“I was then twenty-five years old,” N.N. began, “things of bygone days, as you can see. I had just broken free and gone abroad, not in order to “finish my upbringing”, as they used to say then, but simply I wanted to look at the world of God. I was healthy, young, cheerful, no money was transferred from me, worries had not yet had time to start - I lived without looking back, did what I wanted, prospered, in a word. It never occurred to me then that a person is not a plant and that he cannot flourish for a long time. Youth eats gilded gingerbread, and thinks that this is their daily bread; and the time will come - and you will ask for bread. But there is no point in talking about it.

I traveled without any purpose, without a plan; I stopped wherever I liked, and immediately set off further as soon as I felt a desire to see new faces - namely, faces. I was occupied exclusively with people; I hated curious monuments, wonderful meetings, the very sight of a long-footman aroused in me a feeling of melancholy and malice; I almost lost my mind in the Dresden Grün Gewölbe.

The hero was very fond of the crowd. He was amused by "watching people ...". But recently N.N. received a severe spiritual wound, and therefore sought solitude. He settled in the town of 3., which was located two versts from the Rhine. Somehow, while walking, the hero heard music. He was told that it was the students who had come from B. to the business. N.N. decided to go and have a look.

II

Kommersh is a special kind of solemn feast, to which students of one land, or brotherhood, converge. “Almost all participants in the commercial wear the long-established costume of German students: Hungarians, big boots and small hats with bands of famous colors. Students usually gather for dinner under the chairmanship of a senior, that is, a foreman, and they feast until morning, drink, sing songs, Landesvater, Gaudeamus, smoke, scold the philistines; sometimes they hire an orchestra.”

N.N. mingled with the crowd of spectators. And then suddenly I heard a Russian conversation. Here, next to him, stood a young man in a cap and a wide jacket; he held by the arm a girl of short stature, in a straw hat that covered the entire upper part of her face. The hero did not expect to see the Russians "in such a remote place."

They introduced themselves. The young man is Gagin. The girl standing next to him, he called his sister. Gagin also travels for his pleasure. He had a face “sweet, affectionate, with large soft eyes and soft curly hair. He spoke in such a way that, even without seeing his face, you could feel by the sound of his voice that he was smiling.

The girl whom he called his sister seemed to me at first sight to be very pretty. There was something of her own, special, in the make-up of her swarthy, round face, with a small, thin nose, almost childish cheeks, and black, bright eyes. She was gracefully built, but as if not yet fully developed. She didn't look like her brother at all."

Gagin and Asya (her name was Anna) invited N.N. to visit you. Their house was high up in the mountains. Dinner began. Asya turned out to be very mobile. “... She got up, ran into the house and ran again, sang in an undertone, often laughed, and in a strange way: it seemed that she laughed not at what she heard, but at various thoughts that came into her head. Her large eyes looked straight, bright, bold, but sometimes her eyelids squinted slightly, and then her gaze suddenly became deep and tender.

We arrived at the castle ruins. “We were already approaching them, when suddenly a female figure flashed ahead of us, quickly ran across a pile of rubble and fit on a wall ledge, right above the abyss.” It turned out to be Asya! Gagin shook his finger at her, and N.N. loudly reproached her for her imprudence.

“Asya continued to sit motionless, tucking her legs under her and wrapping her head in a muslin scarf; her slender appearance was distinctly and beautifully drawn in the clear sky; but I looked at her with a feeling of hostility. Already the day before, I noticed something tense in her, not quite natural ... “She wants to surprise us,” I thought, “what is this for? What kind of childish trick is this? As if guessing my thoughts, she suddenly threw a quick and piercing glance at me, laughed again, jumped off the wall in two jumps and, going up to the old woman, asked her for a glass of water.

“She suddenly seemed ashamed, lowered her long eyelashes and modestly sat down beside us, as if guilty. Here I took a good look at her face for the first time, the most changeable face I have ever seen. A few moments later, it had already turned pale and assumed a concentrated, almost sad expression; Her very features seemed to me larger, stricter, simpler. She was all quiet. We walked around the ruins (Asya followed us) and admired the views. N.N. it seemed that Asya was constantly playing a new role in front of him. Gagin indulged her in everything. Then the girl went to Frau Louise - the widow of the former burgomaster here, a kind, but empty old woman. She loved Asya very much. “Asya has a passion to get acquainted with people of the lower circle; I noticed: the cause of this is always pride. She’s quite spoiled with me, as you see,” he added, after a pause, “but what do you want to do? I don’t know how to collect from anyone, and even more so from her. I have to be lenient with her."

In the evening, friends went to Frau Louise to see if Asya was there. Arriving home, N.N. “I started thinking... thinking about Asa. It occurred to me that during the course of the conversation Gagin had hinted to me of some kind of difficulty preventing his return to Russia... “Enough, is she his sister?” I said out loud.

V

“The next morning I again went to L. I assured myself that I wanted to see Gagin, but secretly I was drawn to see what Asya would do, whether she would be “strange” as the day before. I found them both in the living room, and, strange to say! - Is it because I thought a lot about Russia at night and in the morning, - Asya seemed to me a completely Russian girl, yes, a simple girl, almost a maid. She was wearing an old dress, she combed her hair behind her ears, and sat motionless by the window, sewing in the embroidery frame, modestly, quietly, as if she had done nothing else in her lifetime. She said almost nothing, calmly looked at her work, and her features took on such an insignificant, everyday expression that I involuntarily remembered our homegrown Katya and Masha. To complete the resemblance, she began to hum "Mother, dove" in an undertone. I looked at her yellowish, faded face, remembered yesterday's dreams, and I felt sorry for something.

VI

For two weeks in a row N.N. visited the Gagins. “Asya seemed to be avoiding me, but she no longer allowed herself any of those pranks that had so surprised me during the first two days of our acquaintance. She seemed secretly distressed or embarrassed; she laughed less. I watched her with curiosity." The girl turned out to be extremely proud. But Gagin treated her not in a brotherly way: too affectionately, too condescendingly, and at the same time somewhat forced. A strange case confirmed the suspicions of N.N.

