The plays "Bride" a short summary will be useful to those readers who want to superficially familiarize themselves with the work. In this article, you can find the main retelling of events in all four actions. The material will help to make a general impression of the work of the author Nikolai Ostrovsky and understand the main idea.
The beginning of the story
The short summary of “Dowry” begins with the fact that the Volga town called Bryakhimov is shown. On the higher bank there is a coffee shop where Gavrilo and his servant are trying to prepare an institution. Two merchants named Mokiy Knurov and Vasily Vozhevatov walk in this area every day and love to go for a glass of champagne. They call it their special tea, and Gavrilo must pour it from special utensils. So they hide their habit from people. Soon they come and start a discussion of all the news. Basil announces the purchase of the ship "Swallow" from Sergei Paratov. The next topic was the marriage of the third daughter of the widow Harita Ogudalova named Larisa. Merchants believe that she will suffer the same bad fate.
Sisters misfortune
The summary of “Dowry” in the first act continues with the fact that the daughters of the widow Kharita Ogudalova are plagued by misfortunes in marriage. The eldest girl married a Caucasian prince - a very jealous man. For this reason, he stabbed her before they even reached their future residence. The middle sister was carried away by a foreigner, under whose guise a hijacker was hiding. Only Larisa Dmitrievna remained in the family, but young men did not want to take her because of the lack of a dowry. The heroine sings beautifully, plays the guitar and this attracts attention. The widow Harita herself is beautiful and wants to arrange her personal life anew. But first of all, you need to arrange a daughter, and the option with Sergey Paratov failed. The wealthy shipowner managed to fall in love with Larisa, but it didn’t reach the wedding. He said that he did not see for himself the benefits of such a marriage. The girl suffered from unrequited love, although later there were other applicants. Mother said her word, and her daughter married the first who called. That man turned out to be Julius Karandyshev.
Conversation in a coffee shop
The summary of “Dowry” at the end of the first action returns the reader to the coffee shop, where the Ogudalovs and Yuli Karandyshev come. The poor official invites all those present to dinner for his future wife. Merchants decided to disagree, but Harita's mother explained that this was only in honor of Larisa’s birthday. A conversation begins between the newlyweds, in which Julius reproaches the girl for her way of life. The reason was the familiarity with the merchant Vasily Vozhevatov. At this moment, guns sound on the pier, and Larisa recalls the shipowner Paratov, whom it is customary to meet with such a signal. She understands that she loves him even now. It turns out that the shots sounded precisely in honor of this rich man. Later, Sergey enters the coffee house and introduces everyone to his new friend Arkady Schastlivtsev. He picked him up on a deserted island, where the guy was dropped off by the captain of the ship because of drunkenness. Paratov also notifies everyone that he will marry a rich girl, and that gold mines go to his dowry. For this reason, he sold his best ship, the Swallow, and other vessels.
Start of celebration
In a brief summary of Ostrovsky’s “Dowry” in the second act, the events begin on the birthday of Larisa. Vozhevatov gives an expensive brooch, and his mother immediately sells it for seven hundred rubles. Knurov begins a conversation with Harita that the wedding of the youngest daughter is wrong. She should not marry a poor official, because her appearance and talents should be rated much higher. The merchant claims that Larisa will escape in any case, and a powerful friend will come in handy to improve the situation. As such Knurov offers himself. Because of his interest, the married hero offers to pay all the necessary items for the wedding. Soon, Larisa herself appears with a guitar, sings romances and shares her dreams of life in the village with her mother. The widow of Ogudalova immediately wraps her daughter up with the fact that Zabolotye is far from the best place and she might not like it there. Larisa from the window calls Comrade Ilya, who tunes the guitar at the request of the heroine. He reports that an important man came to them.
Birthday
In a brief summary of "Dowry" on action, the story continues on Larisa's birthday. Her fiance appears, and she asks him to leave soon to the village. He refuses to have a wedding in his homeland. He will not allow rumors to spread that Julius Karandyshev is not a couple for her. This dinner is the first step to the wedding, and at it he announces a toast to Larisa. At the same time, the man mentions that the girl reacted to his person extremely responsive, unlike other people. Soon Paratov himself appeared, who promised to call on Harita Ogudalova. He calls her "aunty", talks about a successful engagement and reproaches Larisa because she so quickly forgot about him. A former shipowner in conversation with the main character finds out that she still has feelings for him. After that, the man specifically quarrels with Karandyshev and promises to punish the poor official for impudence. Other guests come, and Julius invites Paratov under pressure. Barin agrees, but only because of the opportunity to take revenge on Larisa’s groom.
