Retelling plan
1. Anna, by calculation, marries Modest Alekseevich.
2. Anna feels cheated: she does not manage her husband's money.
3. The husband wants to get a promotion with Anna's help.
4. Anna feels free: at the ball she was successful with men.
5. Husband gets a promotion, Anna gets freedom and a “brilliant” life. She leaves her family in poverty.
retelling
Part I
After the wedding, the guests were not offered even a light snack. The young drank a glass; changed and went to the station. Anna (a girl of eighteen years old, very beautiful) and Modest Alekseevich (a fifty-two-year-old official, “of medium height, quite plump, plump, very well-fed, with long whiskers and no mustache, and his shaved, round, sharply defined chin looked like a heel” ) after the wedding, we went to the monastery on a pilgrimage. By this, the husband wanted to show that "even in marriage, he gives the first place to religion and morality." On the platform, everyone saw them off. The father, as always, was drunk, he kept trying to say something to Anna, “he had a pitiful, kind, guilty face,” and her high school brothers “tugged him from behind by the tailcoat and whispered embarrassedly: “Daddy, don’t .. ."»
In the compartment, Modest Alekseevich said, smiling: “When Kosorotoy received the Order of St. Anne of the second degree and came to thank him, his excellency expressed himself as follows: “So you now have three Annas: one in a buttonhole; two on the neck. I hope when I get Anna, His Excellency will not have a reason to say the same to me. Kosorotov had a grumpy and frivolous wife. Anna also smiled, afraid that he would kiss her "with his full, wet lips", "she was both scared and disgusted." She remembered how painful the wedding had been, it seemed to her that everyone was looking at her sadly. “Even in the morning she was delighted that everything had worked out so well,” and now she “felt guilty, deceived and ridiculous”: she married a rich man, but she had no money, her father and brothers were starving ...
“When my mother died, my father, Pyotr Leontich, a teacher of calligraphy and drawing, took to drink, the need arose, my father was dragged to the peace, the bailiff came to describe the furniture.” She darned stockings for her brothers, went to the market, it seemed to her that the whole world sees her cheap hat ... "
The train stopped at a station. Behind the platform, a military band was heard, summer residents were walking on the platform. Seeing her acquaintances, Anya forgot both about her mother and about the wedding. She laughed merrily, showed off her outfit, flirted with Artynov, the famous Don Juan. When the train started moving, she felt that "she will certainly be happy, no matter what."
Returning, the young lived in a state-owned apartment. Modest Alekseevich was stingy and did not help her father and brothers, but he liked to talk a lot about appointments, about awards, taught Anna. She was afraid to even eat with him, went to her. Now that she began to dress well, her family sometimes felt embarrassed, as if they were condemning her not for a marriage not for love, but for “a rustling dress, bracelets,” “but still they loved her as before and were not yet accustomed to dine without her." My father still drank.
Anya did everything her husband wanted, and was angry with herself for deceiving her. She married him only because of the money, and now there was even less money. The husband lent money to his father only once, and even then with humiliating moralizing.
Part II
Winter has come, it's time for the annual winter ball. Modest Alekseevich nevertheless decided to buy Anna a hundred rubles for a dress. As for her appearance, she consulted only with her father and “tried to imagine how her mother would dress for the ball. Her late mother herself always dressed in the latest fashion and happily fiddled with Anya, dressing her gracefully, like a doll. She also taught her to speak French, to dance the mazurka excellently. “Anna, just like her mother, knew how to squint her eyes, take beautiful poses, look sad and mysterious.” Seeing his young wife in all her splendor, Modest Alekseevich said smugly: “I made you happy, and today you can make me happy. I beg you, introduce yourself to His Excellency's wife, through her I can get the position of senior speaker!
