A. I. Kuprin
Nikolai Evgrafovich Almazov barely waited until his wife opened the door for him, and without taking off his coat, in his cap, went into his office. The wife, as soon as she saw his frowning face with knitted eyebrows and nervously biting his lower lip, immediately realized that a very great misfortune had happened ... She silently followed her husband. In the office, Almazov stood for a minute in one place, looking somewhere in the corner. Then he let go of the briefcase, which fell to the floor and opened up, and he threw himself into an armchair, angrily cracking his fingers folded together ...
Almazov, a young poor officer, attended lectures at the Academy of the General Staff and has just returned from there. Today he presented to the professor the last and most difficult practical work- instrumental survey of the area ...
Until now, all the exams have passed safely, and only God and Almazov's wife knew what terrible labor they cost ... To begin with, the very admission to the academy seemed impossible at first. For two years in a row, Almazov solemnly failed, and only on the third year did he overcome all obstacles with hard work. Without a wife, he, perhaps, not finding enough energy in himself, would have given up on everything. But Verochka did not let him lose heart and constantly kept him cheerful ... She learned to meet every failure with a clear, almost cheerful face. She denied herself everything necessary to create comfort for her husband, although cheap, but still necessary for a person busy with head work. She was, as needed, his scribe, draftsman, reader, tutor and memorial book.
Five minutes of heavy silence passed, drearily broken by the lame running of the alarm clock, long familiar and boring: one, two, three, three: two clean beats, the third with a hoarse interruption. Almazov sat without taking off his coat and hat and turned away... Vera stood two steps away from him, also in silence, with suffering on her beautiful, nervous face. Finally, she spoke first, with the caution with which only women speak at the bedside of a close seriously ill person ...
Despite the small volume, the work "Lilac Bush" is very soulful, the author is A. I. Kuprin. The story was written in 1894, and in the same year, in the fall, it was published in the journal Life and Art. The story quickly fell in love with readers and earned a lot of positive feedback.
For the theme, you can take love and relationships in the family, what a wife is ready to do for the sake of her beloved husband.
Idea-showing selfless and sacrificial love, disclosure family relations. Two main characters appear before the reader, these are the spouses Verochka and Nikolai. The author shows that Verochka is ready for anything for her husband. She does not sleep all night, and is ready to give away all the precious things, she is very good moral support for her husband, and does everything because she loves him. In his story, the author touched on the problem to some extent unequal marriage, Nikolai Almazov is a weak character, when Vera, on the contrary, is a very strong, wise, woman ready for anything for her husband.
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Nikolai Evgrafovich Almazov, one of the main characters of the story, comes home to his wife, and barely waiting for her to open the door, quickly goes to his office. The wife immediately understood from her husband’s face when something happened to him, and this time, seeing his stern and frowning face, she realized that something was wrong.
She followed Nikolai into his office. Almazov, in turn, was an ordinary poor young officer. Now he was studying at the Academy of the General Staff, and on this ill-fated day he had just returned from the exam. Today Almazov handed over his last completed work to the professor, and this work was very important and contained a survey of the area. Before that, there were other exams that were very difficult for Nikolai, and only his wife knew how he suffered and tried to pass everything.
Yes, if we take only the admission itself, then only in the third year of attempts Almazov managed to enter. All this time, his wife was next to him and supported him, perhaps if it were not for her support, Nikolai would have given up long ago and dropped his hands. Vera constantly tried in every possible way to help her husband, to cheer him up. She even taught herself not to get upset because of failures and always smile. Vera was ready to give up everything she wanted, if only to create comfortable conditions for her beloved husband, because she perfectly understood that he was at work with his head. She even helped him in every possible way at work and study, being his tutor, book, copyist and draftsman.
For about five minutes the couple sat in silence until Vera was the first to speak. She asked what happened to the job, if she was accepted, she wanted her husband to tell her everything. Nikolai reacted sharply, and in a nervous voice told his wife that the work had not been accepted. Almazov was very angry, because his work was not accepted because of the stain.
