Creativity N.I. Karamzin in Russia laid the foundation for a new literary trend, sentimentalism. This trend replaced civic classicism and introduced emotionality, inner feelings of the characters and the narrator into Russian literature. The new word in Russian literature met with a lot of responses and imitations. Karamzin began to be considered the founder of sentimentalism in Russia. A summary of the story "Poor Lisa", rightfully considered a model of Russian sentimentalism, will introduce the reader to the storyline and the characters of the work.

Moscow suburbs

The narrative of "Poor Lisa" Karamzin begins with a description of the outskirts of Moscow, where he likes to take walks. The narrator likes the Simonov Monastery, standing on its mountain, you can see Moscow, reminiscent of a majestic amphitheater. The destroyed walls of the monastic refuge make the narrator think about the history of Russia. Native land, withstanding numerous attacks by enemy troops, could only rely on God.

Near the monastery there is a dilapidated hut, no one has lived here for a long time. Once upon a time, this was the home of the unfortunate girl Lisa, whose memories make the narrator shed tears.

Lisa's life

Lisa's father, thanks to diligence and sobriety, was able to become a wealthy man. After the sudden death of the head of the family, the wife and daughter were in distress. The lands cultivated by the mercenaries ceased to produce crops, and the mother, who constantly grieved for her lost husband, soon found herself unable to work. Lisa inherited her father's industriousness, she was a craftswoman. The girl tried to earn a living by doing a variety of jobs: weaving, knitting, picking flowers, berries, selling them in the city. The mother loved her daughter and asked God for a good fate for Lisa.

Meeting with Erast

One day, having collected lilies of the valley for sale, Liza was walking around the city and met a young man named Erast. The man liked the modest flower seller. He offered the beauty to sell flowers exclusively to him. Lisa, embarrassed, was about to leave.

The next day, the girl again went to the city, but did not meet the young master. Refusing to sell the flowers to other people, she threw them into the river.

A few days later, Erast came to Lisa's house, met the girl's mother, the young man made a good impression on her. He asked Lisa to sell flowers only to him. Liza was excited by the visit of the young master.

Erast was a rich and handsome nobleman, meeting with Liza gave him confidence that she was his ideal. Having read idyllic novels, he strove for an immaculate brotherly relationship with her. It seemed to him that nature itself, in the face of Lisa, was opening its arms to him.

Declaration of love

Lisa lost her peace, the image of a young master constantly haunted her. She tried to find solace in a morning walk to the river. Seeing a shepherd driving his flock, Liza indulged in dreams about how wonderful it would be if Erast was not a master, but an ordinary shepherd. Hearing that a boat was approaching the shore, she turned around and saw her Erast. Young lovers confessed their feelings to each other, and found solace in conversation and innocent hugs. Erast asked Lisa not to tell her mother about their relationship. The girl was surprised at such a request, but agreed to yield to her friend, although it was unpleasant for her to hide something from her mother.

Every day Lisa went on dates with Erast, they became closer to each other. Often the young man came to visit the mother of his beloved, they had conversations, and she often dreamed that Erast would attend her daughter's wedding and become the godfather of her children.

fatal night

Once Lisa came to a meeting with Erast in tears. She said that mother wants to marry her off to a guy from a neighboring village in order to leave this world in peace. The young man convinced the girl that after the death of her mother he would take her to him and live with her in love and happiness. Liza threw herself into his arms, and gave him her innocence. After that, she began to cry, she was afraid that now everything in the relationship would change. There was a thunder, Lisa was afraid that he would kill her for this sin. Erast swore that he would still love his Lisa always and would not leave her alone.

Meetings of lovers continued, but there was no spirituality and purity, which Erast liked. He could not be satisfied with modest brotherly embraces. Having received everything that Lisa could give, he quickly became fed up with love. Therefore, over time, I began to visit Lisa much less frequently.