At the ball, Anna felt great. When she saw herself in the mirror, “lit by many lights, joy and a premonition of happiness woke up in her soul ...” She walked proud, self-confident, feeling rich and free, not a girl, but a lady. It even seemed to her that her old husband gave her mystery. She danced passionately, with enthusiasm, realizing that she was successful with men. Suddenly the music died down, the ranks of the guests parted, and His Excellency approached her directly: “I will order to put your husband in a guardhouse because he still hid such a treasure from us. My wife is looking forward to seeing you." And she began to help his wife at the charity bazaar, smiling at everyone, realizing that she was created exclusively for this brilliant life with dances and fans.
When she saw her father pretty drunk, "she was already ashamed that she had such a poor, such an ordinary father."
The next day after the ball, first Artynov came to her, then His Excellency. From that moment on, Anya no longer dined with her unfortunate family, she rarely went to them. She had fun with Artynov, went on picnics, went hunting, “returned home every day in the morning ...” Modest Alekseich “now stood in front of her with the same ingratiating, sweet, servile-respectful expression that she was used to seeing in his presence strong and noble." Now she spoke to him contemptuously and was not afraid to demand money from him.
On Easter, Modest Alekseich received Anna of the second degree. His Excellency said: “So now you have three Annas - one in the buttonhole, two on the neck ...”
“After the wedding, there was not even a light snack.” An 18-year-old girl Anya married a 52-year-old official Modest Alekseich. After the wedding, they go to the monastery, on a pilgrimage.
On the train, Modest Alekseevich, smiling, recalls one incident: “When Kosorotov received the Order of St. Anna of the second degree and came to thank, then His Excellency put it this way: “So you now have three Annas: one in the buttonhole, two on the neck.” At that time, his wife, a quarrelsome and frivolous person, whose name was Anna, had just returned to Kosorotov. I hope that when I receive Anna of the second degree, then His Excellency will not have a reason to say the same to me. And Anya thinks that even though she married a rich man, “she still didn’t have any money, and when her father and brothers saw her off today, she saw from their faces that they didn’t have a penny.” After the death of her mother, her father (a teacher of calligraphy and drawing at the gymnasium), Pyotr Leontyich, took to drink, Petya and Andryusha (younger brothers-gymnasium students) did not even have boots. “But the familiar ladies fussed and began to look for a good person for Anya. Soon this very Modest Alekseich was found, not young and not handsome, but with money.
The couple began to live in a state-owned apartment. Anya spent whole days playing the piano, or crying from boredom, or reading novels and fashion magazines. Modest Alekseich talked at dinner about politics, about appointments and awards, about the fact that family life is not a pleasure, but a duty. In society, Modest Alekseich forced Anya to obsequiously bow to people with high ranks. Greedy when Anya asked him to buy something for her. When Anya came to visit her father and brothers, she felt that they were embarrassed and did not know how to behave. Weak and kind father Pyotr Leontyich played the old harmonium on holidays and continued to drink. And the brothers “Petya and Andryusha, thin, pale boys with big eyes, took the decanter from him and said in bewilderment:“ Don’t, daddy ... Enough, daddy ... “”
Anya's money became even worse after her marriage. Only once Pyotr Leontyich asked Anya's husband for 50 rubles. Modest Alekseevich gave money, but threatened that it would be the last time, since Pyotr Leontyich drinks, and this is shameful. And the brothers who came to visit Anna also had to listen to Anna's husband's instructions: "Every person should have his own duties!" De-
Modest Alekseich didn't give any, but he did give Anna jewels, saying that it was good to have these things for a rainy day. And he often checked whether all things were intact.
Long before Christmas, Modest Alekseich began to prepare Anya for the traditional winter ball and even gave her 100 rubles for a dress.
It's ball time. Anya shone, enchanted even the most indifferent men. Even His Excellency himself noticed Anya and invited her to lead a charity bazaar. Things from Anya's hands sold like hot cakes. “Artynov, the rich man, came up. Without taking his eyes off Anya, he drank a glass of champagne and paid a hundred rubles, then drank tea and gave another hundred. Anya "understood that she was created exclusively for this noisy, brilliant, laughing life with music, dancing, fans." She began to be ashamed of her father: “she was already ashamed that she had such a poor, such an ordinary father.”
