Why did Ivan Timofeevich come to the village. A. I. Kuprin, "Olesya": analysis of the work, problems, theme, main characters

"Olesya"- the story of Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin. One of the first major works of Kuprin was written in 1898. The main theme is the tragic love of the city gentleman Ivan Timofeevich and the young girl Olesya.

"Olesya" summary by chapter

Chapter I
The story is told from the author - Ivan Timofeevich, or "panych", as he is often called in the story. There is a description of his life in Polissya, where he arrived on official business, which is not specified, and it does not matter. The panych has a servant named Yarmola, with whom they are very good relations. Yarmola is illiterate, but really wants to learn how to write his last name - Poprozhuk, the panych teaches him how to write. It is incredibly boring in Polissya: the panych has already read all the books that he had, and hunting remained his only entertainment.

Chapter II
In Polissya, a strong cold wind. Yarmola tells the panych that this wind sends a witcher (witch). Yarmola tells the panych a story about a local witch and her granddaughter (or daughter), who used to live in local dreams, but then the locals drove her into the forest - they believed that the witch sent misfortune to the village. The inhabitants were superstitious! Panych asks Yarmola to take him to a witch who still lives somewhere in the forest, but Yarmola categorically refuses - she is afraid of witches!

Chapter III
Yarmola and the panych went hunting (as already mentioned, hunting was the only pastime of the Polesie panych). Panych got lost in the forest and accidentally wandered into some kind of hut, as it turned out, to the very witch he was so eager to get to. The grandmother (Manuilikha) in the hut turned out to be very unfriendly, but as soon as the panych rustled with money, she immediately became kinder and agreed to tell him fortune. The witch's granddaughter came to the hut - a beautiful brunette, 20-25 years old. Panych asks her to take him out of the wilderness. The girl accompanies him and is called Olesya.

Chapter IV
After some time, the panych again comes to the hut in the forest (apparently he has already managed to remember the way), brings a gift. Olesya, apparently, liked him. Olesya admits that she was guessing at him and saw that there would be love for him from the “club lady” and that this lady would be in great misfortune from love for him.

Chapter V
Panych is having lunch in a forest hut. Then he, along with Olesya, walks to the edge of the forest and Olesya shows him her witchcraft: then Panych begins to stutter for absolutely no reason, then Olesya instantly stops his blood from being cut. Panych, although at first rather skeptical about witchcraft, is very puzzled. Olesya declares that she and her grandmother have these powers "from him."

Chapter VI
Panych began to often visit Olesya, well, still - love, you always want to be closer to each other. They often walk in the forest, Olesya escorts the panych, but does not want to leave the forest: the locals do not like her and the grandmother.

Chapter VII
Once, being, as usual, in a hut, the panych got into a conversation with an old woman. She told a sentimental story that a local police officer was sharpening a tooth on her and her granddaughter - in every possible way he was trying to get them out of these places. Panych promises to deal with this problem.

Chapter VIII
Panych invites the sergeant, as they say, to sit in a man's company and wet his throat with alcohol. Panych gives the sergeant a gun and persuades him not to evict the old woman and granddaughter. The constable agrees and promises to leave the witch family alone.

Chapter IX
The constable kept his word and really abandoned his attempts to evict. Panych fell ill.

Chapter X
Panych lay in bed for a long time due to illness. Finally, feeling better, he goes to Olesya, whom he already misses quite a lot. Panych and Olesya confess their love to each other.

Chapter XI
Panych and Olesya continue to meet. However, on duty, the panych had to leave Polissya. Panych offers Olesya to marry him. It is not easy for a young sorceress: at one time she loves Ivan Timofeevich (I haven’t called him by name for a long time, I’ll write, otherwise someone suddenly forgot), on the other hand she has a very unusual image life to which she is accustomed, she does not know how people in society will accept her, and even a granny, who has lived all her life in the forest.

