Caucasus by Ivan Bunin. Short summary

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The woman is afraid of her spouse, but still leaves with her lover to the sea. The husband follows, but does not find her anywhere. At the hotel, he puts on his clean clothes, eats breakfast and shoots himself in his room.

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The author rents a room in a quiet hotel for dates with her girlfriend. She is afraid of her jealous officer husband and talks about his suspiciousness. The lovers plan to go away together to the Caucasian coast. At the train station, the man boards a first-class carriage and waits. The officer escorts his wife to the adjoining second-class carriage. The train moves and the woman moves in with her lover.

She is afraid that her husband will follow her. In Gelendzhik and Gagra, the woman sends him postcards without giving her address. The lovers find a secluded place and enjoy the rest and beauty of nature. It seems to them that this peace will last forever. The woman sometimes cries, thinking of returning to Moscow.

Her husband looks for her in Gelendzhik, Gagra. Finally, he arrives in Sochi. The officer goes to the sea in the morning, then shaves and changes into a white tunic. He eats breakfast in a restaurant with champagne and goes to his room. There he, lying on the couch, shoots himself in the head with two pistols.

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