Lunch from the groom
The summary in the play "Dowry" in the third act begins with an insult to the guests. At dinner, cheap wine in expensive bottles, cigarettes with lower grades of tobacco and a minimum of food were delivered. Senior merchants did not like the fact that Karandyshev had already drunk. Paratov is comforted by such a circumstance of affairs, and therefore he says that he sent his friend Arkady to the groom of Larisa. It is because of this that he is in such a state. After that, all guests and gypsies decide that they should go for a walk along the Volga. Vozhevatov became generous and promised to pay the rowers. He lied to Arcadia about the future Paris trip and the need to rest before the difficult path. All people who arrived for dinner, including Paratov, agree that you need to take Larisa with you for complete fun. It remains only to persuade the girl and finally give Karandyshev a drink. This venture has been successfully implemented.
Continuation of the story
A brief summary of Ostrovsky’s “Dowry” on action continues the story from lunch in the house of Karandyshev. Harita Ogudalova starts a quarrel with him because of his condition. The poor official counters this by the fact that he can be anything in his house. After this, the widow comes to Paratov so that he does not continue to mock Larisa’s future bridegroom. Sergei agrees to drink with him for the sake of reconciliation, but only cognac. Karandyshev is completely drunk, and the former shipowner goes to Larisa Dmitrievna. He asks to sing something, but the girl is too depressed by the behavior of Julia. The groom intervenes while intoxicated with a ban on singing for the future wife. This hurts Larisa, who immediately begins to perform a romance. Gipsy Ilya joyfully picks up a song and in a second voice complements the performance. When the heroine finishes singing, all the guests praise her talent. After that they leave, and Larisa is left alone with Sergey Paratov.
Conversation of lovers
If you start reading the summary of Ostrovsky’s “Bride”, then in the third act you can learn about the recognition of Sergey Paratov Larisa. He says that the girl’s singing made him regret the refusal once from the wedding. Barin mentioned that he barely managed to restrain himself so as not to abandon his contractual marriage and return to this beauty. A man calls the heroine with other guests for a walk along the Volga. Larisa could not decide for a long time, and then she remembered the vengeful toast of Karandyshev. She was able to cast aside doubts and agree. The guests come back, and Paratov says a toast to the groom Julius, who was so lucky with his bride. All guests will seize the moment when the groom went for a bottle of wine, and run away through the back gate. Larisa told her mother Harita that she should either be happy or look for a girl after this day in the Volga. Karandyshev returns and understands the act of the guests. The man is not going to forgive this huge resentment, and therefore takes a gun and leaves the house.
Beginning of the fourth action
In a brief summary of "Dowry" by chapter, Julius Karandyshev in the last action goes to the coffee house. Assistant Ivan sees a gun from him. Meanwhile, the future bridegroom asks Arkady's friend Paratov about where the guests disappeared. He is offended by the behavior of Vozhevatov and talks about their walk along the Volga. Gypsies soon returned to the coffee shop, and with them merchants Vozhevatov and Knurov. On the way, rich men say that Larisa Dmitrievna again believed the cunning Paratov. This gentleman will never exchange his rich bride for her. They talk about the abandoned Julia and who will take the girl to support the two of them. Merchants wish to go with an beautiful lady to an exhibition in Paris.
The end of the work
A summary of Ostrovsky’s play “Dowry” at the end of the work tells about the situation between Larisa and Paratov. Sergei tells her to go home, and she demands an answer about who he is for him. Barin stuns the heroine with the fact that she is already engaged to another girl. He blames the momentary passion that distracted him. Larisa drives him away, and she wants to commit suicide, although she can not decide. Knurov appears and invites her to become a kept woman at this married merchant. He played the "toss" with Vozhevatov at her and won. Karandyshev returns and begs Larisa to return to him, because he will be able to forgive everything. The girl replies that she feels already a simple thing. She calls Knurova, but Julius shoots her. The main character perceives death as salvation. Gypsies begin to hum different melodies; Larisa says that she has run to people she shot herself.