A. I. Kuprin - story " Garnet bracelet" In the story “Garnet Bracelet” by A.I. Kuprin develops the theme of great, true love, the love “that every woman dreams of.” This is a sad and tragic story about a little man who was destroyed and at the same time elevated by great love. “The Garnet Bracelet” is the story of a poor, hopelessly in love official who gave the woman he loved a gift - a garnet bracelet - and then committed suicide.

The narrative unfolds slowly, gradually. The writer introduces us to the atmosphere of life of the Sheyny princes, introduces us to Vera Nikolaevna. It is with her that the poor official Zheltkov is in love. This story has been going on for about seven years. On her name day, he sends her a garnet bracelet as a gift - the only jewel he inherited. However, the princess does not take Zheltkov’s feelings seriously. The only thing on her mind is whether she looks funny in this whole story.

Revealing the inner appearance of the heroine, the author compares her with Anna, her sister. “The eldest, Vera, took after her mother, a beautiful Englishwoman, with her tall, flexible figure, gentle, but cold and proud face, beautiful, although rather big hands... The youngest, Anna, on the contrary, inherited the Mongolian blood of her father, the Tatar prince... She was half a head shorter than her sister, somewhat broad in the shoulders, lively and frivolous, a mocker. Her face, of a strong Mongolian type with quite noticeable cheekbones, narrow eyes... with an arrogant expression in a small, sensual mouth... captivated with some elusive and incomprehensible charm...” Critics noted a certain contrast between these images. Vera “was strictly simple, cold and a little patronizingly kind to everyone, independent and royally calm.” Anna is emotional, lively, frivolous. Against the background of this heroine, we more clearly realize Vera’s inner coldness, her detachment from everyone around her.

This difference is especially noticeable in the heroines’ perception of nature. Researchers have noted here a certain parallel between Kuprin’s heroines and Tolstoy’s heroines, Natasha and Sonya, in the novel “War and Peace.” Here Anna admires the picture of nature: “But just look, what beauty, what joy - the eye just can’t get enough. If you only knew how grateful I am to God for all the miracles he has done for us!” And then the writer shows Vera’s perception of nature: “When I see the sea for the first time after a long time, it excites and makes me happy... But then, when I get used to it, it begins to put pressure on me with its flat emptiness... I miss looking at him..." We see here a reserved, rational heroine, living a “correct”, measured life.

The landscapes of the novel also correlate with the images of the heroes. Thus, the landscape that begins the story is correlated with the image of Zheltkov. This landscape is an artistic preview of the future tragedy; at the same time, it conveys the strength, depth and impulsiveness of his feelings. “Then for whole days a thick fog lay heavily over the land and sea, and then the huge siren at the lighthouse roared day and night, like a mad bull... Then a fierce hurricane blew from the northwest, from the side of the steppe; from it the tops of the trees swayed, bending and straightening up, like waves in a storm, the iron roofs of the dachas rattled at night, and it seemed as if someone was running on them in shod boots; the window frames shook..." Another landscape corresponds to the image of Princess Vera. “By the beginning of September, the weather suddenly changed dramatically and completely unexpectedly. Quiet, cloudless days immediately arrived, so clear, sunny and warm, which were not even in July. On the dried, compressed fields, on their prickly stubble, an autumn cobweb glistened with a mica sheen. The calmed trees silently and obediently dropped their yellow leaves.”

Everyone in the Sheyny family knows this story with Zheltkov. And everyone reacts differently to what is happening. Vera's husband, Prince Vasily, is generally a kind and intelligent man, but does not have a certain tact to hide everything that is happening from outsiders, and not to ridicule the “telegraph operator in love.” He tells the guests a story that parodies Zheltkov’s feelings and draws caricatures. For Prince Vasily, the story of the garnet bracelet is an anecdote. Princess Vera's brother, Nikolai - dry, strict, rational person, believes that this story discredits their family. And only old General Amosov expresses the idea of ​​true love, rare in life. He talks about family, marriage, and the fact that marriages are often made without love. “Where is the love? Is love unselfish, selfless, not waiting for reward? The one about which it is said “strong as death”? You see, the kind of love for which to accomplish any feat, to give one’s life, to suffer torment is not work at all, but pure joy.<…>Love must be a tragedy. The greatest secret in the world! No life conveniences, calculations or compromises should concern her.”