The next day, Artynov came to visit Anya, and then His Excellency. When her husband, Modest Alekseich, came, “he also stood in front of her now with the same servile-respectful expression that she was used to seeing from him in the presence of strong and noble people. And with delight, already sure that nothing would happen to her for this, she said, clearly pronouncing every word: “Go away, blockhead!”
After that, Anya did not have a single free day, as she took part either in a picnic, or in a walk, or in a play. She returned home every day in the morning. A lot of money was needed, but she only sent bills or notes to her husband: “Immediately pay 100 rubles.”
At Pascha, Modest Alekseich received Anna of the second degree. His Excellency said to this: “So you now have three Annas: one in the buttonhole, two on the neck.” Modest Alekseich answered: “Now it remains to wait for the birth of little Vladimir. I dare to ask your Excellency as a successor. He alluded to Vladimir of the IV degree and was already imagining how he would talk about this pun of his everywhere.
And Anya rode in troikas, went hunting with Artynov and visited her father and brothers less and less. Pyotr Leontyich drank harder than before, there was no money, and the harmonium had long since been sold for debt. And when, during their walks, they met Anya in a troika with Artynov, “Peter Leontyich took off his top hat and was about to shout something, and Petya and Andryusha took him by the arms and said pleadingly:“ Don’t, daddy ... It will be, daddy ... ""
A.P. Chekhov
"Anna on the Neck"
The work was written in 1895. The time of action in the story is the end of the 19th century, the place is Kyiv.
Main characters.
The main character of this story is Anna Petrovna, a beautiful graceful eighteen-year-old girl with good manners. Anna is a poor noblewoman, she dances, knows how to play an instrument, and speaks good French. Anna makes an indelible impression on others at first sight, she is kind and knows how to flirt. Anna lives with her father and two brothers, her mother died long ago. The family was impoverished due to the fact that the father began to drink.
Anna marries Modest Alekseevich, a wealthy official, fifty-two years old. She decides to do this in order to save her family from poverty. But, living with Modest, Anna sees that her husband is a heartless, greedy and boorish person.
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The girl lives in even greater poverty than before marriage, as her husband does not give her money. The girl understands that she was deceived - Modest uses her, but offers nothing in return.
The couple are going to the ball. Anna attracts many male gazes, charming everyone. She falls in love with Artynov, who the next day comes to visit Anna. The girl feels her power in society. Her husband, noticing this, begins to grovel before his wife. She drives him away. Anna has a relationship with Artynov. She boldly behaves with her husband and spends his money. Anna sits on Modest's neck. The girl rarely visits the family, is not interested in family affairs. In the end, Anna's father begins to drink too much and the family becomes completely poor.
My opinion.
I really liked this work, as it ironically depicts the image of a young girl Anna, who, in pursuit of money, comes to power over men and all high society. This is an instructive story about the female lot, longing and sadness in marriage with the unloved and about the acceptance of human society. I advise you to read this story, because its subject matter is eternal. Even now, in modern society, girls who are chasing wealth and men who are ready to buy any of them have not yet died out.
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Anna marries an elderly fifty-two-year-old official. At that time, she was barely eighteen years old. After the wedding dinner, they leave for the monastery.
On the train, the groom talks about an incident that happened in his lifetime. When his colleague received a new order, he got three Annas, the first Anna was an order, the second in a buttonhole, and the third was his wife, a lady of a special disposition, very grumpy and frivolous. He told this, making a note that he did not want, upon receiving such an order, to have the same Anna-wife.
But Anna was not thinking about this at all, she was worried that, having married a rich husband, she had no more money. After all, when her father and brothers saw her off, it was written on their faces that he had not even given them a ruble. Anya's mother died a long time ago, after what happened, her father was very depressed and plunged into drunkenness, in their family it even came to the point that Peter and Andrei, the younger brothers, did not have boots.