At first, Vera did not understand what had happened, after which her husband told her how he had been sitting at work until late in the evening, and was very tired. The plan turned out to be very good and neat, but at the very end, Nikolai's hands shook and he planted a stain on paper. I tried to clean it, but smeared it even more. Nikolai decided to draw trees in that place, and in the end everything turned out very well. At the check, the professor noticed the presence of bushes and began to ask where they came from in the drawing. So a dispute ensued, as a result, the professor was ready to go to that area to make sure that there were no bushes there.
Vera was probably even more upset than her husband. She thought about how to help him.
As a result, the wife goes to the pawnshop and rents there all the jewelry that she found in her. She wanted to use the money she received to buy vegetation and plant it in that place. Having come to the gardener, they start a conversation and the gardener recommends buying a lilac bush. The spouses, having listened to the man, buy a lilac bush and go to that area in order to plant vegetation there. The next day, the husband had to go back to hand over the work, Vera was very worried and was waiting for her husband. As a result, it turned out that the professor, who arrived at the place where the bush actually was, was very surprised and apologized. After that, he gave the go-ahead to this plan of the area. This case brought together and made the spouses happy, because it turned out the way they wanted. Now the lilac will truly become their favorite tree.
A young and poor officer named "Almazov" came home from a speech at the Academy of General. headquarters and sat down in his office without taking off his clothes. The wife immediately realized that a misfortune had happened. On this day, Nikolai defended his instrumental survey of the area to the professor. Nikolai Almazov was offendedly silent, but because of his wife's demands, he told his situation.
Last night, when Nikolai was already finishing work on the project, he planted a huge spot with ink. He wanted to clean it up, but it only made things worse. He did not think of anything better than to draw a bunch of trees in place of the spot. The scientist to whom Almazov handed over the work, of course, noticed this. Almazov wanted to argue, but the professor did not even want to hear that there were some trees there. The wife came up with an ingenious plan. They took all the jewelry from the house, and then went to the jewelry dealer. There they turned in a diamond ring and a bent bracelet, receiving 23 rubles for it.
Surprisingly, the diamond ring came out for only 3 rubles, and the old bracelet was priced much more expensive. Then they went to the gardener, it was already late, the gardener did not even agree to sell anything, but when Almazov's wife told this story, he sold them lilac bushes, and then they planted them in the right area. The next day, when Nikolai went to the professor to prove his case, the wife simply could not wait for her husband at home. She went out to meet him from work on the street. From afar, it was evident from his gait that everything went perfectly. They hugged, joined hands and happily went home.
So lilac became the favorite flower of the wife of Nikolai Almazov. This work teaches us that close people will often help us in a difficult situation, that such people should be greatly appreciated, because without them we cannot cope with this difficult life. The main thing in this life is support loved one, they are the most important thing that we have.
The young poor officer Nikolai Evgrafovich Almazov and his wife Vera are the main characters of the story. Nikolai studies at the Academy, and his wife helps him and supports him in everything.
Almazov was able to enter only on the third attempt, and only thanks to the persuasion and support of his wife. Vera knows how difficult it was for him to pass all the exams.
Back from last exam Nicholas looked very upset. The wife asked what happened. Almazov replied that it was all over and he would have to return to the service. Faith is not accustomed to retreat so easily. She found out from her husband that he accidentally put a stain on the drawing. In place of the spot, he had to draw bushes, but nothing grew in that area. The professor knew this very well and did not accept the work.
To pass the exam, Vera comes up with a good way out of the situation. She collects the jewelry they have in the house and sells it to the pawnshop. With the money she earns, she wants to buy bushes and plant them in the right place. Late in the evening, Vera persuades the gardener to sell them a lilac bush and give them workers to plant it. She stays with her husband and the workers until she is convinced that the ground and turf under the bush does not differ from the rest of the soil. It is very important that the lilac bush looks like it has been growing in this place for a very long time.
The next day, by the expression on her face and by the cheerful walk of her husband, Vera understands that everything went well. The professor believed Nikolai. He only wondered how he himself could forget that a bush grows in this place. Almazov was ashamed of his deceit, but passing the exam played a huge role in his future life. Professor Nikolay greatly admires, especially his extensive knowledge.
Vera and Nikolai walked down the street very happy, holding hands and laughing. Passers-by turned to look at them, not understanding the joy of young people.