Chapter XII
Panych is temporarily leaving Polesie on business. When he returns, he learns the news that shocks him: it turns out that Olesya came to church to prove her love for Panych, but she was not allowed to appear in the church - after all, she is a sorceress, and this is not divine. locals they were indignant: they beat Olesya and wanted to smear her with tar - this was considered to cover a person with shame. Olesya managed to escape from the raging crowd of people, and running away, she shouted that she would put a curse on them. Panych immediately rushed to Olesya's house.

Chapter XIII
Entering the hut, the panych was immediately attacked by the old woman Manuilikha (whom I also hadn’t called that for a long time, the time had come). She scolded him, because she believed that all Olesya's troubles today were precisely because of her love for the panych. Olesya was lying on the bed, she told her lover that they would not be happy together, as the cards say - the “club lady” is Olesya. Olesya said that they treated her grandmother in much the same way as with herself, although neither one nor the other in her life sent curses and damage to anyone. Panych, in vague thoughts, says goodbye to Olesya and his grandmother and goes to his hut.

Chapter XIV
Arriving home, the panych learns that the whole village has rebelled against Olesya and her grandmother. People are thirsty for the blood of witches. Panych immediately rushes back to the forest hut to warn its inhabitants of the impending danger, but the hut is already empty. Panych found only Olesya's beads, which she left him - this is the only thing that now reminds Panych of the light of former love ...

1. Ivan Timofeevich- a young gentleman (panych), a writer. The story is told from his perspective.
2. Olesya- a young girl, the granddaughter of Mainulikha, has unusual abilities.

   Other actors

3. Yarmola- servant of the young master.
4. Manuilikha- an old witch, Olesya's grandmother.
5. Nikita Nazarich Mishchenko- lives on a neighboring estate, clerk and clerk.
6. Evpsikhy Afrikanovich- police sergeant.

   The story of an old witch and her granddaughter

   The story is told on behalf of a young man, Ivan Timofeevich, who, by the will of fate, ended up in Polesie in the remote village of Perebrod. There he lived for 6 months and decidedly did not know what to do. Out of boredom, the master tried to teach his woodsman Yarmola to read and write.

   One evening, when the weather was inclement, Yarmola told Ivan Timofeevich a story that happened 5 years ago. In their village lived an old witch named Manuilikha, but she and her granddaughter were expelled from the village for doing magic. Since then, they have settled near the swamp behind the Irinovsky Way. The young man wants to meet the mysterious Manuilikha, and he asks the woodsman to take him to her. But Yarmola was angry with the master for such a request and refused to show him the way.

   Hut Manuilikha

   During the hunt, the panych got lost. Trying to find the way, he goes to the swamp and sees a fairy-tale hut. Deciding that a forester lives there, he goes there. But according to the situation in which the narrator finds himself, he understands that this is the hut of that same Manuilikha. Manuilikha herself looked like Baba Yaga, as in the descriptions in Russian fairy tales.

   The witch was not happy with the intruder and wanted him to leave as soon as possible. But the young man persuades her to tell fortunes to him for money. Before the old woman had even finished guessing, a beautiful dark-haired young girl, who was not like the other village girls, entered the hut. She is called Olesya, explains to the young man how to get to the house and allows them to visit again.

   Olesya's supernatural abilities

   In the spring, as soon as the forest paths became passable, the young master decided to walk again to Manuilikha's hut. The girl was glad to see the guest, which could not be said about her grandmother. The narrator wants Olesya to tell him fortunes, but she refuses and explains to him that she has already laid out for him.

   The cards told her that he was a kind man, but he did not always keep his word, he was greedy for women. His life will be unhappy and he will not be able to love anyone. And this year a woman with dark hair will fall in love with him, but her love will only bring her grief. The young man does not believe that he is capable of bringing so much trouble to someone. But the young witch assures him that her words will certainly come true. Olesya admits that she can see some things even without maps, for example, quick death person. These abilities are passed down in their family from mother to daughter.

