The prose of I. Turgenev is not only fascinating and beautiful, but also very useful in exams, where the student has to give extraordinary literary arguments. To do this, you need to remember the main events from the book, to know the plot. The Literaguru team and its brief retelling for the reader's diary will help you master this material.
(513 words) Turgenev in his work tells of a landowner. His name was Dmitry Pavlovich Sanin, he was 52 years old. Returning home, he angrily began to talk about vanity, uselessness, about the vulgar falsity of everything human. The man was very rich, but lonely, which made his life empty and worthless. In order not to think about it, Dmitry Pavlovich began to delve into his old papers, among them he found love messages and a garnet cross. Memories of the past surged through him.
He turned 22 when he went on a trip to Europe. He wandered with the money of a distant relative who left him a small inheritance. Sanin lingered in Frankfurt and decided to walk around the city. Dmitry looked into the Italian pastry shop to get himself a glass of lemonade. From the threshold, a young lady ran up to him with entreaties for help, her brother lost consciousness. Dmitry helped the young man (Emil) come to his senses. In gratitude, his mother called Sanin for dinner. Her name was Leonora Roselli, about twenty years ago, she and her husband moved from Italy. Their beautiful daughter was called Gemma. Another member of their family was their faithful servant Pantaleone. The main character was disappointed that Gemma was engaged to Karl Kluber (head of the department in the store).
Dmitry did not have time for his stagecoach, and his financial situation left much to be desired. He borrowed money from his friend. Soon Sanin made friends with Emil and met Gemma's fiancé.
Once Kluber organized a trip to Soden. Gemma was tired of the walk, and she decided to eat on an ordinary terrace. A drunken officer came up to the girl and took the flower that lay next to her plate. She was offended. But her fiance, instead of defending the honor of her lover, quickly paid the bill and escorted Gemma to the hotel. Dmitry took the rose from the officer. A duel has been scheduled. The second was called Pantaleone.
Dmitry spent the rest of the day at Jemma. She gave him the already dried rose, which then lay next to her plate. He realized that he was in love.
The officer deliberately missed the duel, because he realized that he was wrong. Gemma learned from Pantaleone about the fight and wanted to break off the engagement. But their family was on the verge of ruin, and only the marriage of their daughter could save them. Dmitry, at the request of Jemma's mother, tried to dissuade her from this act, but they realized that they were in love with each other, and he asked for her hand.
He could only sell his estate in the Tula province in order to improve his financial situation. Dmitry faced his classmate Ippolit Polozov. He was married to a wealthy lady. The main character offered Hippolytus to buy his estate, but he disowned the fact that his wife Marya Nikolaevna was in charge of everything.
Dmitry agreed to meet with his wife Polozov. She was not bad at herself. Marya Nikolaevna made a bet with her husband, she had to seduce Sanin. He succumbed to her spell.
Now, after so many years, he could not understand why he left his beloved. Dmitry even tried to find Gemma, but in Germany her trace disappeared. The landowner found out that his beloved was married and moved to New York. He found her address and sent a letter. In a reply message, Gemma told him that her life was very successful, that she was extremely happy with her husband. She became the mother of five children.
Dmitry Sanin sent a pomegranate cross as a gift to his lover. It was said that he sold all his estates and gathered in America.