The scene of Prince Vasily and Nikolai visiting Zheltkov is the plot and dramatic hub of the story. Here we first meet the hero around whom all these events take place. The characters here behave differently. Nikolai, having neither patience, nor intelligence, nor a certain spiritual subtlety, tries to threaten Zheltkov, says that he will appeal “to the authorities.” It is characteristic that the hero, a poor, pitiful official, perfectly understands all the absurdity and absurdity of the statements of Princess Vera's brother. "Sorry. What did you say? - Zheltkov suddenly asked attentively and laughed. “Did you want to appeal to the authorities?.. Is that what you said?” And he openly, throwing away conventions, speaks about his feelings for Vera to her husband. “It’s difficult to utter such... a phrase... that I love your wife. But seven years of hopeless and polite love gives me the right to do so. I agree that in the beginning, when Vera Nikolaevna was still a young lady, I wrote her stupid letters and even waited for an answer to them. I agree that my last action, namely sending the bracelet, was even more stupid. But... here I look you straight in the eyes and I feel that you will understand me. I know that I can never stop loving her... Tell me, prince... suppose that this is unpleasant for you... tell me, what would you do to end this feeling? Send me to another city, as Nikolai Nikolaevich said? All the same, I will love Vera Nikolaevna there just as much as here. Put me in jail? But even there I will find a way to let her know about my existence. There is only one thing left - death... You want me to accept it in any form.”

One day Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina celebrated her name day. She celebrated at the dacha, since her and her husband’s apartment was being renovated. Many guests were invited to the celebration, and the birthday girl was a little embarrassed that there were thirteen guests.

The guests went to play poker, and Vera went to the veranda, where the maid gave her a mysterious package. In it, Vera found a box containing a gold bracelet and a note. Vera first examined the bracelet. It was made of low-grade gold, but on some of the links there were stones of poorly polished garnet suspended, and in the middle of it hung a small green stone, as it later turned out to be rare species pomegranate – green pomegranate. Then Vera read the note. It was written in beautiful handwriting, which was very familiar to the woman. The note contained congratulations on Angel's Day. The author wrote that this bracelet was passed down from generation to generation, and it has power, women with it gain the gift of foresight and are no longer bothered bad thoughts, and men can avoid violent death. The author also asked for forgiveness for his insolence seven years ago.

Vera thought for a long time whether to show her husband a gift and a note to her husband Vasya or not. And I decided to show everything after the guests left.

The holiday is in full swing. Prince Vasily Lvovich showed the guests a family humorous album and read out letters that a loving telegraph operator wrote to Vera before her marriage. Then all the guests drank tea and began to leave. Vera went to see off the guests, and asked her husband to go look at the red case and the letter in the table.

While the woman was seeing off General Anosov, she, in response to words about the lack of love in modern world and about the uselessness of marriage, she said that she was very happy married and loved her husband. And the general said that love should be a tragedy. He tells a few examples and then asks about the telegraph operator. The woman says that a couple of years before her marriage, a stranger sent her letters, who signed the letters “G. S. Zh." He apparently kept an eye on Vera, as he described her entire day in letters. Soon Vera asked this man not to write to her, and from then on he limited himself to only congratulations on the holidays.

Vera's brother Nikolai and her husband Vasily Lvovich decide to find a secret admirer, because they do not want this to become known to anyone later. They find the person who sent the bracelet. He turned out to be a man named Zheltkov. He apologized to Vasily and explained that Vera had been his only true love for eight years. He promised not to write to her anymore, but asks to talk on the phone once. After this conversation, Zheltkov promised Vasily that no one would ever hear from him again, asks for permission from the princess’s husband to give her the last letter, and receives it.

