The Granate Bracelet

"The Granate Bracelet" of Alexander Kuprin is one of the most poetic, sad and vibrant stories in Russian classical literature, which has become a real hymn of pure, useless and ideal love. Written on the side of the epochs, this book asks the reader a complex and uncomfortable question: is there the same "love that is strong as death" and is we ready to meet it? In the center of the story is the princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina, the wife of the leader of nobleship. Her life runs quietly, dimensioned and respectful, and marriage with her husband has long translated into a solid and peaceful friendship. On the day of her names Vera receives an unexpected gift from her old, anonymous fan - a modest telegraphist by the name of Želtkov. This is an ancient golden bracelet decorated with rare green chrysolites and five dirty drop-shaped grenades. The husband and brother of Faith, angry with such courage of a small official, find Zeltkov to return the gift and stop persecution. The encounter with this quiet, tortured, but absolutely immeasurable person in his sense turns everything. Zeltkov agrees to disappear, but asks for permission for the last time to write to Vera and play for her the second sonata of Bethoven. Only after the tragic final the princess realizes that the great, only love that every woman dreams has passed through her. Kuprina managed to create an incredible musical work (not accidentally the epigraph to him stands Largo Appassionato Bethovena), where every detail - from the brilliant autumn garden to the bright glow of stones - is filled with deep symbolism. The author opposes the flawed, decent world union to the holy, sacrificed feeling of a "small man" who did not demand anything in return. This is a vibrant and bright drama about spiritual vision, which leaves a long, brilliant post-smack. **About what the book in three words:** Love, Bracelet, Gift. **Who to read:** To all the romantics and lovers of a thin psychological proza, lovers of beautiful and tragic love stories, as well as those who want to read one of the most musical and aesthetic books in Russian literature.