Character History
The main character of the story of Alexander Kurin "Pomegranate Bracelet". Princess, daughter of the British and Tatar prince, the wife of Prince Shein, loves her husband and helps to avoid ruin.History of creation
Kubrin began working on a "pomegranate bracelet" in the fall of 1910 at the time when he was in Odessa. Initially, the writer planned to write a small story, but the text broke out, and ultimately work on him took three months. In October 1910, Kuprin has already been engaged in editorial and "polishing". In letters, Kubrin reported that the work on the story moves with difficulty because of the "secular tone", which chose the author, and ignorance Cook in music.
Heroes have a story to have real prototypes. Vera Shein was written off by Cudreetic from Ludmila Ivanovna Lyubimova, a member of a member of the State Council, in which a certain telegraph official of yellows was in love.
The first publication of the "Pomegranate Bracelet" took place in 1911 in the Almanac of the "Earth".
"Garnet bracelet"
The full name of the heroine is Vera Nikolaevna Sheein, the maiden name - Mirza-Bulat-Tuganovskaya. The father of the heroine was the Tatar prince, and the mother - British. The mother of faith was beautiful, and the daughter grew up similar to her. Faith has a flexible figure and high height, gentle, but proud and cold face, showy shoulders and beautiful hands. Faith wears a suit, ancient aristocrat, a hat and gloves. Before Marriage, heroine studied in St. Petersburg, in the Smolny Institute of Noble Maiden. Since those times, the heroine has a friend, the famous pianist feminine Reuters.
The nature of the faith is calm and strict, and at the same time simple. With the surrounding heroine, communicates kindly, but a bit down and cold, without friendliness. Faith demonstrates an independent temper and speaks the power tone. For the past six years, the heroine is married to Prince Vasily Shiny - the leader of the provincial nobility, a man who occupies a prominent position in society. In addition, faith has a strange fan that fell in love with the heroine and began to "pursue his love" for another two years before faith married.
The heroine loves her husband and believes that her marriage has developed successfully. Shains live on the northern coast of the Black Sea. Family financial affairs is bad due to the fact that the husband of faith Prince Shein, as a person rotating in the Higher Society, is forced to constantly confirm its own status, arranging techniques and doing charity. The appearance and decor of the prince should also be at the level, you have to contain horses and spend money on expensive clothes.
With all this, the estate and inheritance switched to Shain from the ancestors in the already battered form. As a result, Shiny has to live above the funds, and they barely reduce the ends meet.
Vera is trying to support her husband in this difficult situation and help them to resist complete ruin. The heroine tries to save in the household and in many ways it refuses itself, but it does it imperceptibly for her husband. Once faith experienced passionate love to her husband, but this feeling has long passed and changed loyal and strong friendship.
The heroine has a younger sister Anna, to which faith is tied from early childhood and still relates to warmth and care. Even the heroine has a brother Nicholas - a serious and tin young man who works as a deputy prosecutor and has good connections. Faith painfully adores the children of his younger sister. There are no own offsprings at the heroine, but faith dreams of getting them.
Vera Shein is superstitious and fears the number "13". The heroine loves music, especially Beethoven Sonatas, and often visits concerts. Faith newspapers, on the contrary, does not like, because those dirty hands typographic paint. In addition, faith does not like the language, which are written newspaper notes. The faith is gambling, and after dinner, the princess has a habit of playing with the younger sister in poker.
For many years, faith has a certain fan, whose behalf of the heroine does not know. This person writes the faith of the letter, but the heroine has never seen his face. Eight years ago, this fan saw the heroine in the Circus bed and walked to that passionate love. The heroine herself considers this fan of a madman. The heroine does not want to be pursued, and asks a mysterious fan "Stop all this story as soon as possible" and leave it alone.
Surname of the secret fan of faith - yolks. This is a pale and nervous Mr. Thirty or thirty-five, a small official, poor, but pleasant, tactful and modest, relieves the room in a poor house. At first, the hero was waiting for faith to respond to his letters, but over time he stopped counting on reciprocity and began to write less often - for the holidays and on the day of the Verine named.
Close faiths do not perceive yolktakov seriously. Heroian husband even comes up with fun for the sake of a story about the princess faith and in love with the telegraph, which entertains guests.
Jolves secretly pursues faith, knows where heroine is, and even capable of describing the dress that was on her. Hero stores belonging things like relics. For example, a handkerchief that galls stole, or the exhibition program, which faith was kept in their hands, and then forgot in a chair. At the same time, yolks consider himself not a maniac, but just unrequited in love.
Once yolks send faith as a gift a pomegranate bracelet, which once belonged to the great-grandmother of the hero. This gift displays the brother of faith, he finds yellow and demands that the fan stops haunting his sister. Vera herself does not want to see Yolterkov, nor talk to him, and asks only to leave her alone.
The attitude of faith kills Yolkolkov, and the same evening hero cums with her, and faith realizes that "the love that every woman dreams of, passed by her." The heroine understands that he was afraid to be happy and exchanged the fiery love of poor yolktykova on reliable and deprived shocking marriage with a cheerful and pretty prince Shane.
Further biography of faith is unknown.
Shielding
The first film is a story "Pomegranate bracelet" took place in 1915. This is a mute black and white film in the genre of drama, where the role of Faith Sheina performed actress Olga Preobrazhenskaya. The film consisted of four acts and lasted 4 hours. Until our time has not been preserved.
In 1964, the melodrama "Pomegranate bracelet" with Ariad Schunglaya in the role of Faith Sheina. The film is removed by the director Abram Room. In the film, among other characters, there is an image of Alexander Kuprin himself, which played actor Grigory Guy.