Summary of the "Mumu" Turgenev IS

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev wrote "Mumu", according to his sister Varvara, based on a real drama that occurred before their eyes. She claimed that the prototype of the lady was their mother, and Gerasima - her janitor Andrew, also dumb, as in the work.

Summary of "Mumu" Turgenev: acquaintance with Gerasim

In one of the old houses on the outskirts of Moscow once lived a lady. In the light she traveled very rarely, her sons remained in the service in St. Petersburg, her daughters got married, her husband died. Surrounded the lady only a large mongrel. The most interesting of her servants was the janitor Gerasim, deaf and dumb from birth. Once he lived in a village, separate from the brothers izbushke. This tall hero possessed extraordinary power, it was nice to watch how any work in his hands is arguing. If it were not for his fault, any girl would marry him. But then Gerasim was taken to Moscow, dressed up, put in boots and determined to serve as a janitor. He did not like the new life, but like every man, he gradually got used to it.

Summary of Turgenev's "Mumu": Tatiana's wedding

A year after the move to the city there was one incident with him. The lady decided to dump her shoemaker Kapiton Klimov from wine by marriage. Choosing a bride for him, she stopped at the washerwoman Tatiana. She was a twenty-eight-year-old, timid, skinny, small woman. Most of all Tatiana was afraid of Gerasim, although he was kind to her, sometimes even gave a ribbon or candy. After her wedding, he became more gloomy and stopped paying attention to her. The marriage did not help Kapiton. Exactly one year later he drank completely. The lady ordered to send him with his wife to a remote village. Gerasim gave a red scarf to Tatiana for goodbye and a little spent them.

Summary of Turgenev's "Mumu": rescuing a dog

When he returned to the farmstead along the river in the evening, he noticed how something was floundering at the very shore. Gerasim bent down and saw a white puppy with black spots in the water. The dog could not escape to the land in any way. Gerasim pulled it out, put it in his bosom and went home. Watching the puppy greedily, choking, drinking milk, the deaf-mute even laughed. Gerasim took care of the dog better than another mother for her child. At first she was ugly and weak. But when grown up, turned into a pretty, Spanish breed dog. Gerasim called her Mumu. She was so attached to her master that she followed him. Everyone in the house loved Mumu, not to mention the janitor.

Summary of "Mumu" Turgenev: hatred lady

Another year has passed. The lady was in excellent spirits, but this frightened the servant, since it was replaced by a very nasty disposition of the spirit. She looked out the window into the yard and noticed Mumu, who was lying under the rose bushes. The mistress was surprised and ordered to bring her a dog. When she wanted to pat her, the frightened Mumu growled. Of course, the lady jerked her hand back and became angry. She called Gavril, the butler, to her, and said that there was no dog in the estate and spirit. When Gerasim was busy, Mumu was caught and sold for half a ruble in the market. Long for the deaf and dumb, he sought his favorite, but to no avail. The next day he worked with a stony face. However, after a few days Mumu came back home again: she escaped from the new owners. After this event, Gerasim was the day to hide it in his room, and on the street it was taken out only at night. One day during such a walk Mumu barked at a drunken passerby and thus woke the lady who had just begun to fall asleep. She was angry and told to drown this dog. The porter hardly explained this order. Having analyzed what was going on, he made it clear that he would do it himself.

A brief retelling of Turgenev's "Mumu": execution of the order

Gerasim dressed in a festive way and went with Mumu to a tavern. There he fed her meat soup and headed for the river. Gerasim jumped into the first boat he got and swam on it in the middle of the river. The janitor lifted Mumu and looked at her for the last time. She still trusted him, was not afraid. Gerasim screwed up his eyes, turned away and unclasped his hands. It is clear that he did not hear a splash of water, nor the squealing of a dog. In the evening the janitor collected his belongings in a sack, threw it on his shoulders and walked along the road outside the city. Gerasim returned home without looking back to his village.