Vasily Lvovich came home and told everything to his wife, who was amazed by this story. She understands that Zheltkov is going to kill himself. And in the morning Vera sees an article in the newspaper about the suicide of the control service official G.S. Zheltkova.

Vera receives the last letter from the deceased, in which he asks for forgiveness, talks about love and says that he first saw her at the circus, she was sitting in a box. It was then that Zheltkov fell in love.

Vera goes home to Zheltkov, and learns from his housekeeper about wonderful person Zheltkov. It turned out that before sending the garnet bracelet to Vera, Zheltkov hung it on the icon for several days. Vera understands that the love that every woman dreams of has passed her by. She kisses the deceased on the forehead and leaves.

Arriving home, the woman was glad that there was no one there except her. She thought a lot about Zheltkov and about this love. Then pianist Jenny Reiter came to visit and played a Beethoven sonnet. It was he who asked Zheltkov to play in the letter.

Vera was sad. She cried, because such love is a dream. Vera pressed herself against the acacia tree and hoped that Zheltkov had forgiven her.

The first chapter describes the bad weather that occurred in the second half of August on the Black Sea coast. The howling wind and incessant rain are described, which poisoned the lives of people relaxing at their dachas. Storms are described that claimed the lives of several fishermen and caused others to become lost at sea. But the saddest sight was the caravan of carts, when the Greeks and the Jews, who were suspicious, left their homes and went to the city, leaving broken glass and garbage at the dachas. But by the beginning of September the weather improved, the sun came out and the sea calmed down, which made Vera Nikolaevna Sheina very happy, who could not leave for the city, since the repairs were not yet completed.

It was September 17, Vera Nikolaevna's birthday, and her husband was going to invite several of his closest people to dinner. He had already given her earrings made of pear-shaped pearls, and this gift cheered her up even more. The princess was cutting flowers in the garden and thinking about how lunch with a small group would be good opportunity save. She helped her husband keep the house in order and felt deep affection for him, which replaced passionate love. Her sister, Anna Nikolaevna, arrived. They were very different. Vera is a tall, slender blonde, and Anna is lively short, who inherited her father's Mongolian blood, is frivolous, feminine and attractive. Vera had no children, and she adored her sister’s children, a boy and a girl, whom she gave birth to from a very rich but unloved husband.

The sisters had not seen each other for a long time and decided to sit for a while on the cliff, where the view of the sea was very beautiful. Anna is delighted, but Vera says that she has already gotten used to the sea, and she is even tired of it, since she has been seeing it every day for a very long time. Anna gives an example when she and her group climbed to a very high area, from where the most beautiful view at sea, and when she joyfully shared her impressions with the guide, he replied in the same tone as Vera that he was already tired of this beauty. Anna gave her sister a lady's cornet, which was converted from a prayer book. She bought it in an antique shop and left only the beautiful binding. After that, they went into the house, listing who would come in the evening - the princess’s husband, Prince Shein, his sister, Professor Speshnikov, their grandfather and several other people. They also discussed the table, and Anna wanted to see sea ​​cock, which was brought to her in a large tub, a huge fish with bright colors.

Soon guests began to arrive, her husband, Prince Vasily Lvovich, with her sister, Lyudmila Lvovna, the reveler Vasyuchok, Vera’s friend, pianist Jenny Reiter, her brother, Nikolai Nikolaevich, Anna’s husband, Professor Speshnikov, Vice-Governor von Seck, General Anosov and two officers , Ponomarev and Bakhtinsky. The sisters loved General Anosov very much, he was like a grandfather to them, they met him near the carriage and walked him home. He was a family friend and, since he did not have children of his own, became very attached to the sisters. He always spent his holidays on their estate. Anosov went through several wars, and everyone respected him, calling him the bravest. He received many wounds and illnesses during the crossing of the Balkans, the attack of Plevna, and the crossing of the Danube, but he did not want to resign and he was appointed commandant of the fortress. Everyone knew and respected him in the city, where he met the Tuganovskys and became close to them. . He became especially attached to children, since he did not have any of his own, he played with them and talked about his past.