One day he announced to her that he had to leave to fight. Lisa tried to dissuade him, but Erast said that he had to do an important deed in the name of honor. Lisa was upset, but promised to wait for her friend. When he left, the girl wanted to go after him, but she was stopped by thoughts of an elderly mother who needed her.

Meeting with Erast in Moscow

After several months of anxious waiting for the return of Erast, Liza went to Moscow to buy medicine for her sick mother. There she saw her beloved, and insane joy seized her. At the meeting, he behaved sternly: he took Lisa into the office and announced to her that he was engaged and would soon marry. In the war, playing cards, Erast squandered all his fortune and was forced to marry a wealthy elderly widow in order to cover his debts. The man gave Lisa a hundred rubles and escorted her out into the street.

Lisa's death

Once on the street, the girl fainted from the shock experienced. Waking up, she decided that she could not live without the love of the insidious Erast. Lisa met a neighbor girl, gave money for her mother, asked her to convey a request for forgiveness. The poor girl threw herself into the pond and drowned herself. The girl ran to the village for help, but Lisa could not be saved.

The mother could not bear the loss of Lisa and died of grief. The house they lived in was empty. The peasants claimed that the hut was haunted.

The fate of Erast

Erast did not know happiness, all his life he blamed himself for the death of Liza. He told the narrator the story of Lisa's tragic love.

This concludes a brief retelling of the story "Poor Liza", which includes only the most important events from the full version of the work!

"Poor Liza" is a sentimental story by the Russian writer Nikolai Mikhailovich. The date of writing is 1792. Feelings are the main thing in Karamzin's work. From this, he developed a passion for sentimental stories. In the 18th century, this story became one of the first printed in the style of sentimentalism. The work caused a huge amount of positive emotions among Karamzin's contemporaries, the youth accepted it with particular enthusiasm, and the critics did not have a single unkind word.

The narrator himself becomes part of the story. He tells us with particular sadness and regret about the fate of a simple village girl. All the heroes of the work shake the mind of the reader with the sincerity of their feelings, the image of the main character is especially noteworthy. The main thing in the story is to show how sincere and pure the feelings of a poor peasant woman and the low, vile feelings of a rich nobleman can be.

The first thing we see in the story is the neighborhood of Moscow. Sentimentalist writers generally paid much attention to the description of the landscape. Nature closely watches the development of relations between lovers, but does not empathize with them, but on the contrary, remains deaf at the most important moments. Liza is a kind girl by nature, with an open heart and soul.

The main place in Lisa's life was occupied by her beloved mother, whom she adored to the depths of her soul, treated her with great respect and reverence, helped her in everything, until Erast appeared. “Not sparing her tender youth, her rare beauty, she worked day and night - weaving canvases, knitting stockings, picking flowers in the spring, picking berries in the summer - and selling them in Moscow” - these are lines from the story, from which you can see how the girl tried to everyone to be useful to the mother and protected her from everything. Mother sometimes pressed her to her chest and called her joy and nurse.

The girl's life proceeded calmly, until one day she fell in love with the young nobleman Erast. He is a smart, educated, well-read, well-educated person. He loved to remember those times when people lived from holiday to holiday, did not care about anything and lived only for their own pleasure. They met when Liza was selling flowers in Moscow. The girl immediately liked Erast, he was captivated by her beauty, modesty, kindness and gullibility. Liza's love came from the bottom of her heart, and the power of this love was so great that the girl completely trusted Erast with her soul and heart. It was the first feeling for her. She wanted a long and happy life with Erast, but happiness was not as durable as she painted in her dreams.

Lisa's beloved turned out to be a materialistic, low and conceited person. All her feelings seemed to him just fun, because he was a man who lived one day, not thinking about the consequences of his actions. And Lisa at first fascinated him with her purity and spontaneity. They declare their love to each other and promise to keep love forever. But having received the desired intimacy, he no longer wants anything. Lisa was no longer an angel for him, which delighted and inflamed Erast's soul.

