made a remark to Tina, telling her not to burst into the room like that.

Then Tina asked her second sister Tanya to come with her to help prepare for the celebration. After all, in an hour they should have lit the Christmas tree.

Next we learn about Katya's younger sister. She and Tina, along with their peers, used to be locked in the nursery andwere not allowed to arrange a Christmas tree. But this year, Tina was involved in the upcoming magic for the first time, which is why she was so worried - she wanted everything to work out.

Father, mother

The Rudnev family was big and noisy. The girls had brothers. Friends constantly came to the children, so the house was always fun. But this joy was not shared by the mother of the children, Irina Alekseevna. She was a princess and had the surname Oznobishina before her marriage. The woman boasted of her noble origin and rarely left the room, considering it below her dignity to talk with a noisy crowd. She communicated only with the same noble and "petrified" descendants of ancient families. We learn about all this from the story "Taper". The summary of the work will introduce the reader to the head of the family.

Despite her aristocracy, the woman was jealous of her husband, and she could have had reasons for this. Although Arkady Nikolayevich was already over 50, the man was distinguished by his easy character and special charm. He was a patron of ballet art, a player, often disappeared in the English Club. When he returned home after winning, he invited friends, girlfriends of his children for horse rides outside the city.

And the friends of the Rudnev children were constantly at their house. Therefore, the buffet was never locked here, because anyone who came might want to have a bite at an odd hour. Sometimes the children asked the cook to cook something tasty, and he did not immediately, but agreed. Everyone rarely gathered around the table. Usually someone had already dined, and someone just came to morning tea. Such a cheerful and slightly chaotic atmosphere reigned in thishospitable home.

It is not surprising that a large friendly company planned to celebrate Christmas. Dad for children was the main adviser and friend. When the older children did not know what to give their friend Kolya Radomsky, the father said - a cigarette case. The head of the family also took care of the musical arrangement of the evenings. The summary of the story "Taper" will also tell about it.

Music

The story is tentatively set in 1885. Arkady Nikolaevich usually invited Ryabov's orchestra to the house for holidays. However, this year, due to misunderstandings, they did not have time to do this - the musicians were already busy. They couldn't find another orchestra either.

That's why Tina tried to find out about the pianist, to find out who will play the piano on holiday? But the housekeeper Olimpiada Savichna, the valet Luka, found an excuse for themselves why they had not invited the musician, and the maid Dunyasha swore that she had not even heard that the pianist was coming. A summary of the story will tell about further events.

Guests

Tanya, Tina's sister, who was respected, sent Dunyasha to look for a piano player (piano player), and at that time guests began to arrive. Two large families came - the Maslovskys and the Lykovs, other guests also came, but the musician was still not there.

But now Luka approached Tatyana Arkadyevna and asked her to go into the hall. Tatyana saw Dunya and some small figure there. Dunya began to whisper in the ear of the hostess so that she would not scold her: she could not find the musician anywhere, she found only this little boy andI didn't even know for sure if he could play.

Tatyana realized at first sight that the boy was poor, proud and shy. He was ugly, with delicate features, he looked to be 11 or 12 years old. But the boy said that he was 14. He assured that he knew how to play and had considerable experience.

Talented child

Lydia tried to tease the pianist, mockingly asking if he could play polka, quadrille, lancer, but Tanya asked her in French to stop acting like that. The summary of the story "Taper" is coming to an interesting moment. Kuprin further tells that Tina was on the side of Tatiana, she resolutely took the boy by the hand and led him into the hall. The guests began to be perplexed, but soon the surprise was replaced by tenderness. As soon as the child's fingers touched the keys, extraordinarily beautiful sounds poured out, he was applauded.

Arkady Nikolaevich praised the boy, whose name was Yuri Azagarov, and asked him to play "Faust", the Christmas tree was lit to the sounds of this march. Then Yura played polka, w altz. At this time, the owner of the house was talking to some important gentleman. It turns out that it was Anton Grigorievich Rubinstein, a talented composer. He became Yura Azagarov's teacher.

This is the end of the story written by Alexander Kuprin - "Taper". Brief summaries of works help the reader quickly learn their plot and form an impression about them.