One evening he overheard a conversation between Asya and Gagin. The girl fervently said that she did not want to love anyone but him. Gagin replied that he believed her. On the way home N.N. everyone thought, why should “Gagin” pretend to be in front of him.

Gagin met N.N. very affectionately. But Asya, as soon as she saw him, burst out laughing without any reason and, according to her habit, immediately ran away. The conversation didn't stick. N.N. decided to leave. Gagin volunteered to see him off. “In the hall, Asya suddenly came up to me and held out her hand to me; I shook her fingers lightly and bowed slightly to her. Together with Gagin, we crossed the Rhine and, passing by my favorite ash tree with a statue of the Madonna, sat down on a bench to admire the view. A wonderful conversation took place here between us.

At first we exchanged a few words, then fell silent, looking at the bright river.

Gagin suddenly asked which N.N. opinions about Asa. Doesn't she seem to N.N. strange? The young man replied that she was indeed a little strange. Gagin began to tell Asya's story.

“My father was a very kind, intelligent, educated man - and unhappy. Fate dealt with him no worse than with many others; but he did not bear the first blow. He married early, for love; his wife, my mother, died very soon; I stayed after her six months. My father took me to the village and did not go anywhere for twelve years. He himself was involved in my upbringing and would never have parted with me if his brother, my own uncle, had not stopped by our village. This uncle lived permanently in St. Petersburg and occupied a rather important place. He persuaded my father to give me to him in his arms, since my father would never agree to leave the village. My uncle suggested to him that it was harmful for a boy of my age to live in complete solitude, that with such an eternally dull and silent mentor as my father was, I would certainly lag behind my peers, and my very temper could easily deteriorate. The father resisted the exhortations of his brother for a long time, but finally yielded. I cried, parting with my father; I loved him, although I never saw a smile on his face ... but, having got to Petersburg, I soon forgot our dark and gloomy nest. I entered the cadet school, and from school I moved to the Guards Regiment. Every year I came to the village for a few weeks, and every year I found my father more and more sad, self-absorbed, thoughtful to the point of timidity. He went to church every day and almost forgot how to speak. On one of my visits (I was already more than twenty years old) I saw for the first time in our house a thin black-eyed girl about ten years old - Asya. The father said that she was an orphan and taken by him to feed - he put it that way. I didn't pay much attention to her; she was wild, agile and silent, like an animal, and as soon as I entered my father's favorite room, a huge and gloomy room where my mother died and where candles were lit even during the day, she immediately hid behind his Voltaire chair or behind a bookcase . It so happened that in the three or four years that followed, the duties of the service prevented me from visiting the countryside. I received a short letter from my father every month; he rarely mentioned Asya, and then in passing. He was already in his fifties, but he seemed still a young man. Imagine my horror: suddenly I, suspecting nothing, receive a letter from the clerk in which he informs me of my father's fatal illness and begs me to come as soon as possible if I want to say goodbye to him. I galloped headlong and found my father alive, but with his last breath. He was exceedingly glad to see me, hugged me with his emaciated arms, looked into my eyes for a long time with some kind of searching, or imploring look, and, taking my word that I would fulfill his last request, ordered his old valet to bring Asya. The old man brought her in; she could hardly stand on her feet and was trembling all over.

Here, - my father said to me with an effort, - I will bequeath to you my daughter - your sister. You will learn everything from Yakov,” he added, pointing to the valet.

Asya sobbed and fell face down on the bed... Half an hour later my father died.

Here's what I found out. Asya was the daughter of my father and my mother's former maid, Tatyana. I vividly remember this Tatyana, I remember her tall, slender figure, her fine, stern, intelligent face, with large dark eyes. She was known as a proud and impregnable girl. As far as I could understand from Yakov's respectful omissions, my father became friends with her several years after my mother's death. Tatyana no longer lived then in the master's house, but in the hut of her married sister, a cowgirl. My father became very attached to her and after my departure from the village even wanted to marry her, but she herself did not agree to be his wife, despite his requests.

The deceased Tatyana Vasilievna, - this is how Yakov reported to me, standing at the door with his arms thrown back, - they were reasonable in everything and did not want to offend your father. What, they say, I'm your wife? what kind of lady am I? So they deigned to speak, they spoke in front of me, sir.

Tatyana did not even want to move into our house and continued to live with her sister, together with Asya. As a child, I saw Tatyana only on holidays, in church. Tied with a dark scarf, with a yellow shawl on her shoulders, she stood in the crowd, near the window - her stern profile was clearly cut out on the transparent glass - and humbly and importantly prayed, bowing low, in the old way. When my uncle took me away, Asya was only two years old, and in her ninth year she lost her mother.

As soon as Tatyana died, her father took Asya to his house. He had previously expressed a desire to have her with him, but Tatyana refused him this too. Just imagine what was to happen in Asa when she was taken to the master. She still cannot forget the moment when they put on her silk dress for the first time and kissed her hand. Her mother, while she was alive, kept her very strictly; with her father she enjoyed perfect freedom. He was her teacher; besides him, she saw no one. He did not spoil her, that is, he did not nurse her; but he loved her passionately and never forbade her anything: in his heart he considered himself guilty before her. Asya soon realized that she was the main person in the house, she knew that her master was her father; but she just as soon realized her false position; pride developed in her strongly, distrust too; bad habits took root, simplicity disappeared. She wanted (she herself confessed this to me once) to make the whole world forget her origin; she was both ashamed of her mother and ashamed of her shame... You see that she knew and knows a lot that she shouldn't know at her age... But is she to blame? Young forces played out in her, her blood boiled, and not a single hand was nearby to guide her. Complete independence in everything! is it easy to take it out? She wanted to be no worse than other young ladies; she threw herself on the books. What could possibly go wrong here? An incorrectly begun life was formed incorrectly, but the heart did not deteriorate in it, the mind survived.