At the meeting, Erast announced a military campaign and a forced absence. Lisa cries, worrying about her beloved. He comes to say goodbye to her mother and gives money, not wanting to sell Lisa's work to others in his absence. But he does not grieve at all, not so much serving as having fun. He lost almost all his fortune in cards. In order not to think about this headache, he decides to marry a rich widow.

Two months have passed since the breakup. Liza accidentally saw Erast when she came to the city to buy rose water. He is forced to confess his sins in his office, giving her a hundred rubles and apologizing, asks the servant to escort the girl from the yard. Poor Liza herself does not know how she ended up near the pond. She asks a neighbor girl who was passing by to give her mother money and the words that she loved one person, and he cheated on her. She then jumps into the pond.

The betrayal of a loved one is too strong a blow for Lisa's fragile soul. And he became deadly in her life. Her life has become overwork, and she decides to die. A moment, and the girl is taken out from the bottom of the river lifeless. Thus ends the story of the poor peasant woman. The mother, unable to bear the death of her only daughter, dies. Erast lived a long, but completely unhappy life, constantly reproaching himself for ruining the life of a good and kind Liza. It was he who told the author this story a year before his death. Who knows, maybe they have already reconciled.

In the outskirts of Moscow, not far from the Simonov Monastery, once a young girl Liza lived with her old mother. After the death of Lisa's father, a rather prosperous peasant, his wife and daughter became impoverished. The widow grew weaker day by day and could not work. Only Lisa, not sparing her tender youth and rare beauty, worked day and night - weaving canvases, knitting stockings, picking flowers in the spring, and selling berries in the summer in Moscow.

One spring, two years after her father's death, Liza came to Moscow with lilies of the valley. A young, well-dressed man met her on the street. Upon learning that she was selling flowers, he offered her a ruble instead of five kopecks, saying that "beautiful lilies of the valley plucked by the hands of a beautiful girl are worth a ruble." But Lisa refused the offered amount. He did not insist, but said that from now on he would always buy flowers from her and would like her to pick them only for him.

Arriving home, Liza told her mother everything, and the next day she picked the best lilies of the valley and again came to the city, but this time she did not meet the young man. Throwing flowers into the river, she returned home with sadness in her soul. The next evening, a stranger himself came to her house. As soon as she saw him, Liza rushed to her mother and excitedly announced who was coming to them. The old woman met the guest, and he seemed to her a very kind and pleasant person. Erast - that was the name of the young man - confirmed that he was going to buy flowers from Lisa in the future, and she did not have to go to the city: he himself could call on them.

Erast was a rather wealthy nobleman, with a fair mind and a naturally kind heart, but weak and windy. He led a distracted life, thinking only about his own pleasure, looking for it in secular amusements, and not finding it, he got bored and complained about his fate. The immaculate beauty of Liza at the first meeting shocked him: it seemed to him that in her he found exactly what he had been looking for for a long time.

This was the start of their long relationship. Every evening they saw each other either on the banks of the river, or in a birch grove, or under the shade of hundred-year-old oaks. They embraced, but their embrace was pure and innocent.

So several weeks passed. It seemed that nothing could interfere with their happiness. But one evening Lisa came to the meeting sad. It turned out that the groom, the son of a rich peasant, was wooing her, and the mother wanted her to marry him. Erast, comforting Lisa, said that after the death of his mother, he would take her to him and would live with her inseparably. But Liza reminded the young man that he could never be her husband: she is a peasant woman, and he is of a noble family. You offend me, Erast said, for your friend, your soul is most important, sensitive, innocent soul, you will always be closest to my heart. Liza threw herself into his arms - and in this hour, purity was to perish.

The delusion passed in one minute, giving way to surprise and fear. Liza cried, saying goodbye to Erast.

Their dates continued, but how everything had changed! Liza was no longer an angel of purity for Erast; platonic love gave way to feelings that he could not be "proud of" and which were not new to him. Liza noticed a change in him, and it saddened her.

