The novels of Alexander Grin are not at all like Russian literature. They give the reader the feeling of an unfulfilled , something very subtle - like a breath in the air, which shows even very summary. "Running on the Waves", like other stories by Green, was considered a work of the romantic genre. But over time, new genres appeared, and literary critics now classify it as fantasy.

Today we will talk about the story "Running on the Waves". A brief summary will allow you to navigate the plot of the work, which combines reality and a pinch of fiction.

Chapters 1-6

In the evening, a company gathered at Sters's to play cards. Among the guests was a young man named Thomas Harvey. He was seriously ill and therefore stuck in Lissa until he was able to get back on his feet. In the middle of the game, he heard a female voice, which clearly uttered one phrase: "Running on the waves."

Only yesterday, Harvey saw from the window of the tavern a girl who was descending the ladder of the ship. Even from afar, it seemed that she could subdue everything in this life - both people and circumstances. The next morning, the young man learned the name of the stranger - Biche Seniel. Between her and the voice he had heard yesterday, Harvey distinctly felt some connection.

The guess was strengthened by the ship "Running on the Waves", which he saw in the port. The harsh and unpleasant captain of the ship - Gez - agreed to take Thomas on board as a passenger only with the permission of the owner of the ship - a certain Brown.

"Running on the waves": a summary of chapters 7-12

After Harvey returned to Captain Gyoza with a note from Brown, he became softer and greeted him warmer. Gyoz introduced the young man to his assistants, Butler and Sincrite. They seemed to Thomas good people and sailors. The rest of the team looked like some kind of rabble.

A. Green "Running on the Waves": a summary of chapters 13-18

After sailing, Thomas Harvey learns that the Wave Runner was built by Ned Saniel. On the captain's table stood a framed portrait of Bice, his daughter. When Ned Saniel went bankrupt, Guez purchased a ship.

Coming to a turning point, we are presenting a very brief summary. "Running on the waves" what is the story about next? In the port of Dagon, three women boarded to amuse the captain and crew. Very soon, one of them began to scream, followed by swearing. Thomas Harvey tried to protect the woman and knocked down Gyoza with a blow to the jaw. He did not expect this and fell.

"Running on the Waves" (we are considering a summary of the work), continues with the fact that the enraged Captain Guez puts Thomas Harvey on the boat and pushes it into the sea. At the last minute, a girl joins him. She says her name is Freesy Grant and tells them to sail south. Harvey recognizes this voice - it was he who heard then at the party at Sters.

According to Frezi, to the south of here he will meet a ship bound for Gel-Gyu, and thus escape. After giving instructions and taking from the young man a promise to no one - not even Beeche Saniel - not to talk about her, Freesy Grant stepped overboard and easily swept away through the waves. By noon the next day, Harvey was actually picked up by the ship "Dive" going to Gel-Gyu. There he heard about Fresy Grant again.

In the legend around which the story unfolds - the whole of Alexander Grin. "Running on the waves" (summary) has its own. Desi Grant's father had a frigate, and Frezi traveled on it. Once, with a completely smooth sea, a wave lowered a frigate near the coast of a very beautiful island, to which it was impossible to moor. However, Frezi wanted to go ashore, and she insisted. The lieutenant, who was quite young, casually remarked that the girl was so fragile and refined that she herself could run to the shore along the waves. She heard him, jumped over the side and really sped away through the water. The fog immediately descended. When it dissipated, there was no more island, no more Freezy.

Only Proctor's niece - Daisy - saw how attentively Harvey was listening to this legend.

Chapters 19-24

When the "Dive" arrived at the port of Gel-Gyu, the carnival was in full swing in the city. The spontaneous movement of the crowd brought Thomas to a marble pedestal with the inscription "Running on the Waves", topped with a marble figure. As it turned out, the founder of the city, William Hobbes, was saved a hundred years ago by Fresy Grant. When he was shipwrecked, the woman running on the waves showed him the course and brought him to this shore, then still deserted.

Thomas was informed that a woman in a tan outfit would be waiting for him at the theater. Sensing Bice's presence, he sees the girl and calls out to her. But it turns out that Desi was waiting for him. She understands that he wanted to see another, takes offense and leaves. Literally a minute later, Harvey meets Bice Seniel. It turns out that she got the money and came to buy the ship. The girl is looking for Gyoza to make a deal.