At home, at dinner, they remembered the lilac bush and laughed again. Lilac has become the favorite flower of this young family.
The love and support of loved ones helps to overcome all obstacles.
Detailed retelling Lilac bush
The main characters of the story - Vera and Nikolai Almazov - married couple from Petersburg. Nikolai is studying at the military academy, and Verochka constantly keeps the spirit in him. Before entering, Nikolai failed several times, and if it were not for his wife, he would have given up on everything. This happened this time too - Almazov returned home after the last exam without a mood. Previous exams had not caused problems, but the spouses were well aware of the hard work behind this. Nikolai turned away and was silent, Vera started the conversation first. She learned that Nikolai, while drawing a project for an exam, left a blot from fatigue and corrected it as if trees were growing in this area.
However, the teacher was a pedant (Nikolai referred to German origin teacher), he knew the area perfectly and stated that there were no bushes there, to which Almazov entered into an argument. They decided to go to the same place the next day in order to finally make sure of everything. Nikolai was very upset, because if he did not pass this exam, he would go to the floor in disgrace.
Vera never gave up and supported her husband in everything, so she decided to immediately go to the gardener to plant bushes. In order to pay for his work, Vera collected her jewelry, after which the couple went to the pawnshop. The appraiser was accustomed to human grief, so he met the young couple with indifference. For the valuables brought, the Almazovs received about 23 rubles, this money was enough, and Vera and Nikolai went to the gardener.
When the couple was in place, the white night of St. Petersburg had already come, the old peasant was surprised and obviously not pleased that they turned to him at such a late hour, because he spent time with his family, besides, it was unthinkable to send workers so far in the middle of the night. Vera, as always, did not lose her head and honestly told the gardener about the misadventures that happened to Nikolai and about her idea, which aroused trust and sympathy. It was decided to plant lilac bushes - only they fit. The workers, the gardener, and the Almazovs immediately went out of town, to Right place. Nikolai tried to persuade his wife to go home, but she stayed with him until the end and painstakingly followed the work. When she made sure that everything looked as if the bushes had always been there, the couple finally went home.
The next day, Vera could not wait for her beloved and sit quietly for at least a minute. But when she went to meet her husband, she saw his happy face and bouncing gait and immediately understood everything. Nicholas, of course, was in the dust, wanted to sleep and was dying of hunger, but the victory made him forget about everything. When the Teacher was in place, he looked at the bushes for a long time, even tore off a leaf and tasted it. He asked Nikolai what kind of trees these were, Almazov replied that he did not know, suggested that they were birch trees. The teacher apologized to Nikolai, referring to the fact that he must be already old, his memory is weak. The young man regretted that he had to deceive his teacher, because he still had amazing knowledge, amazing accuracy in assessing the terrain.
Everything ended well, the couple went home and laughed so that passers-by looked at them like they were crazy. Nikolai dined with great appetite, he probably never had such an appetite, and when Verochka went into his office to bring tea, they both laughed. They asked each other what was the reason for the laughter, it turned out that they both laughed at the same time because of the incident with the bushes, and Vera wanted to say that the lilac would now be her favorite flower.
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A. I. Kuprin
lilac bush
Nikolai Evgrafovich Almazov barely waited until his wife opened the door for him, and without taking off his coat, in his cap, went into his office. The wife, as soon as she saw his frowning face with knitted eyebrows and nervously biting his lower lip, immediately realized that a very great misfortune had happened ... She silently followed her husband. In the office, Almazov stood for a minute in one place, looking somewhere in the corner. Then he let go of the briefcase, which fell to the floor and opened up, and he threw himself into an armchair, angrily cracking his fingers folded together ...
Almazov, a young poor officer, attended lectures at the Academy of the General Staff and has just returned from there. Today he presented to the professor the last and most difficult practical work - instrumental survey of the area ...
Until now, all the exams have passed safely, and only God and Almazov's wife knew what terrible labor they cost ... To begin with, the very admission to the academy seemed impossible at first. For two years in a row, Almazov solemnly failed, and only on the third year did he overcome all obstacles with hard work. Without a wife, he, perhaps, not finding enough energy in himself, would have given up on everything. But Verochka did not let him lose heart and constantly kept him cheerful ... She learned to meet every failure with a clear, almost cheerful face. She denied herself everything necessary to create comfort for her husband, although cheap, but still necessary for a person busy with head work. She was, as needed, his scribe, draftsman, reader, tutor and memorial book.