Once, during a date, Erast told Lisa that he was being drafted into the army; they will have to part for a while, but he promises to love her and hopes to never part with her upon his return. It is not difficult to imagine how hard Liza felt the separation from her beloved. However, hope did not leave her, and every morning she woke up with the thought of Erast and their happiness upon his return.

So it took about two months. Once Lisa went to Moscow and on one of the big streets she saw Erast passing by in a magnificent carriage, which stopped near a huge house. Erast went out and was about to go to the porch, when he suddenly felt himself in Liza's arms. He turned pale, then, without saying a word, led her into the study and locked the door. Circumstances have changed, he announced to the girl, he is engaged.

Before Lisa could come to her senses, he led her out of the study and told the servant to escort her out of the yard.

Finding herself on the street, Liza went aimlessly, unable to believe what she heard. She left the city and wandered for a long time, until suddenly she found herself on the shore of a deep pond, under the shade of ancient oaks, which, a few weeks before, had been silent witnesses of her delights. This memory shocked Lisa, but after a few minutes she fell into deep thought. Seeing a neighbor girl walking along the road, she called her, took all the money out of her pocket and gave it to her, asking her to give it to her mother, kiss her and ask her to forgive the poor daughter. Then she threw herself into the water, and they could not save her.

Liza's mother, having learned about the terrible death of her daughter, could not stand the blow and died on the spot. Erast was unhappy until the end of his life. He did not deceive Lisa when he told her that he was going to the army, but instead of fighting the enemy, he played cards and lost all his fortune. He had to marry an elderly rich widow who had been in love with him for a long time. Upon learning of Liza's fate, he could not console himself and considered himself a murderer. Now, perhaps, they have already reconciled.

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Near Moscow, not far from the Simonov Monastery, lived a young individual named Lisa with her elderly mother. After the death of Liza's father, mother and daughter were completely impoverished. Due to the fact that mother was already quite advanced in age, she could not do almost any work, and the entire household was supported by her daughter Liza. Liza never complained and worked tirelessly with her tender young hands. In order to bring at least some money to the family, Lisa sold various things at the local market. In winter, the girl sold hosiery, in spring snowdrops, and in summer berries.

One day, Lisa once again went to the market in order to sell lilies of the valley. On this day, she met a young man, instead of the five kopecks that the girl asked for flowers, the guy offered her a ruble - a rather large amount, it should be noted. But Lisa refused, the young man did not insist, but said that he would only buy flowers from Lisa.

Returning home, Lisa told her mother everything. After that, in the morning I picked the most beautiful lilies of the valley and went to the market. But not finding a guy in the market, she was very upset, threw all the flowers into the water. But the next day, Lisa was waiting for an unexpected visit. The stranger came straight to her house. Lisa was very excited, so she immediately went to her mother. Mother met the uninvited guest and noted that he turned out to be a very pleasant person. The heroine also learned the name of the guest. His name was Erast. Erast announced that he would call for flowers directly to the girl's home so that she would no longer go to the market.
The beauty and innocence of the girl hit the heart of a young man like arrows, so their spiritual long-term meetings began. Every evening they met at the bank of the river, in a birch grove or under a mighty oak. These evenings were so warm and pleasant, Erast and Lisa, already in love with each other, sat, hugged, discussed various topics, or simply remained silent, enjoying each other.

Unfortunately, the happiness of the beloved did not last long. A few weeks later, the girl came to Erast in sadness. She was very upset. When the guy asked what happened, Lisa replied that she had been married to a local fiance and that they had no right to refuse. Erast consoled Lisa, promising her that after the death of her mother, he would take the girl to his wife, but Lisa did not want to listen to this. After all, she knew that they could not be together, because. they are from different classes. Sadness gripped them both. And in frustrated feelings, they began to say goodbye, falling into the arms of each other as if for the last time. Tears rolled down Lisa's cheeks, she did not want to part with Erast. She was in pain.

However, after this news, the date did not end, but Lisa never came to her senses, because she noticed a clear change in the face of her beloved, completely different feelings were already read on it, not similar to those that were before.