"Running on the waves": a summary of chapters 25-29

The next morning, Butler, along with Harvey, go to Captain Geuz at the hotel where he is staying. They find him murdered in his room. Everyone unanimously repeats that Bice killed him. The girl went up to the captain's room, and almost immediately a shot rang out. After that, Biche Seniel was caught on the stairs and detained as a suspect.

Unable to stand it, Butler confesses that he killed Gyoza. As it turned out, the Wave Runner was secretly transporting a large cargo of opium. Butler was "in the share", but the captain broke his promise and did not pay most of the promised money. When Butler went to his room, there was no one there. But then Gyoz appeared with a lady, in whom he recognized Bice. Instead of talking about the deal, he began to pester the girl, but she stopped it by jumping out the window onto the stairs, where she was detained.

After that, Butler got out of the closet. Guez saw him and lashed out. Defending himself, Butler killed the captain.

Chapters 30-35

Upon learning of the bad cargo, Beeche decided to auction the Wave Runner. Thomas Harvey told her about Freesy Grant, to which the girl coldly replied that it was just a legend. Then the young man realized that Desi would have believed him, and regretted that she would soon get married. However, fate is generous with surprises: soon Thomas and Desi met again, and it turned out that her engagement was broken off.

This is a very brief summary of the story "Running on the Waves", and it is coming to an end. After some time, the heroes got married and began to live in a house on the seashore. One day Doctor Filatr visited them, and his visit brought a lot of news. The doctor said that with his own eyes he saw the broken "Running on the Waves" off the coast of a deserted island. In addition, he met Biche Seniel. She got married and gave Thomas a short letter wishing him happiness.

Desi voiced Thomas's thoughts: he hoped that Biche would acknowledge the existence of Frezi in the letter. The novel "Running on the Waves", a brief summary of this work, we examined, ends with the phrase Frezi, which is heard from afar: "I'm running ..."

There is a company playing cards in Liss. Thomas Harvey was there too. As the game was being played, Thomas clearly heard a woman's voice say "Wave Runner".

The day before, Thomas had noticed a girl getting off the ferry. She looked like she had some sort of gift. In the morning he found out that her name was Biche Seniel. For some reason, Harvey thought that Bice and that voice were somehow connected. This assumption was increased when he discovered a ship in the port with the name: "Running on the Waves."

Once on the ship, Harvey meets Sincrite and Butler. Thomas is told that the Wave Runner was built by Ned Seniel. Later, while in the cabin, Harvey hears the words of threats from the drunken captain and the screaming girl, Thomas intervened and, fighting back, knocked Gez down with one blow to the face.

Enraged, Gez orders Harvey to be placed in a boat and sent to the open sea. The boat was already beginning to drift out to sea, as one girl easily jumped to Thomas. With laughter from the ship, they set sail.

As soon as the girl began to speak, the young man guessed that it was this voice that he had heard while playing cards. The stranger introduced herself as Frazi Grant and ordered to follow south. Having received from him the word not to tell anyone about her, including Bice, the girl went down to the water and rushed forward.

In the afternoon, Thomas was picked up by the Dive, bound for Gel-Gew. Here he learned the legend of Frezi. Somehow, a wave rising in the sea carried her father's ship to the island. Frezi wanted to be there, then her father casually noted that since they could not swim to the shore, the daughter would be able to rush to the shore on the water herself. She jumped into the water and ran over the waves with ease. When the fog disappeared, the lieutenant did not see the islands, nor his daughter. It is said that she comes to the shipwrecked.

Thomas came ashore at Gel Gyu. There he found himself next to the statue that had the name: "Running on the waves." As it turned out, this city was founded by William Hobbes. His ship was wrecked at sea. Frezi saved him from death, running along the waves, the girl indicated the course to the shore.

Tomas sees Bice Seniel. Bice says that she brought money to buy the ship from Gez. Harvey manages to find out where the captain has settled. In the morning, he and Butler go to the hotel to Gez and find the dead captain.