   In the evening, the girl decides to see the guest off. On the way, she talks about the fact that once her grandmother healed people, she could find treasures and much more. The young man does not believe that a person can have such abilities and asks the girl to demonstrate them. Olesya wounded him and with the help of a conspiracy stopped the bleeding. She then tells him to walk ahead of her and not turn around. young man everything time runs and stumbles. During parting, Olesya asks the name of the guest. It was then that it first appears in the story - Ivan Timofeevich.

   The officer's case

   After this walk, Ivan Timofeevich often visits his grandmother and granddaughter. A strong affection arose between the young man and Olesya. He was constantly trying to understand where and how the girl's abilities appeared. Once in a conversation, the master accidentally said that if she wants to get married, then she will need to get married in a church. Olesya replies that she cannot attend church because she is a witch.

   Once, during his next visit, Ivan Timofeevich sees that Olesya is upset about something. The girl did not answer all the questions of the master. Manuilikha says that a constable came to them and ordered them to leave these places. He refused to take the money offered by the old woman. Then the panych decides to invite Evpsikhy Afrikanovich to his place and treat him with vodka. He persuades him not to touch his grandmother and granddaughter and gives him a gun.

   Relations between Ivan Timofeevich and Olesya

   After the incident with the constable, an awkward relationship arose between the girl and the narrator. They stopped walking, but he did not stop thinking about the girl. But being next to her, the narrator feels embarrassed and awkward. Suddenly, he falls ill with "Polesie" fever.

   For six days he fought the disease. After his recovery, the young master goes to Manuilikha. Seeing the girl, he suddenly realizes how dear and close she has become to him. Olesya accompanies him and says that she tried to keep her distance from him because she wanted to avoid her fate. But it did not work out, and the girl confesses her feelings to him and kisses him. Ivan Timofeevich says that he also loves her. The separation due to his illness made their feelings even stronger.

   The month lasted them wonderful fairy tale but the time came when the young man had to leave. He increasingly began to think about the need to propose to Olesya. Ivan Timofeevich tells the girl that he already needs to leave the village and proposes to her to marry him. Olesya replies that nothing will work, because she has no education and is illegitimate. But the young man guesses that she is afraid of getting married in the church. But the girl decides to overcome her fears for the sake of love and offers to meet in church the next day.

   Parting Olesya and Ivan Timofeevich

   The day chosen by the lovers turned out to be the feast of the Holy Trinity. Young man affairs were delayed, and when he arrives at the place, the clerk Mishchenko, whom he met on the way, tells that the village girls caught the witch, but she managed to get away.

   It was Olesya who nevertheless decided to go to church, and when the service ended, women surrounded her and began to insult the girl. She managed to escape from the crowd, and they began to throw stones after her. Then the young witch promised them that they would regret it. Ivan Timofeevich immediately went to Manuilikha.

   In the hut, he saw that the girl was unconscious. Manuilikha scolds the young man that Olesya decided to go to church because of him. When Olesya wakes up, she tells her lover that they need to leave, because now she and her grandmother will have to leave these places. During the farewell, the girl confesses to him that she would very much like a child from him and she is sorry that this did not happen.

   started in the evening heavy thunderstorm along with hail, which killed the inhabitants of all their crops. Yarmola advised the master to leave the village as soon as possible, they say, people are sure that this is the work of Olesya. At the same time, they also recalled Ivan Timofeevich himself with an unkind word.

   The young man quickly gathers his things and goes to Manuilikha's hut to warn his grandmother and granddaughter. But there was no one there, there were only traces of hasty gathering. Ivan Timofeevich was about to leave, when his eyes fell on a string of red coral beads - this is all that remained to him as a memory of Oles and their magical love story.