On one of the subsequent dates, Erast said that they would have to part for a while, because. he is taken into service. Erast promised to love and not forget Liza, and she, in turn, swore the same. Every morning and evening, the heroine woke up and fell asleep with one thought, and she was only about one thing, to see him as soon as possible ...

After two painful months, Liza still saw Erast, but it was a completely joyless meeting. Erast drove up in a magnificent carriage to a large house. After the guy came out of her, he immediately felt his own embrace. But no emotions showed on his face, he told Lisa that he could no longer be with her, because. engaged to another.

Liza, without having time to come to her senses, was led out of the courtyard of this large house by the servants. With absolute emptiness in her soul, the girl wandered wherever her eyes looked. She walked for a long time, calmly, without hurrying. Until I found myself at a beautiful deep pond. There was not a soul around, only a few oak trees witnessed this incident. Lisa thought for a long time, after which, having met a neighbor girl, she gave her all her money and asked her to give them to her mother with a plea for forgiveness and a tender kiss. Immediately after that, Liza forever plunged deep into the bottom of the pond, it was impossible to save her.

Lisa's mother, having learned about her daughter's suicide, died on the spot, Erast lived an unhappy life with an old widow and the thought that he was a murderer. As for the army, he did not deceive Lisa, just instead of serving, he only lost all his fortune in cards, after which he was forcibly engaged to his future wife, an old woman.

In the outskirts of Moscow, not far from the Simonov Monastery, once a young girl Liza lived with her old mother. After the death of Lisa's father, a rather prosperous peasant, his wife and daughter became impoverished. The widow grew weaker day by day and could not work. Only Liza, not sparing her tender youth and rare beauty, worked day and night - weaving canvases, knitting stockings, picking flowers in the spring, and selling berries in the summer in Moscow.

One spring, two years after her father's death, Liza came to Moscow with lilies of the valley. A young, well-dressed man met her on the street. Upon learning that she was selling flowers, he offered her a ruble instead of five kopecks, saying that "beautiful lilies of the valley plucked by the hands of a beautiful girl are worth a ruble." But Lisa refused the offered amount. He did not insist, but said that from now on he would always buy flowers from her and would like her to pick them only for him.

Arriving home, Liza told her mother everything, and the next day she picked the best lilies of the valley and again came to the city, but this time she did not meet the young man. Throwing flowers into the river, she returned home with sadness in her soul. The next evening, a stranger himself came to her house. As soon as she saw him, Liza rushed to her mother and excitedly announced who was coming to them. The old woman met the guest, and he seemed to her a very kind and pleasant person. Erast - that was the name of the young man - confirmed that he was going to buy flowers from Lisa in the future, and she did not have to go to the city: he himself could call on them.

Erast was a rather wealthy nobleman, with a fair mind and a naturally kind heart, but weak and windy. He led a distracted life, thinking only about his own pleasure, looking for it in secular amusements, and not finding it, he got bored and complained about his fate. The immaculate beauty of Liza at the first meeting shocked him: it seemed to him that in her he found exactly what he had been looking for for a long time.

This was the start of their long relationship. Every evening they saw each other either on the banks of the river, or in a birch grove, or under the shade of hundred-year-old oaks. They embraced, but their embrace was pure and innocent.

So several weeks passed. It seemed that nothing could interfere with their happiness. But one evening Lisa came to the meeting sad. It turned out that the groom, the son of a rich peasant, was wooing her, and the mother wanted her to marry him. Erast, comforting Lisa, said that after the death of his mother, he would take her to him and would live with her inseparably. But Liza reminded the young man that he could never be her husband: she is a peasant woman, and he is of a noble family. You offend me, Erast said, for your friend, your soul is most important, sensitive, innocent soul, you will always be closest to my heart. Liza threw herself into his arms - and at this hour chastity was to perish.

The delusion passed in one minute, giving way to surprise and fear. Liza cried, saying goodbye to Erast.