Dinner went well, it was very warm and pleasant. Vasily Lvovich entertained everyone by telling stories of his own composition that concerned those present. He had a way of telling stories - he would take some real situation as a basis and exaggerate it to the point of impossibility, so that it was impossible not to laugh. He touched on Nikolai Nikolaevich with his stories, as well as Anna Nikolaevna’s husband, Gustav Ivanovich Friesse. The sisters always played poker when they had a small gathering. friendly company, the same thing happened now. The maid called Vera Nikolaevna and handed over the gift that the messenger had brought. It was a garnet bracelet and a note from her secret admirer, who had been signing with the initials G.S.J. for seven years now. In the letter, he congratulated her on Angel Day and told the story of the bracelet, which had been passed down in his family through the female line. He changed the bracelet and kept only the stones. It used to be silver, but became gold. He writes to her that no one has ever touched this bracelet, only the stones remain the same.

The evening continues, Colonel Ponomarev is asked to play poker, where he is successful, some play whist, and Vasily Lvovich shows a homemade humorous album, where a comic chronicle of the events taking place is kept. The guests gradually move towards him, as everyone in his circle laughs contagiously. Then he shows the last drawing, which is called “Princess Vera and the telegraph operator in love,” which tells the story of how Princess Vera received letters from a secret admirer, but gives him a chance, although he even enters her house in the form of a chimney sweep and dishwasher. But everything is in vain, and after he spent some time in a mental hospital, he goes to a monastery and before his death bequeaths to Vera a bottle of his tears and two telegraph buttons.

General Anosov sat on the terrace and told different stories just like when his sisters were children, and they looked after him, poured wine, cut cheese. He told how he once bought rose oil from the soldiers, which they unknowingly managed to add to the porridge, as well as coffee, which the soldiers called. chickpeas and even tried to cook. It was in Bucharest when they settled into apartments. He said that he was scared only once, when he thought that his mind was clouded, he began to consider himself not Yakov, but Nikolai, but they gave him water and everything passed. He talks about his affair with a pretty Bulgarian woman with whom he lodged and that they separated when the regiment moved on. Then he said that he probably had never truly loved and everyone began to say goodbye, and Princess Vera and Anna went to accompany Anosov to the carriage. Vera told her husband to look at the gift.

On the way back, Anna walked with Bakhtinsky, and Vera walked with the general on the arm. They said that men and women were not very capable of true love at this time. The general told two stories about how love does happen. But it takes strange forms. The first was a story about how a young warrant officer fell in love with an old libertine, whom he quickly grew tired of; he wanted to commit suicide by throwing himself on a train, but someone grabbed him at the last moment, and his hands were cut off, so he became a beggar and froze to death. . Another story is about how a husband loved his wife very much, who openly cheated on him and did not care about him, although he was a real officer, brave and private. Vera spoke about her admirer, and the general noted that perhaps her life had just intersected with true unselfish love.

When Princess Vera entered the house, she heard a noise. It was Vasily Lvovich, her husband, and Nikolai Nikolaevich, her brother, who were talking. They discussed the gift and the note that the princess received. Nikolai was very categorical. He wanted to put an end to these notes once and for all so that they would not cast a shadow on his sister’s reputation. He reproached the Sheins for not taking this act seriously, when it could have led to bad consequences. He and Vasily Lvovich decided the next day to find the mysterious admirer, give him a gift and ask him not to bother Vera Nikolaevna with his letters anymore.

The next day, Shein and Mirza-Bulat-Tuganovsky visited Mr. Zheltkov, who was renting an apartment. They went up to him and saw young man thirty or thirty-five years old, blond and good face. They introduced themselves, but no one sat down, although Zheltkov offered to sit down twice. Nikolai asked him not to write to Vera anymore and returned the gift, to which Zheltkov agreed, but he wanted to talk only to Vasily. He explained to him that he really loved Vera Nikolaevna, but he was very sorry and was ready not to write to her anymore. He asked permission to call her and write a letter. Nikolai was categorically against it, but Shein agreed and gave permission. Zheltkov promised that they would not see or hear him again. In the evening, Prince Shein told his wife everything, and she had a premonition that Zheltkov would kill himself.