Test on the story Olesya

My servant, cook and hunting companion, the woodsman Yarmola, entered the room, bending under a bundle of firewood, dropped it with a crash on the floor and breathed on his frozen fingers. “Oh, what a wind, panych, in the yard,” he said, squatting down in front of the shutter. - It is necessary to heat it well in coarse. Allow me a spark, sir. “So we’re not going to hunt hares tomorrow, huh?” What do you think, Yarmola? - No ... you can’t ... hear what a hype. The hare is now lying and - and not murmur ... Tomorrow you won’t see even a single trace. Fate threw me for six whole months in a remote village in the Volyn province, on the outskirts of Polissya, and hunting was my only occupation and pleasure. I confess that at the time when I was offered to go to the village, I did not at all think that I would be so unbearably bored. I even went with joy. "Polesye... backwoods... bosom of nature... simple morals... primitive nature," I thought, sitting in the carriage, "a people completely unfamiliar to me, with strange customs, a peculiar language... and, probably, what a multitude of poetic legends, stories and songs!” And at that time (to tell, to tell everything like that) I had already managed to emboss in one small newspaper a story with two murders and one suicide, and I knew theoretically that it is useful for writers to observe morals. But ... either the Perebrod peasants were distinguished by some special, stubborn lack of communication, or I did not know how to get down to business - my relations with them were limited only to the fact that, when they saw me, they still took off their hats from a distance, and when they came abreast with me, sullenly they said: "Guy bug", which was supposed to mean: "God help." When I tried to talk to them, they looked at me with surprise, refused to understand the most simple questions and they kept trying to kiss my hands—an old custom left over from Polish serfdom. The books that I had, I read them all very soon. Out of boredom - although at first it seemed unpleasant to me - I made an attempt to get acquainted with the local intelligentsia in the person of a priest who lived fifteen miles away, the "pan organist" who was with him, the local constable and the clerk of the neighboring estate from retired non-commissioned officers, but nothing of this didn't work out. Then I tried to treat the inhabitants of Perebrod. At my disposal were: castor oil, carbolic acid, boric acid, iodine. But here, in addition to my meager information, I stumbled upon the complete impossibility of making diagnoses, because the signs of the disease in all my patients were always the same: “it hurts in the middle” and “I can neither eat nor drink.” For example, an old woman comes to me. Wiping his nose with an embarrassed look index finger right hand, she takes out a couple of eggs from her bosom, and for a second I can see her brown skin, and puts them on the table. Then she starts catching my hands to plant a kiss on them. I hide my hands and convince the old woman: “Come on, grandma ... leave it ... I don’t pop ... I’m not supposed to do this ... What hurts you?” “It hurts in the middle, sir, in the very middle, so that I can’t even drink or eat. - How long have you been doing this? — Do I know? She also answers with a question. - So it bakes and bakes. I can't drink or eat. And, no matter how much I fight, there are no more definite signs of the disease. “Don’t worry,” a non-commissioned clerk once advised me, “they will heal themselves.” Dry like a dog. I will tell you that I use only one medicine - ammonia. A man comes to me. "What do you want?" - "I, he says, is sick" ... Now, under his nose, a bottle ammonia. "Smell!" Sniffing... "Smell more... stronger!" Sniffing... "Which is easier?" - "It seemed to feel better" ... - "Well, go with God." In addition, this kissing of hands disgusted me (and others so directly fell at my feet and tried with all their might to kiss my boots). It was not a movement of a grateful heart at all, but simply a disgusting habit, instilled by centuries of slavery and violence. And I was only surprised at the same clerk from the non-commissioned officers and the sergeant, seeing with what imperturbable gravity they thrust their huge red paws into the lips of the peasants ... All I had to do was hunt. But at the end of January, such weather came that it became impossible to hunt. Every day a terrible wind blew, and during the night a hard, icy layer of crust formed on the snow, over which the hare ran without leaving traces. Sitting shut up and listening to the howling of the wind, I yearned terribly. It is clear