It turns out that he killed Captain Butler. He had good reasons for this. In fact, the Waverunner was carrying opium, and Butler was destined for a share, but Ghez swindled him. Not finding Gez in the hotel room, he climbed into the closet as soon as the captain arrives with the girl. When the girl ran away, Butler, coming out of the closet, stumbles upon Gez and all that remains for him is to shoot him.

Thomas confesses to Beeche that he saw Fresy Grant, but the girl began to assure that his story was just a fiction.

Some time later, Dr. Filatre visits Thomas. He told about the fate of the Wave Runner, which he stumbled upon near a desert island. Why the team left the ship remains unknown.

Green's novel The Wave Runner was written in 1928. This is a touching, romantic story about how important it is to follow your dreams without giving up and not paying attention to various life obstacles.

main characters

Thomas Harvey- a young man, sublime, romantic, deeply decent.

Other characters

Filatr- a doctor, a close friend of Thomas.

William Gez- the captain of the ship "Running on the Waves", a sharp, unfriendly, vile person.

Butler- Captain Geza's assistant.

Freesy Grant- a beautiful young girl, a vision that saved people on the high seas.

Biche Seniel- a nineteen-year-old girl, practical and purposeful.

Phineas Proctor- the owner of the ship "Dive", who saved Thomas.

Daisy- Proctor's niece, an emotional, lively girl.

Chapters 1-6

Thomas Harvey was forced to make a stop in Lissa due to a sudden illness that literally knocked him off his feet. After leaving the hospital, he rented a small apartment for himself in order to finally improve his health.

While dining at a port tavern, Thomas noticed a girl descending from the ship's ladder. She was slender, pretty, and regally calm amid the chaos of the seaport that surrounded her. The next morning, Thomas learned the name of a beautiful stranger - Bice Seniel.

Thanks to the attending doctor Filatra, Thomas Harvey got acquainted with the local society. One day, while playing cards, a young man "heard a special female voice saying with emphasis:" ... Running on the waves "". He found out that none of those present, except for him alone, heard this strange phrase. Thomas felt a certain connection between the woman's voice he heard and the beautiful stranger.

In the port, a young man found a ship with the inscription "Running on the waves." He went up on deck, and, having met the captain of the ship, William Gez, who was sharp in communication, asked to take him as a passenger on board the ship.

Ghez was opposed to having a passenger on a cargo ship, as "it always comes with some trouble or trouble." Thomas was forced to apply directly to the owner of the vessel to obtain permission.

Chapters 7-12

In Brown's office "Armator and Cargo", among the visitors, Thomas noticed an "excited sailor", from whom he learned "that Gez is a real devil." Their conversation was overheard by another sailor, who reported that “Captain Gez, firstly, is a real sailor, and secondly, a very excellent and kind-hearted person.”

Having received a note from Brown with permission to travel on the Wave Runner sailboat, Thomas gave it to Gez, who became more friendly with the young man. He said that, in addition to him, there would be more ladies on board.

The captain introduced the new passenger to his assistants, Sincrite and Butler, who seemed to the young man to be quite decent people. The rest of the team was more like a motley rabble.

Chapters 13-17

Already on the high seas, Thomas learned that "the ship was built by Ned Seniel fourteen years ago." Hearing the familiar surname, the young man began to listen to the story of "Running on the Waves" with much more attention.

It turned out that a few years ago, Ned Seniel went bankrupt, and was forced to sell the ship to Gez, and then it passed to Brown. In the captain's cabin was a portrait of Seniel's daughter, Biche.

Soon “The Wave Runner dropped anchor” in the port of Dagon, where three young women boarded the ship: a redhead, a blonde and a black-haired one. Realizing for what purpose the ladies were on the ship, Thomas "reaffirmed his intention to completely retire."

Suddenly, “crying, fuss was heard; then a terrible, hysterical scream." Thomas tried to protect the woman from the drunken Gez's harassment, and knocked the captain down with a strong blow to the jaw.

Unable to endure such humiliation, the captain landed Thomas Harvey in the boat and pushed it into the open sea. At the last moment, he was joined by a girl who somehow ended up on the ship. Her name was Fresy Grant, and her voice sounded very familiar to Thomas. Suddenly he remembered under what circumstances he heard him - it was the same voice that said the phrase "Running on the waves" when the young man was playing cards.