Five minutes of heavy silence passed, drearily broken by the lame clockwork, long familiar and boring: one, two, three, three: two clean blows, the third with a hoarse interruption. Almazov sat without taking off his coat and hat and turned away... Vera stood two steps away from him, also in silence, with suffering on her beautiful, nervous face. Finally, she spoke first, with the caution with which only women speak at the bedside of a close seriously ill person ...
– Kolya, how is your work?.. Is it bad?
He shrugged his shoulders and didn't answer.
– Kolya, your plan was rejected? You tell me, anyway, we'll discuss it together.
Almazov quickly turned to his wife and spoke ardently and irritably, as they usually say, expressing long-repressed resentment.
- Well, yes, well, yes, they rejected it, if you really want to know. Can't you see yourself? Everything went to hell!.. All this rubbish,” and he angrily kicked the portfolio with the drawings, “throw all this rubbish even into the stove now! That's the academy for you! A month later, again in the regiment, and even with disgrace, with a bang. And this is because of some filthy stain ... Oh, hell!
- What stain, Kolya? I do not understand anything.
She sat down on the arm of the chair and threw her arm around Almazov's neck. He did not resist, but continued to stare into the corner with an offended expression.
- What is the stain, Kolya? she asked again.
“Ah, well, an ordinary stain, green paint. You know, I didn't go to bed until three o'clock yesterday, I had to finish. The plan is beautifully drawn and illuminated. That's what everyone says. Well, I sat up yesterday, I was tired, my hands began to tremble - and I planted a stain ... And even such a thick stain ... greasy. Began to clean up and smeared even more. I thought, I thought what to make of it now, and I decided to depict a bunch of trees in that place ... It turned out very well, and it’s impossible to make out that there was a stain. I bring it to the professor today. “Yes, yes, yes. And where did you get the bushes here, lieutenant? I would have to tell you how it all happened. Well, maybe he would just laugh... However, no, he won't laugh, such a neat German, a pedant. I tell him: "Here really bushes grow." And he says: “No, I know this area like the back of my hand, and there can be no bushes here.” Word for word, we had a big conversation with him. And there were still many of our officers. “If you say so, he says that there are bushes on this saddle, then if you please ride there with me tomorrow ... I will prove to you that you either worked carelessly or drew directly from a three-verst map ...”
“But why does he say so confidently that there are no bushes there?”
- Oh, my God, why? What are you, by God, childish questions you ask. Yes, because for twenty years now he knows this area better than his bedroom. The most ugly pedant in the world, and a German on top of that... Well, it turns out in the end that I'm lying and entering into an altercation... Besides...
During the whole conversation, he pulled out burnt matches from the ashtray in front of him and broke them into small pieces, and when he stopped talking, he threw them on the floor with anger. It was evident that this strong man want to cry.
Husband and wife sat for a long time in heavy thought, not uttering a word. But suddenly Verochka jumped up from her chair with an energetic movement.
“Listen, Kolya, we have to go right now!” Get dressed soon.
Nikolai Evgrafovich frowned all over, as if from unbearable physical pain.
- Oh, don't talk nonsense, Vera. Do you really think I'm going to make excuses and apologize. This means directly signing the verdict on yourself. Please don't do stupid things.
“No, not stupidity,” Vera objected, stamping her foot. - No one is forcing you to go with an apology ... But simply, if there are no such stupid bushes, then they should be planted right away.
- Plant? .. Bushes? .. - Nikolai Evgrafovich goggled his eyes.
- Yes, plant. If you already told a lie, you need to correct it. Get ready, give me a hat ... A blouse ... You are not looking for it here, look in the closet ... An umbrella!
While Almazov, who tried to object, but did not listen, was looking for a hat and blouse. Vera quickly pulled out the drawers of tables and chests of drawers, pulled out baskets and boxes, opened them and scattered them on the floor.
“Earrings… Well, these are nothing… They won’t give anything for them… But this ring with a solitaire is expensive… We must definitely buy it back… It will be a pity if it disappears.” A bracelet ... they will also give very little. Antique and bent... Where is your silver cigarette case, Kolya?