that I greedily seized on such an innocent entertainment as teaching Yarmola the woodsman to read and write. It started, however, in a rather original way. I was writing a letter one day and suddenly I felt that someone was standing behind me. Turning around, I saw Yarmola approaching, as always, soundlessly in his soft sandals. — What do you want, Yarmola? I asked. - Yes, I'm amazed at how you write. If only I could… No, no… not like you,” he hurried in embarrassment, seeing that I was smiling. - I would just like my last name ... - Why do you need it? - I was surprised ... (It should be noted that Yarmola is considered the poorest and laziest peasant in all of Perebrod; he spends his salary and his peasant earnings on drink; there are no such bad oxen as he has anywhere in the vicinity. In my opinion, he - then in no case could literacy be necessary.) I asked again doubtfully: "Why do you need to be able to write a surname?" “But you see, what’s the matter, panych,” Yarmola answered unusually softly, “we don’t have a single literate person in our village. When a paper needs to be signed, or there is a matter in the volost, or something ... no one can ... The headman only puts a stamp, but he himself does not know what is printed in it ... It would be good for everyone if someone could sign. Such solicitude of Yarmola - a notorious poacher, a careless vagabond, whose opinion would never even have thought to reckon with a village gathering - such solicitude of his public interest native village for some reason touched me. I myself offered to give him lessons. And what hard work it was, all my attempts to teach him to read and write consciously! Yarmola, who knew perfectly every path of his forest, almost every tree, who knew how to navigate day and night in any place, distinguished by the tracks of all the surrounding wolves, hares and foxes - this same Yarmola could not imagine why, for example , the letters "m" and "a" together make up "ma". As a rule, he agonized over such a task for ten minutes, or even more, and his swarthy, thin face with sunken black eyes, all gone into a stiff black beard and large mustaches, expressed an extreme degree of mental stress. - Well, tell me, Yarmola, - "ma." Just say “ma,” I pestered him. Don't look at the paper, look at me, like this. Well, say - "ma" ... Then Yarmola sighed deeply, put a pointer on the table and said sadly and resolutely: - No I can not... - How can you not? It's so easy after all. Just say "ma", that's how I say it. - No ... I can’t, panych ... I forgot ... All methods, techniques and comparisons were shattered by this monstrous lack of understanding. But Yarmola's desire for enlightenment did not weaken at all. - I would only have my last name! he asked me shyly. “Nothing else is needed. Only a surname: Yarmola Popruzhuk - and nothing more. Having finally abandoned the idea of ​​teaching him intelligent reading and writing, I began to teach him to sign mechanically. To my great surprise, this method turned out to be the most accessible to Yarmolya, so by the end of the second month we had almost mastered the surname. As for the name, in view of the simplification of the task, we decided to completely discard it. In the evenings, after finishing the furnace, Yarmola waited impatiently for me to call him. “Well, Yarmola, let’s study,” I said. He approached the table sideways, leaned on it with his elbows, thrust a pen between his black, rough, unbending fingers, and asked me, raising his eyebrows:- Write? — Write. Yarmola rather confidently drew the first letter - “P” (this letter we had the name: “two risers and a crossbar on top”); then he looked at me questioningly. Why don't you write? Forgot? “I forgot…” Yarmola shook his head in annoyance. - Oh, what are you! Well, put the wheel on. — Ah! Wheel, wheel! .. I know ... - Yarmola brightened up and diligently drew on paper a figure stretched upwards, very similar in outline to the Caspian Sea. Having finished this work, he silently admired it for some time, tilting his head first to the left, then to the right, and screwing up his eyes. — What have you become? Keep writing. "Wait a little, panychu... now." He pondered for two minutes and then timidly asked: - Just like the first one?- Right. Write. So, little by little, we got to the last letter - "k" (we rejected a solid sign), which was known to us as "a stick, and in the middle of the stick the tail was wry to one side." “What do you think, panych,” Yarmola would sometimes say, having finished his work and looking at him with loving pride, “if I had five or six more months to learn, I would know very well. How would you say?