Women who know this family well decided to look for a husband for her and found Modest, who, perhaps, was ugly, and not young, but with money. The newlyweds began to live with Modest in an apartment. Anna was very bored, because of this she constantly cried and played the piano. The husband talked only about politics and awards, and that there is little joy in family life, for the most part it is just a duty.
When Modest took his wife out into society, he made her bow to everyone who had a high rank. He bought her almost nothing. When she came home to her brothers and father, they did not know how to behave with her now. Father Peter played the harmonium for her, and Peter and Andrey tried to take away alcohol from him so that he would drink less. Anyuta has even less money than before she got married.
Anya's father only once decided to ask his son-in-law for money. Modest gave, but said that this was the first and last time, because Peter was drinking. When the brothers came to visit, Modest would seat them to instruct them that every member of society should have duties. He did not give money to his wife, but he constantly gave her some of the jewelry, as it is profitable. He often checked everything he gave them.
A few months before Christmas, Modest began to prepare Anna for the Christmas ball, and for the first time in his life he gave her money for a dress, one hundred rubles.
Anna was amazing at the ball. She was even invited by His Excellency to help at the charity bazaar. Artynov approached Anyuta, he took champagne and, without looking, gave her a hundred rubles, immediately ordered tea and gave the same amount.
By noon the next day, Artynov and His Excellency arrived at her house. When the husband arrived and saw them, he stood up with a servile expression on his face. And Anyuta very confidently drove him away.
Anna became loved by everyone, and not a single celebration could do without her. She began to have enough money. She was already freely sending invoices to her husband with notes on the payment of certain funds.
At the Easter dinner, Modest was awarded the Order of Anna. To which His Excellency noted about the three Annas. Modest smiled and said that now the most important thing is to wait for Vladimir.
He made weightless hints that he would also like to receive the award of Vladimir 4 degrees. Anyuta rode in carriages with three harnessed horses to hunt with Artynov. She could see her father and brothers less and less, because of this her father Pyotr Leontyevich drank even more than before. Their poverty reached poverty, the father no longer played the harmonium, since it had long been taken away for debts.
And if they occasionally met Anya passing by, then the father wanted to shout something, taking off his hat, but his sons stopped him, taking him by the arms.
Chekhov wrote the story "Anna on the Neck" in 1895. Literary theory refers the work to the tradition of critical realism. Despite the drama of the plot, the story is not without humor and irony. Chekhov gave satirical features not only to Modest Alekseevich and his Excellency, but also to Anna herself. From the very beginning of the work, the girl does not look like a victim of circumstances, she is quite prudent. As soon as Anna gets everything she needs: money, attention and influence, she forgets about poor relatives and lives for her own pleasure.
Main characters
Modest Alekseevich- an elderly official, 52 years old; "medium height, rather stout, chubby", "behaved solidly".
Anna- a young girl, 18 years old; married Modest Alekseich for material reasons.
Other heroes
Petya and Andryusha- high school students, Anna's younger brothers.
Petr Leontich- Anna's father, a teacher at the gymnasium.
Artynov- “rich man, tall, full of brunette”, “Don Juan and prankster”, courted Anna.
His Excellency- Head of Modest Alekseich.
I
“After the wedding, there was not even a light snack.” The young people immediately went to the station, "on a pilgrimage." Modest Alekseich married a very young girl. They said that he started a trip to the monastery in order to show that in marriage he would give "the first place to religion and morality."
Anna's drunken father, with tears in his eyes, tried to say something goodbye to her, but the girl's brothers, Petya and Andryusha, embarrassedly pulled him up.
Left alone with his wife, Modest Alekseich remembered the story. His friend had a grumpy wife, Anna. And when a friend was awarded the Order of St. Anne of the second degree, His Excellency expressed: “So you now have three Annas: one in a buttonhole, two around the neck” (it was customary to wear this award around the neck). Modest Alekseich hoped that His Excellency would not say such a thing to him.