And now I, a twenty-year-old fellow, found myself with a thirteen-year-old girl in my arms! In the first days after my father's death, at the mere sound of my voice, she was overcome with fever, my caresses plunged her into melancholy, and only little by little, little by little, did she get used to me. True, later, when she became convinced that I definitely recognized her as a sister and fell in love with her like a sister, she became passionately attached to me: not a single feeling is half in her.

I brought her to Petersburg. No matter how painful it was for me to part with her, I could not in any way live with her; I put her in one of the best boarding houses. Asya understood the need for our separation, but she began by falling ill and almost dying. Then she got tired of it and survived in a boarding school for four years; but, contrary to my expectations, she remained almost the same as she was before. The hostess often complained to me about her. “And you can’t punish her,” she used to say to me, “and she doesn’t give in to affection.” Asya was extremely quick-witted, she studied well, best of all; but in no way did she want to come under the general level, she became stubborn, looked like a beech ... I could not blame her too much: in her position she had to either serve or be shy. Of all her friends, she made friends with only one, ugly, driven and poor girl. The rest of the young ladies with whom she was brought up, mostly from good families, did not like her, taunted her and stabbed her as best they could; Asya did not yield to their hair. Once, in a lesson on the law of God, the teacher spoke about vices. “Flattery and cowardice are the worst vices,” Asya said loudly. In a word, she continued on her way; only her manners have improved, although in this respect she does not seem to have done much.

At last she was seventeen years old; it was impossible for her to stay longer at the boarding house. I was in quite a bit of trouble. Suddenly a good thought came to me: to retire, go abroad for a year or two and take Asya with me. Conceived - done; and here we are with her on the banks of the Rhine, where I try to paint, and she ... is naughty and weird as before. But now I hope you won't judge her too harshly; and although she pretends that she doesn’t care about anything, she values ​​\u200b\u200bthe opinion of everyone, especially yours.

And Gagin again smiled his quiet smile. I squeezed his hand tightly."

The trouble is that Asya, for no apparent reason, suddenly began to assure Gagin that she loves him alone, and will love forever. Asya needs a hero, an extraordinary person - or a picturesque shepherd in a mountain gorge. N.N. became easy after this conversation.

IX

N.N. decided to return to the Gagins in the house. Now the hero understood Asya much more: her inner restlessness, inability to behave, desire to show off ... N.N. invited Asya to take a walk in the vineyard. She agreed at once, with cheerful and almost submissive readiness. We talked about mountains. Asya told N.N. that she was very glad that he had returned. When they were back in the house on the mountain, they waltzed. Asya danced beautifully, with enthusiasm. “Something soft, feminine suddenly appeared through her girlishly strict appearance. For a long time afterwards, my hand felt the touch of her tender figure, for a long time I heard her accelerated, close breathing, for a long time I imagined dark, motionless, almost closed eyes on a pale, but lively face, briskly covered with curls.

“Going the next day to the Gagins, I did not ask myself if I was in love with Asya, but I thought a lot about her, her fate occupied me, I rejoiced at our unexpected rapprochement. I felt that only since yesterday I had recognized her; until then she had turned her back on me.”

Asya blushed when N.N. Walked in the room. She was not the same as yesterday. She didn't sleep well that night, she kept thinking. I thought about whether she was interesting to people, whether she was smart ... She even asked N.N. tell her what to do so he doesn't get bored. Then Asya left.

"Does she love me?" I asked myself the next day, just waking up. I didn't want to look into myself. I felt that her image, the image of a "girl with a strained laugh," was pressed into my soul and that I would not soon get rid of it. I went to GI. and stayed there all day, but saw Asya only briefly. She was unwell; she had a headache. She went downstairs for a moment, with her forehead bandaged, pale, thin, with her eyes almost closed; smiled weakly, said: “It will pass, it’s nothing, everything will pass, won’t it?” - and left. I became bored and somehow sad-empty; I, however, did not want to leave for a long time and returned late, not seeing her again.

The next morning the boy handed over to N.N. a note from Asya: “I must certainly see you, come today at four o'clock to the stone chapel on the road near the ruins. I made a big imprudence today... Come for God's sake, you will know everything... Tell the messenger: yes.

XIV

Gagin came: “On the fourth day, I surprised you with my story; Today I will surprise you even more.” He said that his sister Asya was in love with N.N.

“She says she was attached to you at first sight. That's why she was crying the other day when she assured me that she didn't want to love anyone but me. She imagines that you despise her, that you probably know who she is; she asked me if I told you her story - I said no, of course; but her sensitivity is simply terrible. She wants one thing: to leave, to leave immediately. I sat with her until the morning; she took my word that we would not be here tomorrow, and only then did she fall asleep. I thought and thought and decided to talk to you. In my opinion, Asya is right: the best thing is for both of us to leave here. And I would have taken her away to-day, had it not been for the thought that stopped me. Maybe... who knows? - Do you like my sister? If so, why should I take her away? So I made up my mind, casting aside all shame ... Moreover, I myself noticed something ... I decided ... to find out from you ... - Poor Gagin was embarrassed. “Excuse me, please,” he added, “I am not used to such troubles.”

We agreed that in order to avoid trouble, N.N. I had to go on a date and honestly explain myself to Asya; Gagin undertook to stay at home and not pretend that he knew her note. The older brother was going to take Asya away tomorrow.

“To marry a seventeen-year-old girl, with her temper, how is it possible!” I said, getting up.

Asya was already in the small room where the appointment was made. The girl was trembling and could not start a conversation.

“A thin fire ran through me with burning needles; I bent down and clung to her hand ...

There was a quivering sound, like a broken sigh, and I felt the touch of a weak, like a leaf, trembling hand on my hair. I raised my head and saw her face. How it suddenly changed! The expression of fear vanished from him; I forgot everything, I pulled her towards me - her hand obediently obeyed, her whole body followed her hand, the shawl rolled from her shoulders, and her head quietly lay on my chest, lay under my burning lips ...