The tragedy of two hearts at the edge of the forest

"Olesya" is one of the first major works of the author and, in his own words, one of his most beloved. It is logical to start the analysis of the story with the prehistory. In 1897, Alexander Kuprin served as an estate manager in the Rivne district of the Volyn province. The young man was impressed by the beauty of Polissya and the difficult fate of the inhabitants of this region. On the basis of what he saw, a cycle of "Polesye stories" was written, the decoration of which was the story "Olesya".

Despite the fact that the work was created by a young author, it attracts literary critics with complex problems, the depth of the characters of the main characters, and amazing landscape sketches. According to the composition, the story "Olesya" is a retrospective. The narration comes from the perspective of the narrator, who recalls the events of the past days.

The intellectual Ivan Timofeevich comes from big city stay in the remote village of Perebrod, in Volhynia. This protected area he seems very strange. On the threshold of the 20th century, technical and natural Sciences the world is undergoing tremendous social transformation. And here it seems that time has stopped. And people in this region believe not only in God, but also in goblin, devils, water and other otherworldly characters. Christian traditions are closely intertwined in Polesie with pagan ones. This is the first conflict in the story: civilization and wildlife live by completely different laws.

Another conflict follows from their confrontation: people brought up in such different conditions cannot be together. Therefore, Ivan Timofeevich, who personifies the world of civilization and the sorceress Olesya, who lives according to the laws wildlife doomed to break up.

The closeness of Ivan and Olesya is the culmination of the story. Despite the mutual sincerity of feelings, the characters' understanding of love and duty differ significantly. Olesya in difficult situation behaves much more responsibly. She is not afraid of further events, only one thing is important that she is loved. Ivan Timofeevich, on the contrary, is weak and indecisive. In principle, he is ready to marry Olesya and take her to the city with him, but he really does not understand how this is possible. Ivan in love is not capable of an act, because he is used to going with the flow in life.

But one in the field is not a warrior. Therefore, even the sacrifice of a young sorceress, when she decides to go to church for the sake of her chosen one, does not save the situation. beautiful but short story mutual love ends tragically. Olesya and her mother are forced to flee from home fleeing the wrath of superstitious peasants. Only a string of red corals remains in memory of her.

History tragic love intellectual and sorceress inspired the film adaptation of the work of the Soviet director Boris Ivchenko. The main roles in his film "Olesya" (1971) were played by Gennady Voropaev and Lyudmila Chursina. And fifteen years earlier, the French director Andre Michel, based on the story of Kuprin, made the film "The Sorceress" with Marina Vladi.

See also:

• The image of Ivan Timofeevich in the story of Kuprin "Olesya"
• "Garnet Bracelet", analysis of the story

Kuprin's story "Olesya" was written in 1898. This is one of his first voluminous works, published in the same year in the Kievlyanin edition, where main theme was the fatal love of master Ivan Timofeevich for the beautiful witch Olesya. In high school, they study the story "Olesya" (Kuprin). A summary of this work will be presented below. But it is still advisable to read the work in its entirety in order to understand its uniqueness.

Kuprin, "Olesya": a summary of the chapters

The plot is narrated in the first person. Summary of "Olesya" Kuprin chapter by chapter will be very exciting, as the intrigue will not keep you waiting. Interest will grow every minute.

So, the action takes place in one Ukrainian village called Perebrod (Volyn province). Ivan Timofeevich came here from the city for six months on official business. But after a while, he began to get bored of the monotonous village life and began to get acquainted with local peasants. He tried to teach them something, and decided to teach his servant Yarmola to read and write, but everything turned out to be in vain. And then he decided to do his favorite thing - hunting.

Acquaintance with the witch

Ivan Timofeevich was very intrigued by this whole story. And he decided at all costs to find this woman. As soon as the weather began to allow, the hero began to go hunting. After some time, getting lost in the forest, he saw a small hut. At first he assumed that this was a hunting lodge, but when he went inside, he found an old grandmother there. It was the same Manuilikha who greeted the intruder very unfriendly, but perceptibly perked up when he asked her to tell fortunes and thrust a quarter into her hands.

And then suddenly a young dark-haired beauty Olesya entered the room, she was the granddaughter of a witch, she looked no more than twenty-five years old. She was very friendly to the guest and even showed him the way back to the house.