Their dates continued, but how everything had changed! Liza was no longer an angel of purity for Erast; platonic love gave way to feelings that he could not be "proud of" and which were not new to him. Liza noticed a change in him, and it saddened her.

Once, during a date, Erast told Lisa that he was being drafted into the army; they will have to part for a while, but he promises to love her and hopes to never part with her upon his return. It is not difficult to imagine how hard Liza felt the separation from her beloved. However, hope did not leave her, and every morning she woke up with the thought of Erast and their happiness upon his return.

So it took about two months. Once Lisa went to Moscow and on one of the big streets she saw Erast passing by in a magnificent carriage, which stopped near a huge house. Erast went out and was about to go to the porch, when he suddenly felt himself in Liza's arms. He turned pale, then, without saying a word, led her into the study and locked the door. Circumstances have changed, he announced to the girl, he is engaged.

Before Lisa could come to her senses, he led her out of the study and told the servant to escort her out of the yard.

Finding herself on the street, Liza went aimlessly, unable to believe what she heard. She left the city and wandered for a long time, until suddenly she found herself on the shore of a deep pond, under the shade of ancient oaks, which, a few weeks before, had been silent witnesses of her delights. This memory shocked Lisa, but after a few minutes she fell into deep thought. Seeing a neighbor girl walking along the road, she called her, took all the money out of her pocket and gave it to her, asking her to give it to her mother, kiss her and ask her to forgive the poor daughter. Then she threw herself into the water, and they could not save her.

Liza's mother, having learned about the terrible death of her daughter, could not stand the blow and died on the spot. Erast was unhappy until the end of his life. He did not deceive Lisa when he told her that he was going to the army, but instead of fighting the enemy, he played cards and lost all his fortune. He had to marry an elderly rich widow who had been in love with him for a long time. Upon learning of Liza's fate, he could not console himself and considered himself a murderer. Now, perhaps, they have already reconciled.

Once there lived a young and sweet girl Lisa. Her prosperous father died, and Lisa was left with her mother to live in poverty. The unfortunate widow grew weaker every day and could no longer work. Liza wove canvases day and night, knitted stockings, went for flowers in the spring, and picked berries in the summer, after which she sold them in Moscow.

Two years after the death of her father, the girl went to the city to sell lilies of the valley and met a young man on the street. He offered a whole ruble instead of five kopecks for her goods, but the girl refused. The guy asked to always sell him flowers plucked only for him.

When Lisa returned home, she told her mother about the stranger. In the morning she picked the most beautiful lilies of the valley, but she did not meet a guy. Frustrated, Liza threw the flowers into the river, and in the evening of the next day the young man came to her house himself.

Lisa and her mother greeted the guest. He seemed very nice and kind to them. The guy called himself Erast and said that from now on he would become the only buyer of Liza, and that the girl would no longer go to the city.

Erast was rich, smart, kind, but weak and fickle in character. The beauty of Lisa sunk deep into the soul of a nobleman. Thus began their meetings and long dates. A few weeks passed and everything was fine, but one day Lisa came with a sad look on her face. A rich groom began to woo her, and her mother decided to give her in marriage. Erast promised the girl to take her to him after the death of her mother, despite the fact that a peasant woman and a nobleman cannot be together. Another moment and the couple would have drowned in depravity, but delusion was replaced by reason.

After some time, Erast went into the army, but promised to return and love the girl forever. But two months later, Lisa met Erast in the city and found out that he was engaged. Lisa was beside herself with grief. She walked down the street and reached the local deep pond. She stood for a long time, immersed in her thoughts. I saw a girl passing by, and gave her all the money to give it to her mother, and then threw herself into the water.

Upon learning of the death of her daughter, the old woman died on the spot. And Erast was unhappy until the end of his days. In the army, he played cards and lost his entire fortune, after which he had to marry an elderly rich widow in order to pay off the debt. He learned about the fate of Lisa and felt guilty.