Princess Vera did not like to read newspapers, but she came across a note that a certain Zheltkov shot himself in his apartment because he was embezzling government money. She was surprised that she sensed his death in advance. In the evening, bring her a letter that Zheltkov wrote. He apologized for his behavior and for being a nuisance to her for so long. He confessed his love, but promised that he would leave soon and she would never see him again. He asked her to play Sonata No. 2 in D major from Beethoven's orchestra. Vera told her husband that something terrible had intervened in their life, to which he replied that he believed in Zheltkov’s love, that he was not crazy. Vera decides to look at him. She asks her husband's permission, she doesn't want to offend him.

She arrived in a carriage to his house and asked to see Mr. Zheltkov. The hostess took her there, complaining that this had happened. She was ready to help him with his debts if he asked. She said that he was found during tea already dead, and before that everyone heard, but did not pay attention to the sound of the shot. Vera Nikolaevna saw him and remembered Anosov’s words about true love, she came up and kissed him on the forehead with a friendly kiss. When she was about to leave, the hostess gave her a note from Zheltkov. He told her if the lady came, give her the note. It was written there that the most best work Beethoven's Sonata No. 2 from his orchestra. Vera could not contain herself and began to cry. She told the woman that death always causes such a reaction in her, but in fact she was crying precisely for Zheltkov.

When Vera returned home, she found Jenny Reiter at her place. She was upset and asked her to play something, and she went out into the flower garden. She was sure that Jenny would play a Beethoven sonata. And so it happened, and in the music she heard words that brought her peace. She cried, clinging to the acacia tree. When Jenny came to her, she kissed her and said that he had forgiven her now and everything was fine. Music influenced her so much and, most likely, this is exactly what Zheltkov wanted to achieve, because even after his death he wished Vera Nikolaevna only happiness and prosperity.

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 a 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 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 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,” she asked. But the husband had already begun a commentary on his own drawings, full of brilliant humor. Here is a girl named Vera, receiving a letter with kissing doves, signed by telegraph operator P.P.Zh. Here is young Vasya Shein returning to Vera wedding ring: “I do not dare to interfere with your happiness, and yet it is my duty to warn you: telegraph operators are seductive, but insidious.” 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, yours life path crossed 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's wrong with 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. On the evening of the same day she received 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 Your name" “He forgave me,” she answered her surprised friend. Everything is fine.

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In mid-August, the weather on the northern coast of the Black Sea deteriorates: fog, rain, hurricane. Residents of the resort move to the city. But the beginning of September pleases with clear, cloudless days, sunny and warm. Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina, the wife of the leader of the nobility, lives in the country because their city house is undergoing renovations. Today, September 17, is her name day, her favorite day since childhood, she always expects miracles from him. Her husband, leaving for the city in the morning, gave her earrings. She was alone at home; her brother Nikolai, a fellow prosecutor who lived with them, had gone to court. The husband promised to bring his closest friends to the holiday. Despite his prominent position in society, Prince Shein barely made ends meet. Vera had long felt for him not the same passionate love, but true friendship, trying to save money and keep from going broke. It was cheaper to celebrate a name day at the dacha than in the city. After cutting flowers in the garden for the dinner table, she met her sister, Anna Nikolaevna Friesse. There was a tender friendship between the sisters. Anna is married to a very rich and very stupid man whom she cannot stand, but she gave birth to a son and a daughter from him. Vera did not have children; she really wanted them. Anna flirted left and right, but never cheated on her husband, whom she ridiculed contemptuously. Vera was strictly simple, coldly kind to everyone, independent and royally calm.The sisters talk about the beauty of nature. Anna gives Vera a small notebook in an amazing binding from a prayer book. They go into the house, Anna asks about the invited guests. After five o'clock the guests arrive: Prince Vasily Lvovich with his sister Lyudmila Lvovna Durasova, the socialite young reveler Vasyuchok, the famous pianist and friend of Vera from the Smolny Institute Jenny Reiter, brother-in-law Nikolai Nikolaevich. Anna's husband brings Professor Speshnikov and the local vice-governor von Seck. Later than the others, the sisters’ grandfather, General Anosov, arrived, accompanied by Staff Colonel Ponamarev and Guards Hussar Lieutenant Bakhtinsky. Anosov was a comrade in arms and a devoted friend of the sisters' late father and knew them from infancy. The general participated in all campaigns except the Japanese one. During his entire service he did not hit a single soldier. During the Polish rebellion, he refused to shoot prisoners, quickly rose to the rank of colonel, and returned from the war almost deaf, with a sore leg and rheumatism. They wanted to send him into retirement, but they decided not to upset him and gave him a lifelong position as commandant in the city of K. There he became close to his sisters’ parents. He loved girls very much; he did not have any children of his own. The wife ran away with the artist, the general sent her money, but did not let her back into the house.