From that moment on, a thaw came in the soul of Ivan Timofeevich. The thought of Oles did not leave him for a minute. The girl literally charmed him and tied him to her with some invisible thin threads.

And once dry forest roads, the master decided to go again to the sorceress Manuilikha. The meeting went the same way as the first time, Manuilikha met him in the same spirit as before. The guest again asks him to tell fortunes, but Olesya admits that she has already thrown cards at him, and reports that he falls in love from a dark-haired lady, and then adds that this love will bring a lot of grief and shame.

From here summary"Olesya" Kuprin is just beginning its fascinating development.

Love for Olesya

When Olesya saw off the master, she told him that she and her grandmother had the gift of witchcraft. The girl tried to prove it by healing his cut wound with a knife. And then she did it so that he began to stumble, following her. And then Ivan Timofeevich began to ask where Manuilikha came from to Polissya. But Olesya was evasive in her answer and only said that the grandmother would not like such conversations.

From that day on, he began to visit them often. The grumpy old woman didn't like it. However, the master managed to appease her with gifts.

But the story "Olesya" (Kuprin) does not end there. The summary can be continued by the fact that Ivan Timofeevich liked the beauty and originality of Olesya. They are interested in spending time together, they argue a lot. The master is trying in every way to justify their witchcraft deeds. Gradually, despite all the differences, they become attached to each other. However, relations with Yarmola deteriorate. He does not approve of this acquaintance, he is anxious because these two witches are afraid to go to church.

We continue to consider the summary (Kuprin, "Olesya"). Further, it is told that once the master comes to Manuilikha and her granddaughter and finds them very upset. The local constable Evpsikhy Afrikanovich ordered them to leave these parts. Ivan Timofeevich wants to help them, but the old woman does not want to hear anything. But Ivan persuaded the constable not to drive the poor women away. He appeased him expensive gifts and treats. And he promises not to touch the "ulcers of these places" anymore. However, from that time on, Olesya begins to avoid him and does not even give any explanations.

Premonition

The master begins to fall ill - he has been tormented by a fever for almost a week. Only when he felt a little better did he explain himself to Olesya, who told him that she was avoiding meetings with him because she wanted to deceive her fate. She also admitted that she loves him very much, and he reciprocated her. Despite the misgivings, their love grows stronger.

Describing the summary (Kuprin, "Olesya"), one should dwell on some events in detail. Time flew. Soon Ivan Timofeevich was to go to the city. He began to think about marrying Olesya and taking her away from here. Convinced that this is the right thought, he proposes to her. But the girl is in no hurry to agree, because she is no match for him.

massacre

And then the master had suspicions: he thought that she refused because of the fear of the church. But Olesya the next day made an appointment for him in the temple - it was the feast of the Holy Trinity. Here Ivan Timofeevich's heart became anxious. Unfortunately, on this day he is late and does not have time for the service in the church. When he arrives home, he hears from the clerk Nikita Nazarich Mishchenko that the village girls have arranged "fun". Having caught a young witch in the square, they gave her a beating, they even wanted to smear her with tar, but she ran away and threatened them that they would still cry enough. But Ivan Timofeevich finds out about all this a little later, but for now he rushes to look for her and finds a girl with no memory in bed. In a fever, she curses him and Manuilikha.

Revenge

When Olesya came to her senses, she warned the master that it was no longer possible to stay here with her grandmother and that they needed to part. And here the summary (Kuprin, "Olesya") comes to an end.

On the same night, ice hail fell on Perebrod. The alarmed Yarmola wakes up the master and asks to leave the village as soon as possible, since the hail has beaten almost all the inhabitants. The embittered peasants considered this revenge and blamed the witches for everything.

Ivan Timofeevich runs into the forest, enters the hut, but it is empty. He found only red beads there, left as a memory of tender and deep love.

Here on such a sad note you can finish the essay on the topic: “The work" Olesya "(Kuprin). Summary".