Yours ... - she whispered, barely audible.

My hands were already gliding around her waist ... But suddenly the memory of Gagin, like lightning, lit up me.

N.N. told Asya about the meeting with her brother. Asya wanted to run away, but the young man stopped her. The girl said that she must definitely leave, that she asked him here only to say goodbye. N.N. said it was over and the girl left.

Gagin went out to N.N., but Asya was not at home. We decided to wait. Then, unable to stand it, they went to look for her.

N.N. returned to the house on the mountain. Asya is back. Gagin did not let his friend on the threshold.

“Tomorrow I will be happy! Happiness has no tomorrow; he does not have yesterday either; it does not remember the past, does not think about the future; he has a present - and that is not a day, but an instant.

The hero went to Cologne. Here he attacked the trail of the Gagins. They went to London. N.N. looked for them there, but could not find them.

“And I did not see them anymore - I did not see Asi. Dark rumors reached me about her, but she disappeared for me forever. I don't even know if she's clear. Once, several years later, I caught a glimpse abroad, in a railroad car, of a woman whose face vividly reminded me of unforgettable features ... but I was probably deceived by an accidental resemblance. Asya remained in my memory the very girl that I knew her at the best time of my life, as I saw her for the last time, leaning on the back of a low wooden chair.

The story "Asya" by I.S. Turgenev is not so long, but schoolchildren still need a summary for a number of reasons.

A touching story in abbreviation will tell about love, and will also help schoolchildren in creating a reader's diary based on this classic work.

A brief retelling of each chapter will help the reader build the correct structure of the entire text and give a complete picture of the story.

About the story "Asia"

The plot of the story may seem a little naive, a little simple, but infinitely lyrical. The story of a very young girl takes the reader by the soul with its purity and innocence of girlish dreams.

The main characters of the story "Asia"

Mr. N.N. - the author, he is the main character of the story. This is a young man of noble birth. Cheerful and hot.

Unlimited in funds, he travels around Europe in the spirit of that time. After an unfinished romance with a pretty widow, the protagonist decides to retire to the small town of Z. on the banks of the Rhine in Germany in order to completely surrender to his melancholy.

Asya is a young girl of seventeen, just a child. Short, slender, with dark hair and dark skin. She is agile, sometimes with the habits of a mischievous boy. Although her father was a nobleman, her daughter was born out of wedlock, from the maid of the deceased wife of her father, Tatyana.

The girl came to be raised by her father in a noble house only after the death of her mother. I did not have time to get a decent upbringing and education. The father also soon died and a very young girl was left in the care of her half-brother Gagin. He soon took his sister to St. Petersburg and placed her in a noble boarding school, where she stayed for 4 years.

Gagin, whose name the author does not mention, is a handsome young man with soft features and pleasant to talk to. His mother died early, and he was brought up by his father until the age of 12 in the village, after which he left to study and serve in St. Petersburg with his uncle. Their father, on his deathbed, told his son that Asya was his half-sister and bequeathed to his 20-year-old son to take care of her.

My sister was 13 at the time. Gagin was completely at a loss as to how he could live on with his sister suddenly appearing in his arms. When the young girl could no longer stay at the boarding house, Gagin decided to leave the service and go abroad for a year or two with his sister.

Other characters in I.S. Turgenev "Asya"

The main characters live in almost complete seclusion, so there are few secondary characters in the story.

Frau Louise is the old wife of the late burgomaster, who lives in the city of L., where the main action of the story unfolds. The main character visited her and was even in a trusting relationship with her. What connected the young girl with the old German woman, the author does not explain.

The boatman, the boy with notes from Asya, the maid in the Gagins' house, the girl Ganhyun from the pub are completely episodic characters whose characters the author does not reveal.

"Asya" - a summary of the chapters

Chapter 1

The author begins the story with a story about himself, how he ended up in a small German town Z. Traveling without a goal and enjoying the "gingerbread" of youth, the author loves most of all to watch people.

So he ends up in the city of Z., where he seeks solitude with a broken widow's heart. The author admits that his love sufferings were rather far-fetched, and temporary solitude is only part of the journey.

So, once sitting on the banks of the Rhine, N. hears the sounds of music - they play a waltz. He learns from a passerby that the students came to the city of L. for a business meeting - a meeting of students from the same fraternity. N. decides to go to the city of L. to look at this merchant.

Chapter 2

Students in traditional costumes gather and feast until morning. So in the city of L. they gathered in the city garden and ordered an orchestra. Residents of the city crowded to stare at the visiting youth. N. was interested in being in the crowd and watching new faces.

Suddenly he heard Russian speech right next to him. So he met Gagin and Asya - they also came to the commercial. N. immediately liked them, although he did not believe that they were brother and sister - they were very different.

When Gagin went to escort N. to the river, his sister suddenly overtook them and agreed with the carrier about the crossing. They agreed to meet the next day and the author went home happy.

Chapter 3

The next morning Gagin came to N. early. Over coffee, N. told him the story of his unhappy love for the widow, and Gagin said that he was fond of painting and offered to see his sketches.

N. Agreed, and they went across the river. The young man's sister was not at home. The maid said she had gone to the ruins. Gagin showed his drawings - lively and sweeping, but all unfinished. He himself admitted to N. that laziness hinders him. They decided to go find Asya.

Chapter 4

Gagin and N. immediately found the girl in the ruins of the old fortress. She, as if wanting to surprise them, jumped on the rocky slopes over the abyss.

N. admired her dexterity, but at the same time he was annoyed at such childishness.

Gagin accidentally made a reservation about the lady of the heart N., and Asya thought. Returning home, she skillfully played a new role at dinner - a decent and well-bred young lady. After dinner, the mischievous woman asked her brother to go to Frau Louise.

N. realized that he had become attached to Gagin, and on that day they finally agreed. Gagin went to see N. off and they went to Frau Louise to fetch Asya. She threw them a branch of geranium from the window of the house, joking that she was the lady of N.

