"Garnet bracelet" - a summary of a difficult story

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The play by A. Kuprin "Garnet Bracelet", a summary of which is given in our article, is a small literary work. According to the plot, the story takes place in autumn, in a resort located on the northern coast of the Black Sea. Two sisters meet at the dacha - Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina and Anna Nikolaevna. Vera treats her husband with love, not having children from him. Anna in marriage gave birth to a girl and a boy, but she is indifferent to both them and her life partner, a rich and stupid chamber junker. Women admire the beautiful views of the surroundings. After that, they go to a dinner party on Vera's name day, which is attended by distinguished guests.

During the meal, the princess receives a package with a messenger. It contains a note and a garnet bracelet. The summary of the message to the princess boils down to the fact that a secret admirer congratulates her and presents a family jewelry with a rare variety of semi-precious stones, which belonged to several generations of women in his family. Vera Nikolaevna does not know whether to tell the guestsabout a gift or not. During the table conversation at dinner, the husband of the princess begins to show the guests a homemade humorous album, in which he ridicules the previous episodes of the written appeals of an unknown admirer to Vera. The prince believes that some enamored telegraph operator is writing to his wife. The Countess does not like the discussion of letters. After dinner, the guests disperse and the household learns about the gift.

Summary of the "Garnet Bracelet" can be continued with an episode when the brother of the princess and her husband are outraged by the gift sent - such offerings were not accepted at that time in relation to married noble ladies. In addition, men suggest that an unknown admirer could have made some kind of embezzlement in order to buy jewelry. And if such actions are discovered, the name of the princess can be made public. They decide to find him by the initials indicated in the note and have a serious talk. The next day they find a certain Zheltkov, a low-ranking official.

The work "Garnet Bracelet", a summary of which can only give a general idea of the essence of events, as a continuation includes an unpleasant conversation between the brother and husband of the princess and Zheltkov. During the conversation, the men convince him not to write to Vera Nikolaevna anymore.

Zheltkov reports that he has been in love with the princess since the time when she was not married, and asks permission to write her a last letter. Prince Shein gives him such an opportunity. In a letter to Vera Nikolaevna, the fan reports that he cannot imagine life without his belovedwomen, but promises that she will not be bothered again. The next day, the Shein family learns from the newspapers about the official's suicide. Vera receives the last letter in the mail.

Excited by the message, she asks her husband's permission to go and say goodbye to Zheltkov, and the prince gives her permission. The princess brings her dead admirer a rose and a last kiss. She finds out from the woman who rented Zheltkov's apartment where the jewelry that the fan tried to present to her is now. It turns out that he bequeathed to hang a garnet bracelet rejected by his beloved next to the icon.

A summary of the story can be reduced to the fact that in the life of every person there can be sincere, selfless love, and its value can be understood only when the person experiencing such feelings passes away.

Kuprin's work must be read in full. Since the summary of the play "Garnet Bracelet" cannot contain all the richness of the Russian language that the story demonstrates. The original has great descriptions, dialogue, additional plot lines and nuances that can't be compressed.