The theme of love is addressed in many stories of Ivan Bunin. The writer describes a battered, at first glance, situation of betrayal and a love triangle. But the genius of this short story is that the author described the topic so deeply on only a few pages that some writers fail to do this in three volumes.
Summary. Bunin, The Caucasus : Escape
The main character and heroine have a stormy and passionate romance. Their happiness is overshadowed only by the fact that she is a married woman. The heroine is afraid that her husband suspects something and suspects her. Nevertheless, lovers want to break out of rainy Moscow and plan a frivolous escape to the Caucasian coast. Having agreed to come to the station at different times, they manage to realize their cunning plan. The husband escorts his wife right up to the passenger seat on the train, worrying that she would be comfortable. She managed to leave, but she is sure that her husband will immediately go after her.
Summary Bunin "Caucasus" : by the sea
The lovers settled in a small village on the seashore. Reveling in great happiness, the heroine is tormented only by the fact that in a few weeks everything will again fall into place: she will return to cold Moscow to her unloved husband. The sea, magnolias, palm trees, white caps of mountain peaks - all this will be left behind, again she will have to pretend to her husband and lead a double life. But the real tragedy happens with another person who, perhaps, loves the heroine even more than a lover - with her husband.
Summary. Bunin, The Caucasus : The Search
In all the little tales about the husband, the heroines are written rather poorly. All that is known to the reader: he is a man with a firm and tough character who will fully defend his honor as a husband and officer. The frivolous wife was not mistaken: he really tried to find her along almost the entire Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. But I didn’t find it ...
Summary. Bunin, The Caucasus: Death
Staying in Sochi, he spent the day refusing nothing to himself, and upon returning to his room he lay on the sofa and fired his bullets at the temple of two revolvers. The deceived husband kept his word and defended his honor in the most terrifying way. This concludes the summary of the story "The Caucasus". Bunin shows us that love can be both unearthly happiness and great grief.
Who is right and who is to blame?
The author contrasts the characters of the husband and lover in the work. Remembering the behavior of the beloved heroine in the compartment, we can say that he is a cowardly man. Indeed, at the sight of her husband, he carefully hides in the corner of the compartment. The husband, on the contrary, is a bold and decisive person. Probably, such sharp differences between her lover and her husband attracted the heroine to him.
Most readers, of course, blame only the wife and her lover. But, as a rule, it is always very difficult to find completely guilty and completely not involved in love stories. In fact, all three are guilty of varying degrees. This story prompts reflection: what happened after the death of the heroine’s husband? The writer allows each of us to come up with a continuation of the story.
We advise you to read a short, but at the same time brilliant story written by Ivan Bunin - “The Caucasus”. The summary can still not fully convey all the subtleties of feelings and experiences of the heroes of this wonderful work, so we recommend that you read it yourself.