Returning home, N. thought for a long time with annoyance about this darling, full of doubts whether she was Gagin's sister.

Chapter 5

The next day, in the morning, N. again went to the Gagins, secretly wanting to see if Asya would be kinky this time too. But she, modestly dressed, sat at the sewing. Gagin was going to go draw sketches from nature, and N. went with him.

After spending the whole day in nature in an enthusiastic conversation, Gagin and N. returned home. Asya was in the same disposition and went to her room early. N. this time did not notice a trace of coquetry in her.

N. went home and fell asleep, thinking about the girl and her changeable temper. N. could not believe that Asya was Gagin's sister.

Chapter 6

Over the next two weeks, N. visited the Gagins every day. Asya no longer allowed herself to pranks and was diligent. N. noted the difference in the upbringing of his brother and sister. N. noticed that Gagin did not treat the girl in a brotherly way, too affectionately.

Once N., having come to his new friends, accidentally overheard their conversation in the garden, where Asya fervently convinced Gagin that she did not want to love anyone else, only him. N. ran home, not wanting to betray himself.

His guesses were confirmed, but N. did not understand why they fooled him with a story about a brother and sister.

Chapter 7

The next morning, N. went hiking in the mountains. He did not want to see the Gagins. So N. wandered around the neighborhood for three days, enjoying the tranquility. N. even tried to resurrect the image of a widow in his soul, but nothing happened - the feelings passed completely.

He didn't remember her anymore. Upon returning home, N. found a note from Gagin, he was surprised why N. left and did not take him with him and asked him to come to them right away.

Chapter 8

The next morning, N. went to the city L. Gagin was glad to see him, but N. was tense and the conversation did not go well. Asya was at home and behaved unnaturally - she laughed for no reason, then she ran away. This made N. even more tense and, referring to business, he announced that he needed to go home.

Gagin went across the Rhine with N. to see him off. Here Gagin told the story of Asya - about her origin, about their father, about why her sister did not receive a decent upbringing, about the life of a girl in a boarding school after the death of her father, and about his decision to go with her on a trip to Europe.

Gagin asked not to judge his sister strictly and said that she values ​​​​N.'s opinion very much, although she does not show it. N. asked if Asya had any hobbies for men, but Gagin assured that she had never liked anyone before. N. felt light at heart and together they again returned to L., to the Gagins' house.

Chapter 9

The main character met them silently. N. looked at her with different eyes.

While Gagin was sorting out the sketches, N. invited Asya to take a walk in the garden. And she happily agreed.

They chatted about N.'s hike in the mountains, why N. was upset on his last visit, and why the girl was laughing for no reason.

Asya asked about the lady of the heart N., but he said that there was no lady and he did not like anyone.

The young girl stopped being shy and offered to go dance the waltz, and Gagin to play for them. They waltzed and N. noticed how the feminine came through in her through the girlish severity.

Chapter 10

The whole day was easy and fun. N. left late and wanted to take a boat ride down the Rhine. Looking at the starry sky and the black depth of the river, a new feeling arose in N. - a thirst for happiness, happiness to the point of satiety.

Chapter 11

The next day, N. went to the Gagins happy. I rejoiced at the rapprochement with Asya. But having come to them, N. found the girl dressed up, but sad. And Gagin was in a creative mood and painted the picture in a sweeping manner.

N. did not interfere with him and started a conversation with Asya. She was worried about her education, he complained that she did not sleep well and thought that she was not good enough. The girl asked N. if he would be bored with her like that. N. replied that he would not, and Asya warmly squeezed his hand. Then she left the room.

Chapter 12

Returning to N. and her brother an hour later, Asya confessed to N. that she was tormented by thoughts that she would soon die. All day she was preoccupied and sad, and at parting she promised N. to always tell him only the truth.

Gagin offered to play a waltz for them, like yesterday, but Asya flatly refused. N. went home thinking that Asya had fallen in love with him.

Chapter 13

The next day, N. woke up with the question "does she really love me?". The image of a "girl with a strained laugh" ingrained into his soul. N. went to L., but all day saw Asya only briefly. She was not well and she was in bed. N. returned home late.

The next day, N. was wandering around the city when a boy came up to him and handed over a note from Asya. She called him to come to the stone chapel at four o'clock. N. told the messenger what would happen.

Chapter 14

Excited, N. returned home and then Gagin came to him. He was excited and told N. that Asya was in love with him. Gagin said that Asya had a fever at night and in a fever she confessed that she loved N. and asked to be taken away as soon as possible if he wanted her to stay alive.

Gagin told about the girl's fears that N. despises her and is afraid that N. knows her history of ignoble origin. Asya asked her brother if he had told everything about her. N. Gagin did not confess and promised to take her away the next day, and only then did she fall asleep. But first he decided to come to N. and find out if he likes Asya. N. said that he liked it, but it was still impossible to talk about marriage.

N. confessed that he had received a note from the girl and showed it. They agreed that N. would go on a date, and Gagin would sit at home, as if he knew nothing, and would meet in the evening. N. asked to be given until the evening to decide whether he would marry his sister or not.

Chapter 15

At the appointed time, N. arrived in L. and there he was again met by a boy with a note. Asya made an appointment with Frau Louise in an hour and a half. N. went for a beer and was thinking about a date. He thought that just recently he dreamed of happiness, and now he is ready to push it away.

N. decided that he could not marry Asa and would not say that he also loved her. With such thoughts, N. went to Frau Louise. The old woman met him downstairs and led him to the third floor, where Asya was already waiting for him.

Chapter 16

Asya sat in the semi-darkness and was afraid even to look at N. She could not speak. N. took her cold hand and saw her eyes - "the look of a woman who has fallen in love."

N. could not restrain himself and pressed his lips to her hands, and when he raised his head, he saw that Asya's face had changed.

The fear disappeared, she was transformed. He drew her to him, her shawl fell to the floor and Asya whispered one word "Yours".