At dinner, everyone was amused by Vera's husband, Prince Vasily Lvovich, a magnificent storyteller and lover of embellishment. real events. Vera Nikolaevna counts the guests: thirteen. Superstitiously thinks this is bad. After dinner they play poker, the maid calls the hostess and gives her a square object tied with a ribbon. A messenger brought it and immediately left. Unfolding the paper, Vera sees a jewelry case containing a gold bracelet and a note. First she examines the bracelet, studded with red garnets, the shine of which reminds her of blood, and a green garnet in the center. In the letter, the donor notes that the bracelet was passed down in his family through the female line and, according to family legend, has the ability to impart the gift of foresight to women wearing it and drive away difficult thoughts from them, while protecting men from violent death. The donor also asks not to be angry with him for his letters seven years ago, speaking of his slavish devotion to Vera and reverence for her. The letter is signed “G. S. Zh." Vera decides to show the letter to her husband later. Someone is playing cards, Anna is flirting with the hussar, Vasily Lvovich is showing a homemade humorous album with his drawings - an addition to his satirical stories. For example, there is “History love affairs brave General Anosov in Turkey, Bulgaria and other countries”, “The Adventure of the petimeter Prince Nicolas Bulat-Tuganovsky in Monte Carlo”, a short biography of his sister Lyudmila Lvovna and a new story “Princess Vera and the telegraph operator in love”. Vera does not want her husband to tell this story, but he does not hear her and mocks the poor telegraph operator in love. Vera offers tea. Speshnikov, the vice-governor and Colonel Ponamarev left, the rest of the guests were sitting on the terrace. Vera and Anna carefully look after the general. Anna asks if he was afraid of battles, the general tells how, after a shell shock, it seemed to him that he was not Yakov, but Nikolai, how he fell in love with a Bulgarian girl, how they parted forever when the soldiers left those places. They ask him if he loved the real one, eternal love. The general says he didn’t love him. As she gets ready to leave, Vera tells her husband about the bracelet and the letter.

When the general is seen off, he notices that people have forgotten how to love; he has never seen true love. After the wedding, his wife turned out to be a spendthrift, a slob and a greedy person. Vera tells her grandfather about her marriage: “Take Vasya and me. Can we call our marriage unhappy? The general is silent, then suggests that this marriage be considered an exception, but in most cases, marriage, in his opinion, takes place for other reasons. In his entire life, he saw two cases similar to true love: a young ensign fell in love with old wife regimental commander, because of her whim, he threw himself under a train and lost his arms. The second case is even more pitiful: a young woman took a lover, her husband saw everything and remained silent.

When they went to war, the wife told her husband to take care of her lover, he looked after him like a nanny, did engineering work for him, then this lover died of typhus. Anosov is asked if he has encountered such love in women. He says that he is confident in the lover’s ability to be heroic, men are to blame for being incapable of this, and every woman dreams of the only love, all-forgiving. The general asks Verochka what story her husband told about the telegraph operator. Vera speaks of “a madman who began to pursue her with his love two years before her marriage.” She does not know him, but he is aware of all her affairs, his letters are chaste, but he constantly talked about his love for Vera, until she wrote a letter secretly from her husband asking her not to bother her with outpourings of love. Since then, he has been silent about love and writes only on holidays. Vera also spoke about today’s gift. The general discusses whether this is a maniac or the same one true love, is leaving.

