The head-captain in the years Maxim Maksimych served for many years in the Caucasus and was well aware of the customs and life of the highlanders. Stopping his caravan with a convoy for a halt, he decided to tell his interlocutor a very sad and unpleasant story that happened to a young officer Grigory Aleksandrovich Pechorin. Lermontov's “Bella” (summary) describes that the officer was a very strange person, he could go hunting all day and then sit in the room in the rain, complain about drafts and startle from every knock. He could make the whole company laugh to colic in his stomach.
“Bella”: Lermontov’s short summary
Once they are invited to the wedding of the eldest daughter by a local prince. Pechorin there at first sight falls in love with the owner's sixteen-year-old youngest daughter Bella. But she is loved by the local hunter and ram merchant, the desperate Kazbich. When Maxim Maksimych went out for a smoke, he overheard how Bella’s brother Azamat asked him to barter his faithful horse Karagez from Kazbich and in return offered his beautiful sister. The head-captain inadvertently told this story to Pechorin, who immediately agreed with Azamat about the deal: he is his horse, and he must bring him Bella. And the deal took place. Kazbich was left without a horse and without a beloved.
"Bella" Lermontov. Summary of the plot
Pechorin kept his captive for a long time in a closed room, put a Tatar to her and began to tear her with presents. The heart of the poor captive could not resist, and she fell in love with Pechorin.
After some time, troubles rained down. Kazbich killed Bella's father, mistakenly thinking that it was with his consent that Azamat stole his horse.
Pechorin, meanwhile, begins to get bored, he is already tired of Bel, and he does not need her anymore. This was not the end of Lermontov’s Bella. The summary goes on to say that he once spent a long time hunting with Maxim Maksimych, and Bella went for a walk, and then Kazbich overtook her and stabbed her in the back with a dagger. She lay in bed for a long time and died of a wound. Pechorin was also unwell for several days, he did not want to talk about Bella anymore. Such a sad ending is the story of "Bella" Lermontov. The summary ends with the fact that after a few months he left for a new duty station in Georgia. And Maxim Maksimych for a long time recalled and was sad that everything had happened just like that - stupid and ridiculous.