Frazi Grant advised Thomas to head south and row as fast as possible. At dawn, he must meet the ship that will take him on board. The girl also said that he would definitely meet with Bice Seniel, but asked not to tell her about this meeting.

Then Fresy stepped over the side of the boat, and Thomas had time to notice "how quickly and easily she runs away" across the water surface.

Chapters 18-20

The next morning, Thomas was rescued by the crew of the ship "Dive", which was on its way to the port of Gel-Gyu. "Skipper, he is the owner of the ship, Phineas Proctor" Listened carefully to the story of the young man, and lamented what a scoundrel Gez turned out to be. He even agreed to testify if Thomas decides to sue the captain.

On the ship, Thomas noticed a black-haired girl who turned out to be Proctor's niece, Daisy. It was she who offered to tell Harvey the story of the mysterious Fresy Grant.

It was "a hundred and fifty years ago". On board the ship bound for India was General Grant with his daughter Frezi. In India, there was a fiance of a girl, a military man, to whom she was in a hurry. Suddenly, a hundred-meter wave appeared on the ship's path, lowering the frigate not far from the picturesque coast of the island, "which did not appear on any maps."

There was no way to moor to this island. However, Frezi pestered the captain so much with requests to take a closer look at the island that one young lieutenant, unable to stand it, suggested that the fragile girl run to the shore along the waves. Unexpectedly for everyone, she jumped overboard and "stopped on a wave like a flower." Frezi said goodbye to her father, and rushed to the shore on the water. Immediately after her disappearance, a thick fog descended, and when it cleared, neither the island nor Frezi could be seen.

Chapters 21-24

Gel-Gyu greeted the frigate "Dive" with loud music and enchanting illumination - a carnival was raging in the city. The crew members decided to join in the fun.

A spontaneously moving crowd carried Thomas to a marble pedestal with a female figure, on which he read the inscription "Running on the waves." He "stood at the monument, as if on a date, not looking up and contemplating" for about an hour, until the locals called him. From them, the young man learned that about a hundred years ago, Freezy Grant saved the founder of Gel-Gyu, William Hobbes, from certain death. He was shipwrecked, and only thanks to the girl running on the waves, who showed him the right path to salvation, he ended up on this shore.

Thomas was informed that a certain person was waiting for him at the theater, who could be recognized "by a yellow dress with brown fringe." The young man had no doubt that he would meet Beeche, but Daisy turned out to be a stranger. Unable to contain her "visible chagrin", she left Thomas.

At the same moment the young man saw Bice Seniel. She said that she intended to buy the ship "Running on the Waves", which rightfully belongs to her father. "Gez stole it with a fraudulent ploy," and now Bice was looking for a captain to make a deal.

Chapters 25-29

The next morning, Thomas met Butler, and together they went to the hotel where Guez was staying. In the hotel room, they found the captain dead. Immediately, a "crowd of women and men" gathered, among which was Bice Seniel. She was detained on suspicion of killing Gez - the boy noticed how a smart young lady came down the stairs from Gez's room, and now it became clear to everyone who was his killer.

During interrogations, Butler could not stand it, and confessed to the crime. He said that Gez was going to trade in opium - he "promised to buy low, sell high." Butler agreed to participate in the deal, and contributed all of his savings. However, the captain broke his promise and did not pay Butler the due part of the money.

When Butler entered Gez's room, there was no one there, and he hid in the closet. He saw the captain with Biche Seniel enter the room, and immediately began to pester her. However, Bice managed to jump out the window and go down the stairs, where she was detained. Coming out of his hiding place, Butler shot Gez without hesitation.

Chapters 30-35

When meeting with Bice, Thomas learned that all suspicions were officially cleared from her. The girl was eager to board the Wave Runner, with which she had many childhood memories. But, once on the schooner, she did not feel joy - it seemed to her that she was walking, "like in someone else's house". She decided to sell "this ship at auction or whatever."

Thomas told Beeche the story of Freesy Grant, but the girl did not believe him. Returning home, Harvey met Daisy, who confessed her love to him. Suddenly, the young man realized that they always "spoke the same language", and love for Daisy always "went after another love that was experienced and ended." Soon the young people got married.