Five minutes later, all the jewelry was packed into the reticule. Faith, already dressed, last time looked around to make sure nothing had been forgotten at home.
"Let's go," she finally said decisively.
“But where are we going?” Almazov tried to protest. - Now it will become dark, and my site is almost ten miles away.
- Nonsense ... let's go!
First of all, the Almazovs stopped at a pawnshop. It was evident that the appraiser had been so accustomed to the daily spectacles of human misfortunes that they did not touch him at all. He examined the things he had brought so methodically and for a long time that Verochka was already beginning to lose her temper. He especially offended her by the fact that he tried the diamond ring with acid and, having weighed it, valued it at three rubles.
- Why, this is a real diamond, - Vera was indignant, - it costs thirty-seven rubles, and then on occasion.
The appraiser closed his eyes with a look of tired indifference.
“We don’t care, sir, madam. We do not accept stones at all,” he said, throwing next thing, - we evaluate only metals-s.
But the old and bent bracelet, quite unexpectedly for Vera, was valued very dearly. In general, however, there were about twenty-three rubles. This amount was more than enough.
When the Almazovs arrived at the gardener, the white St. Petersburg night had already spilled over the sky and in the air with blue milk. The gardener, a Czech, a little old man with golden glasses, had just sat down to dinner with his family. He was very surprised and dissatisfied with the late appearance of customers and their unusual request. He probably suspected some kind of hoax and answered Verochkin's persistent requests very dryly:
- Sorry. But I can't send workers to such a distance at night. If you want tomorrow morning, then I am at your service.
Then there was only one remedy left: to tell the gardener in detail the whole story of the ill-fated spot, and Verochka did just that. The gardener listened at first incredulously, almost hostilely, but when Vera got to the point where she had the idea of planting a bush, he became more attentive and smiled sympathetically several times.
“Well, there’s nothing to do,” agreed the gardener, when Vera had finished talking, “tell me, what kind of bushes can you plant?”
However, of all the breeds that the gardener had, not one turned out to be suitable: willy-nilly, he had to stop at lilac bushes.
In vain Almazov tried to persuade his wife to go home. She went with her husband to the countryside, all the time while the bushes were being planted, she fussed hotly and interfered with the workers, and only then agreed to go home when she made sure that the turf near the bushes could not be distinguished at all from the grass that covered the entire saddle.
The next day, Vera could not sit at home and went out to meet her husband on the street. Even from a distance, from only her lively and slightly bouncing gait, she learned that the story with the bushes ended happily ... Indeed, Almazov was covered in dust and could barely stand on his feet from fatigue and hunger, but his face shone with the triumph of victory.
- Fine! Wonderful! he shouted ten more paces away in response to his wife's anxious expression. - Imagine, we came with him to these bushes. He already looked at them, looked, even tore off a leaf and chewed it. "What is this tree?" he asks. I say: "I don't know, yours." - "Birch, must be?" - speaks. I answer: "It must be, birch, yours." Then he turned to me and even extended his hand. “Excuse me, he says, lieutenant. I must be starting to get old if I forgot about these bushes. He is a nice professor, and such a clever one. Really, I'm sorry that I deceived him. One of the best professors we have. Knowledge is simply amazing. And what speed and accuracy in assessing the terrain is amazing!
But Vera was not enough that he told. She made him tell her the whole conversation with the professor again and again in detail. She was interested in the smallest details: what was the expression on the professor’s face, what tone he spoke about his old age, what Kolya himself felt at the same time ...
And they walked home as if there was no one else on the street except them: holding hands and constantly laughing. Passers-by stopped in bewilderment to take another look at this strange couple ...
Nikolai Evgrafovich had never dined with such appetite as on that day... After dinner, when Vera brought Almazov a glass of tea into his office, the husband and wife suddenly laughed at the same time and looked at each other.
- What are you? Vera asked.
- What are you doing?
- No, you speak first, and I then.
- Yes, that's nonsense. I remembered the whole story with lilacs. And you?
- I, too, are stupid, and also - about lilacs. I wanted to say that lilac will now forever be my favorite flower ...