Vera, coming home, finds her brother arguing with her husband. Nikolai says that it’s high time to stop these stupid letters, otherwise the family could end up in a funny situation, the telegraph operator will begin to brag that Vera accepts his gifts. The Sheins decide to send the bracelet back, Nikolai takes over the search for G.S.Zh. Together with Prince Vasily, he decides to go to the telegraph operator and read him a strict notation. Vera says that for some reason she feels sorry for this unfortunate man, but her brother replies that he needs to be punished.

Vasily Lvovich and Nikolai come to the house, which smells of mice and laundry, and ask for Mr. Zheltkov. The fan of Vera was 30-35 years old, tall and thin. The guests introduced themselves to him, and Nikolai returned the bracelet to him. Vera's brother talks to Zheltkov assertively, but her husband is ready to listen to him.

Zheltkov says that he loves and will not stop loving his wife, leaving for another city will not change anything, just like imprisonment. All that remains is to die. He asks permission to call Vera, the prince understands him, sees that this man cannot lie, he feels sorry for Zheltkov. Having received permission to call, Zheltkov calls and comes upset. He says he is ready and we can consider him dead. He asks the prince for permission to write his last letter to Vera. Nikolai objects, the prince allows it.

Zheltkov promises that they will no longer hear about him or see him. Vera Nikolaevna told him that she was tired of this whole story and asked him to stop it. Returning to his wife, the prince told her about the visit; she thought that Zheltkov would kill himself. Having never read newspapers, she accidentally learns from a newspaper about Zheltkov’s death. The newspaper says that a minor official committed suicide due to embezzlement of government money. Vera thinks about why she had a presentiment of this and debates whether it was love or madness. In the evening, the postman brought her Zheltkov’s last letter.

With unexpected tenderness, Vera unfolded it and read it. Zheltkov wrote that his whole life lies in her, but he feels that he has crashed into her life like an incomprehensible wedge, so he will leave and not return. “I tested myself - this is not a disease, not a manic idea - this is love with which God wanted to reward me for something. Let me be ridiculous in your eyes and in the eyes of your brother, Nikolai Nikolaevich. Leaving, I say in delight: “Hallowed be Thy name.” From the depths of my soul, I thank you for being my only joy in life, my only consolation, my only thought.” At the end of the letter, he asks, if Vera remembers him, listen to a Beethoven sonata. Vera cries, goes to her husband, gives him the letter to read.

The prince says that he does not doubt the sincerity of this man, he loved, and was not at all crazy. He allows his wife to say goodbye to the deceased. Vera went to him.

The landlady led her to the coffin, talking about the deceased kind words. Vera asked me to tell her about last minutes his life. The owner says that Zheltkov asked her to hang a bracelet on the icon of the Mother of God, wrote a letter, put it in a box, and then everyone heard a sound reminiscent of a shot from a child’s pistol.

They found him at seven o'clock when he did not respond to the servants' knock. Vera looks at the deceased and sees the peaceful expression that she saw on the masks of the great sufferers - Pushkin and Napoleon.

She puts a red rose under Zheltkov’s neck and understands that true love walked past her. Vera kisses Zheltkov on the forehead. When she leaves, the hostess says that the late Zheltkov asked her to pass a note if the lady came and say that this is Beethoven’s best work. Vera cries and reads the title of the same sonata.

Vera Nikolaevna returned home late in the evening, not finding either her husband or brother. Pianist Jenny Reiter was waiting for her. Excited Vera rushed to her and asked her to play something, having no doubt that the woman would play exactly what was needed.

She recognized this piece from the first chords; her soul seemed to split into two. Vera thought about what passed her by great love, which repeats only once every thousand years. Phrases were formed in the mind, coinciding with the music, which ended with the words: “Hallowed be Thy name.” Vera cried, the music calmed her. She realized that Zheltkov had forgiven her.