Suddenly N. remembered Gagin and told the girl that her brother knew everything, that he had come to N. and seen the note.

Asya said that she called him to say goodbye before leaving. N., in a fever, said that the feeling had just begun, and she was leaving, and they should part.

N. accused Asya of haste and imprudence. She sobbed and then disappeared from the room.

N. did not have time to say the most important thing and stood amazed. Then he also left the room.

Chapter 17

N. walked as if delirious across the field and thought what he had done, how he offended Asya with his reproaches. The words "Your" burned him and he called himself a madman. N. went to the Gagins' house.

Chapter 18

Gagin met N. on the threshold and said that Asya had not appeared. N. said that he had explained to her, as agreed, and she left. Young people went to look for Asya, deciding to split up. It's already dark.

Chapter 19

N. ran around the city looking for Asya. He ran to the Rhine, looked for her on the shore and felt love for Asya. He screamed and called her loudly. He shouted that he loved her and they would never part. N. was terrified to think what Asya could do to herself, but he decided to go to the house to find out if Gagin had found her.

Chapter 20

Approaching the house, N. saw a light in the girl's room. Her brother looked out of the house and said she was back and everything was fine. N. I wanted to talk to him, tell him about my feelings and ask for the hand of his sister.

But Gagin said that it was better to meet tomorrow, and they said goodbye. N. returned home inspired. He was looking forward to happiness.

Chapter 21

The next morning, N., approaching the Gagins' house, noticed something was wrong - all the windows and doors were open. The maid said that they had left early in the morning and gave N. a letter from Gagin.

He wrote that he respected his prejudices and understood that N. could not marry his sister. The girl's brother asked not to look for them.

N. was furious and decided to immediately look for them. N. learned that they sailed along the Rhine to Cologne. On the way home for things, N. passed by the house of Frau Louise. She called him and handed over a note from Asya. In it, the girl said goodbye forever to N. and said that at yesterday's meeting she wanted to hear only one word from him, but did not hear.

N. reproached himself for not saying this word to her, but then he squandered it to the wind when he was looking for her on the shore. N. realized that Asya could not bear such a blow and therefore left, there was no coquetry in this.

On the same day, N. sailed to Cologne.

Chapter 22

In Cologne, N. learned that the Gagins had gone to London. I went after them, but in London their trail disappeared.

N. was not long sad for Asya and consoled himself with the thought that he would not be happy with such a wife. N. thought that love would come even stronger, but he was mistaken.

The feeling aroused by the girl was the most tender and never happened again. N. never started a family and all that he had left of Asya was a dried geranium flower and a note.

Conclusion

Turgenev's story shows the fragile world of girlish dreams, which creates a unique image - the image of the "Turgenev young lady". And to this day, this image draws us meekness, innocence and purity of youth.

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N.N., a middle-aged socialite, recalls a story that happened when he was twenty-five years old. N. N. then traveled without a goal and without a plan, and on his way he stopped in a quiet German town N. Once N. N. came to a student party, he met two Russians in the crowd - a young artist who called himself Gagin, and his sister Anna, whom Gagin called Asya. N. N. avoided Russians abroad, but he liked his new acquaintance right away. Gagin invited N.N. to his house, to the apartment in which he and his sister were staying. N. N. was fascinated by his new friends. At first, Asya was shy at N.N., but soon she herself was talking to him. Evening came, it was time to go home. Leaving the Gagins, N.N. felt happy.

Many days have passed. Asya's pranks were varied, every day she seemed to be a new, different - either a well-bred young lady, or a playful child, or a simple girl. N. N. regularly visited the Gagins. Some time later, Asya stopped being naughty, looked distressed, avoided N. N. Gagin treated her kindly and condescendingly, and N. N. grew suspicious that Gagin was not Asya's brother. A strange incident confirmed his suspicions. One day, N.N. accidentally overheard the conversation of the Gagins, in which Asya told Gagin that she loved him and did not want to love anyone else. N. N. was very bitter.

N. N. spent the next few days in nature, avoiding the Gagins. But a few days later he found a note at home from Gagin, who asked him to come. Gagin met N. N. in a friendly way, but Asya, seeing the guest, burst out laughing and ran away. Then Gagin told his friend the story of his sister.

Gagin's parents lived in their village. After the death of Gagin's mother, his father raised his son himself. But one day Uncle Gagina arrived, who decided that the boy should study in St. Petersburg. His father resisted, but gave in, and Gagin went to school, and then to the guards regiment. Gagin often came and once, already at the age of twenty, he saw a little girl Asya in his house, but did not pay any attention to her, having heard from her father that she was an orphan and was taken by him "to feed".

Gagin was not with his father for a long time and only received letters from him, when suddenly one day the news came of his fatal illness. Gagin arrived and found his father dying. He bequeathed to his son to take care of his daughter, Gagin's sister - Asya. Soon the father died, and the servant told Gagin that Asya was the daughter of Gagin's father and Tatyana's maid. Gagin's father became very attached to Tatyana and even wanted to marry her, but Tatyana did not consider herself a lady and lived with her sister with Asya. When Asya was nine years old, she lost her mother. Her father took her into the house and raised her himself. She was ashamed of her origin and at first she was afraid of Gagin, but then she fell in love with him. He, too, became attached to her, brought her to St. Petersburg ... and, no matter how bitter it was for him to do this, he gave her to a boarding school. She had no friends there, the young ladies did not like her, but now she is seventeen, she has finished her studies, and together they went abroad. And now ... she is naughty and fooling around as before ...

After the story of Gagin, N.N. it became easy. Asya, who met them in the room, suddenly asked Gagin to play a waltz for them, and N.N. and Asya danced for a long time. Asya waltzed beautifully, and N.N. later recalled this dance for a long time.

The whole next day, Gagin, N. N. and Asya were together and had fun like children, but the next day Asya was pale, she said that she was thinking about her death. Everyone except Gagin was sad.

