Alysha

Author: (Russian) Куприн
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: A naive and beautiful woman, a timid and kind-hearted man, a romantic yet tragic love story. Alysha is the granddaughter of a witch who is hated by the ignorant villagers. The grandmother and granddaughter are driven out of the village and forced to live in a small hut in the forest. Alysha grows up in the woods, knowing nothing about society except the hatred of the villagers from her grandmother. She can be considered a child of nature. In the forest, she meets Ivan, who is on a business trip there. Ivan comes from St. Petersburg and has been living in society since childhood. Alysha is not only intelligent and kind but also naturally beautiful. Ivan is kind-hearted but has a weak character. When they first meet, Alysha gives him a fortune-telling: "Although you are a kind person, you are timid in nature. Your kindness is unreliable and insincere. You are not a man of your word, and you like to dominate others, even though you don't want to, in the end, you still have to obey. You will never truly love anyone, because your heart is cold and lazy, and when you fall in love with someone in the future, you will only bring them endless suffering."