Anna "was scared and disgusting." The girl remembered how painful the wedding was. No one understood why she was marrying "this elderly, uninteresting gentleman." She felt cheated. The wedding dress had to be sewn on credit, and Modest Alekseich did not help her family. The girl was not even sure if her father and brothers had something for dinner.
Anna's father was a teacher of drawing and calligraphy at the gymnasium. When his mother died, he drank heavily, the need arose, they even wanted to fire him. Familiar ladies "fussed" and found a groom for Anna - Modest Alekseich. The girl hoped that he would say a word for her father and the man would not be fired from his job.
The train stopped at a station. The girl stepped onto the platform. Seeing the officers and the wealthy owner of the dacha Artynov, she began to flirt. The girl's spirits rose, and she went to the monastery already in a great mood.
In the city, Anna and Modest Alekseich lived in a state-owned apartment. Left alone, the girl played the piano, read books, cried from boredom. At dinner, Modest Alekseevich talked about "that one must work hard, that family life is not a pleasure, but a duty" and that "every person should have his own duties."
Anna often came to her father and brothers, but they seemed to condemn her for a marriage of convenience. Her ladylike appearance embarrassed and offended them. Every time at dinner, my father drank a lot, and on holidays he played the harmonium.
Sometimes Anna and her husband went to the theater. Modest Alekseich forced his wife to bow to persons occupying a higher position. Anna was embarrassed to ask her husband for money, but he himself did not indulge her in anything. “She did whatever her husband wanted, and was angry with herself for the fact that he deceived her like the last fool.” She now had less money than before her marriage. Sometimes her husband gave Anna jewelry, but he regularly made an “audit”, checking whether everything was in place.
Only once Pyotr Leontyich asked Modest Alekseich for a loan of 50 rubles. He gave, but said that he would not give more until the man stopped drinking. Each time, Anna's family had to listen to Modest Alekseich's instructions, although he did not give them money.
II
A winter ball was planned. Modest Alekseich told Anna that she should make herself a ball gown and gave her a hundred roubles. The girl decided to buy an outfit that her late mother would wear - the woman was a fashionista and taught her daughter to flirt.
At the ball, surrounded by high society, Anna for the first time felt like "not a girl, but a lady." She understood that the closeness of her old husband did not humiliate her, but "puts on her the stamp of piquant mystery."
The girl was a success with men, everyone invited her. His Excellency himself invited Anna to take part in a charity bazaar. Artynov, who was present, bought champagne and tea from her for a hundred rubles. “She already realized that she was created exclusively for this noisy, brilliant, laughing life.” Anna began to feel embarrassed about her drunken, "ordinary" father. When the girl was escorted home, it was already dawn.
The next day, Artynov came to visit Anna, and later His Excellency, with gratitude for participating in the bazaar. Finally her husband arrived. Modest Alekseich looked at his wife with "an ingratiating, sweet, servile, respectful expression, which she was accustomed to seeing from him in the presence of strong and noble people." Realizing that nothing would happen to her, the girl told him: “Go away, blockhead!”.
“After that, Anya didn’t have a single free day.” She returned home in the morning. Anna was not afraid to take money from her husband, spending it as her own.
When Modest Aleksey received an Anna of the second degree on Pascha, His Excellency said: “So you now have three Annas, one in a buttonhole, two around your neck.” Modest Alekseich, trying to pun, replied that now it remains to expect the birth of little Vladimir, meaning the Order of Vladimir of the IV degree, but His Excellency no longer listened to the man.
Pyotr Leontyich drank more than before, they had no money, the harmonium had to be sold for a debt. When the man tried to call Anna on the street, the sons took him by the arms and imploringly said: “Don’t, daddy ... It will be, daddy ...”
Conclusion
The central character of the story "Anna on the Neck" is the young coquette Anna. At the beginning of the work, it seems that marriage of convenience is a real tragedy that will ruin her youth. However, the scene when a girl, immediately after her marriage, flirts at a half-station with officers, shows that her success in society is more important for a girl. Having received this success after the ball, the girl changes before our eyes, and her negative features are exposed before the reader.
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