Once N.N. brought a note from Asya, in which she asked him to come. Soon Gagin came to N.N. and said that Asya was in love with N.N. Yesterday she had a fever all evening, she didn’t eat anything, she cried and confessed that she loved N.N. She wants to leave ...

N.N. told his friend about the note that Asya had sent him. Gagin understood that his friend would not marry Asa, so they agreed that N.N. would honestly explain to her, and Gagin would sit at home and not show that he knew about the note.

Gagin left, and N. N.'s head was spinning. Another note informed N.N. of the change in the place of their meeting with Asya. Arriving at the appointed place, he saw the hostess, Frau Louise, who led him to the room where Asya was waiting.

Asya was trembling. N.N. hugged her, but immediately remembered Gagina and began to accuse Asya of telling her brother everything. Asya listened to his speeches and suddenly burst into tears. N. N. was at a loss, and she rushed to the door and disappeared.

N. N. rushed around the city in search of Asya. He was vexed with himself. Thinking, he went to the Gagins' house. Gagin came out to meet him, worried that Asya was still missing. N.N. looked for Asya all over the city, he repeated a hundred times that he loved her, but he could not find her anywhere. However, having approached the Gagins' house, he saw a light in Asya's room and calmed down. He made a firm decision - to go tomorrow and ask for Ashina's hand. N. N. was happy again.

The next day, N.N. saw a maid at the house, who said that the owners had left, and handed him a note from Gagin, where he wrote that he was convinced of the need for separation. When N. N. walked past Frau Louise's house, she handed him a note from Asya, where she wrote that if N. N. had said one word, she would have stayed. But apparently it's better...

N. N. looked everywhere for the Gagins, but did not find them. He knew many women, but the feeling awakened in him by Asya never happened again. The longing for her remained with N.N. for the rest of his life.

Mr. N.N.

The character is a young man full of nobility and honesty. He travels and comes to Germany. Here he makes friends with Gagin and Asya, his sister.

Gagin

He is friends with N.N., is Asya's brother. He is 24 years old, he has a noble rank. Shows concern for his seventeen-year-old sister. It's hard to educate her.

Asya

Her name is Anna Nikolaevna. The heroine's mother is a maid. The girl behaves very changeably. Knows two languages, loves books. Falls in love with Mr. N.N.

First chapter

After the betrayal of his beloved, Mr. N.N. settles in the town of Z. Here he spends a long time on a bench under an ash tree.

On the opposite bank of the river is the city of L.N.N. hears the music that comes from there, and wonders what is going on there. The holiday was arranged by students who came to the commercial.

Second chapter

Mr. N.N. out of curiosity, he goes to the opposite shore and merges with the celebrating crowd. Behind him, he hears Russian speech. A man and a woman are talking. Here there is an acquaintance with Gagin and Asya.

New acquaintances made a favorable impression on Mr. N.N. He goes to visit them.

They talk until night. Mr. N.N. I liked Asya. Later he returns home.

Third chapter

Mr. N.N. Gagin woke up early in the morning.

Fourth chapter

The heroes see Asya sitting on a ledge above the abyss. N.N. somewhat frightened, but Gagin switches his attention to the locals.

After dinner, Asya went to Frau Louise, and the heroes are talking again.

After returning home, Mr. N.N. haunted by thoughts of Ace. A whole gamut of feelings rages in him. A thought appeared in my head - is Asya really Gagin's sister?

Fifth chapter

N.N. again goes to visit a new friend. The reason for this is the desire to see the girl again. He sees Asya in the form of a modest girl. Asya remains to take care of the household, and the heroes go to nature. The weather was fine, and Gagin wanted to draw from nature. Friends talk a lot, but N.'s thoughts were directed to a girl who has the ability to suddenly transform.

sixth chapter

Fourteen days pass. N.N. watches Asya and notices the difference between her upbringing and his friend's. The girl reluctantly talks about life in Russia. However, she tells N. that she used to live in the countryside. Asya's change of mood puzzles the hero more and more. N.N. began to incline even more to the fact that the girl was not the sister of his friend. The hero witnessed Asya's declaration of love for Gagin. At this point, he went unnoticed.

seventh chapter

Mr. N.N. goes to the mountains to think. He spends 3 days there and thinks about why his new friends needed to introduce themselves as relatives. After returning home, he discovers a note from a friend in which he asks to visit them.

Chapter Eight

The hosts greeted the guest in different ways. The conversation did not work out, N.N. wanted to go home, referring to the urgency of the work. However, his friend decided to tell the real story of the girl.

Gagin was only six months old when his mother died. For 12 years he was engaged in raising his son in the village. After that, his brother decided to take the boy to him. Gagin attended a cadet school, then - a guards regiment. During the next visit to the village, he sees a girl of ten years old, shy and wild. It was Asya. The father said that the girl is an orphan.

Before his father's death, Gagin gives him his word that he will take care of Asa. From the valet, he learns that the girl is his half-sister, the daughter of his father and the maid. When Asya was 9 years old, her mother died. Asya began to live with Gagin. At first, the girl avoided her brother, but then she felt a strong attachment to him. The girl was in a boarding school for several years. And when she reached the age of 17, the question arose about her future. Therefore, Gagin resigned, went abroad with his sister.

N.N. calms down and returns to Gagin.

Ninth chapter

After what Mr. N.N. began to treat the behavior of the girl in a different way. He talks with Asya for a long time, and then they dance a waltz.

Tenth chapter

When leaving home N.N. feels some anxiety. There was a desire for happiness in him. But he couldn't explain it.

Eleventh chapter

N. again goes to new acquaintances. Rapprochement with the girl sincerely pleases him. Entering the house, the hero notices a change in the girl's mood - she is sad. Asya was worried about her own ignorance, wondered if she was smart. Gagin was busy drawing.

Twelfth chapter

Asya frightened the guest with conversations about her own imminent death. He did not understand what was happening to the girl. Her mood changed sharply and often again.

Thirteenth chapter

Mr. N.N. wondered if Asya loved him. On his next visit to friends, he saw the girl only briefly. She got sick.

The next morning, N. walks around the city. A boy came up to him and gave a note from the girl. The girl invited him to a meeting near the chapel. The hero agreed with excitement.

Fourteenth chapter

Gagin was very wary of his sister's behavior and did not know what to do. I had to show him the note.

Fifteenth chapter

The girl changes the meeting place. N. should come to Mrs. Louise and go up to the 3rd floor. In mental anguish, the hero decides that he will not be able to marry this strange girl with her very changeable character.

sixteenth chapter

The conversation of the characters takes place in a small room. They are united by love, but they are forced to part. Mr. N.N. accuses Asya, she runs to the door sobbing and disappears.

Chapter Seventeen

N. considers himself guilty and leaves the city, again walking around the field. He blames himself for not stopping Asya, mentally asks the girl to forgive him. In a depressed state, he goes to Gagin.

Chapter eighteen

Friends are very worried because the girl did not return home. After a while, they start searching for Asya. We agreed to disperse - so there was a higher probability of finding her.

Chapter nineteen

Searches have not yielded results. N. in his thoughts spoke to the girl about his eternal love, made a promise to be with her forever. Suddenly, near the river, he caught a glimpse of something white. He thought it might be Asya.

Chapter Twenty

The girl appears at home, but a friend did not let N. in to explain to Asya. And the hero was going to propose to her.

chapter twenty one

The brother and sister left. A N.N. received a letter from Gagin. It was a request not to be offended because of the imminent departure. A friend assured that the reason was the need for parting, and wished happiness.

N. went in search of his beloved. In the small room where he met Asya, he found a note from the girl.

twenty-two chapter

The hero learns that the brother and sister went to London. He rides after them. But this does not bring results. He did not see Ash. At first, he is tormented by feelings. But gradually the understanding comes to him that having married a girl, perhaps he would not be happy. But he will also not be able to fall in love, so he will never marry.

"Asya" Turgenev is a story-remembrance. All events and experiences are recreated in the imagination and memory of the narrator. From the point of view of the present, they now see the past in a completely different way: both life turns out to be valuable, and time is found, not lost.

I. S. Turgenev. The story "Asya": a summary of chapters 1-5

N.N., a socialite and far from being a young man, recalls an event that happened when he was 25 years old. During an aimless journey, he happened to stop in the provincial town of Z. in Germany. On one of them, he met Gagin, a young Russian artist, and his sister Anna, whom he called Asya. Although N.N. tried to avoid communication with fellow countrymen abroad, he liked his new acquaintance right away. Soon he received an invitation from Gagin to visit. At first, Asya was shy about N.N., but when she got used to it, she herself started the conversation. Leaving home in the evening, the narrator realized that for the first time in a long time he felt truly happy. Every day Asya was new: now she was naughty, like a child, now she stood out as a simpleton, then a well-bred young lady.

I. S. Turgenev. "Asya": a summary of chapters 6-7

N.N. began to visit new friends regularly and noticed that the girl was now avoiding him, often feeling sad. He had a suspicion that Gagin, who behaved condescendingly and affectionately with Asya, was not her brother at all. It was confirmed by an accidentally overheard conversation. Asya assured Gagin that she loved only him alone. This news greatly upset N.N. He spent several days in nature, away from new acquaintances. Soon a note was brought from Gagin in which he asked N.N. to visit them.

The girl laughed at the sight of the guest and ran away. Gagin behaved kindly with N.N. and told him the story of his sister's life. The artist's childhood passed in a village that belonged to his parents. After his mother's death, he was raised by his father. The measured life was disturbed by the arrival of his uncle, who said that the boy should be educated in St. Petersburg. Gagin's father was not happy, but still allowed him to leave. At first the boy went to school, and then entered the Guards Regiment. On one of his visits home (when he was already 20 years old) he saw little Asya. The father explained that this was an orphan, taken out of pity for food. Gagin did not visit the old man for a long time, until the news of his illness came. Arriving home, he found his father on his deathbed. He asked his son to take care of his daughter Anna and soon died. And already the servant revealed the truth to Gagin: it turned out that Asya was the daughter of the master and the maid Tatyana. The woman lived separately with her daughter (with her sister), although he was going to marry her. Tatyana died when the girl was 9 years old. Gagin took Asya to Petersburg. At first she was ashamed of the young master, but then she got used to him and fell in love. Although he did not really want to, he nevertheless gave her to a well-known St. Petersburg boarding school. There the girl was lonely, as her peers shunned her. At the end of the boarding school, when Asya was 17 years old, Gagin took her home, and they set off to travel. After everything became known to him, N.N. felt a significant relief.

The girl entered the room, and they danced a waltz for a long time to the accompaniment of Gagin.

Summary. "Asya" Turgenev: chapters 10-16

The next day, the three of them had fun, like little children. But the next day, Asya was sad. She thought about her own death. N.N. received a note from the girl in which she asked to visit her. And then Gagin came and told that Asya was in a fever, that she confessed that she loved N.N., and wished to leave. The narrator received a note indicating a new meeting place and went there. He hugged Asya, and then began to scold her for being the first to tell Gagin everything. The girl jumped out of the room and ran away.

Summary. "Asya" Turgenev I. S .: 17-20 chapters

N.N. was looking for his beloved all over the city, but in the evening he saw a light in her window and realized that she was already at home. Determined to propose to her tomorrow, he went to his room.

Summary. "Asya" Turgenev I. S .: 21-22 chapters

But in the morning the maid said that the owners had moved out and left a note. Gagin wrote that separation in this case is the best solution. At the house where the last meeting with Asya took place, Frau Louise handed over a note from her. The girl wrote that one word from N.N. would be enough for her to stay. No matter how hard he tried to find the Gagins, nothing happened. Since then, the narrator had to know many women, but not one of them was able to awaken in him that former feeling. Longing for Asya remained in the heart of N.N. for the rest of his life.