Conclusion

The main theme of the novel is the search for one's dream, a lofty ideal. Not finding it in a sober and practical Beach, main character I saw him in Daisy, who was able to fully appreciate the spiritual richness of his personality.

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In the evening they played cards at Sters's. Among those gathered was Thomas Harvey, a young man stuck in Lissa due to a serious illness. During the game, Harvey heard a woman's voice clearly say: "Running on the waves." And the rest of the players did not hear anything. The day before, from the window of the tavern, Harvey had watched a girl step off the steamer, carrying herself as if she had been gifted with the secret to subjugate circumstances and people. The next morning, Thomas went to find out where the stranger who struck him was staying, and found out that her name was Bice Seniel. For some reason, he saw a connection between the stranger and yesterday's incident behind the cards. This conjecture was strengthened when in the port he saw a vessel with light contours and on board its inscription: "Running on the waves." Captain Ghez, a surly and blunt man, refused to take Harvey as a passenger without the permission of the owner, a certain Brown. With Brown's note, the captain received Harvey almost kindly, introduced him to his assistants, Sincrite and Butler, who made a good impression, unlike the rest of the crew, who looked more like rabble than sailors. During the voyage, Thomas learned that the ship was built by Ned Seniel. The portrait of his daughter Biche Seniel Harvey had already seen on the table in the captain's cabin. Gez bought the ship when Ned went bankrupt. In Dagon, three women boarded. Harvey did not want to take part in the captain's fun, and he remained at his place. After a while, having heard the screams of one of the women and the threats of a drunken captain, Harvey intervened and, defending himself, knocked the captain down with a blow to the jaw. In a rage, Gez ordered to put him in a boat and put it into the open sea. When the boat was already being carried away from the side, the woman wrapped up from head to toe deftly jumped to Harvey. Under a hail of ridicule, they set sail from the ship. When the stranger spoke, Harvey realized that this was the voice he had heard at Sters's party. The girl called herself Fresy Grant and told Harvey to head south. There he will be picked up by a ship going to Gel-Gyu. Having taken his word from him not to tell anyone about her, including Bice Seniel, Fresy Grant stepped into the water and flew away along the waves. By noon, Harvey actually met the "Dive" going to Gel-Gyu. Here, on the ship, Harvey heard about Fresy Grant again. One day, when the sea was completely calm, a rising wave lowered her father's frigate near the extraordinary beauty of the island, to which it was not possible to moor. Frezi, however, insisted, and then the young lieutenant casually remarked that the girl was so thin and light that she could run through the water. In response, she jumped onto the water and ran lightly over the waves. Then a fog descended, and when it cleared, neither the island nor the girl could be seen. It is said that she began to appear to the shipwrecked. Harvey listened to the legend with particular attention, but only Daisy, Proctor's niece, noticed. Finally, the "Dive" approached Gel-Gyu. The city was dominated by the carnival. Harvey went along with the motley crowd and found himself near a marble figure, on the pedestal of which was the inscription: "Running on the waves." The city, it turns out, was founded by Williams Hobbes, who was wrecked a hundred years ago in the surrounding waters. And Fresy Grant saved him, running along the waves and naming the course that led Hobbes to the then deserted shore, where he settled. Then a woman called to Harvey and said that a person in a yellow dress with brown fringe was waiting for him in the theater. Not doubting that it was Bice Seniel, Harvey hurried to the theatre. But the woman dressed as they said was Daisy. She was disappointed that Harvey called her by the name Beeche and quickly left. A minute later Harvey saw Bice Seniel. She had brought the money and was now looking for a meeting with Gez in order to buy the ship. Harvey managed to find out in which hotel Gez was staying. The next morning he went there with Butler. They went up to the captain. Gez lay with a bullet in his head. The people fled. Suddenly Bice Seniel was brought in. It turned out that the day before the captain was very drunk. In the morning a young lady came to him, and then a shot rang out. The girl was detained on the stairs. But then Butler spoke up and admitted that it was he who killed Gez. He had his own account with a scammer. It turns out that the Wave Runner was carrying a cargo of opium, and Butler was due a significant part of the income, but the captain deceived him. He did not find Gez in the room, and when he appeared with the lady, Butler hid in the closet. But the meeting ended in an ugly scene, and in order to get rid of Gez, the girl jumped out of the window onto the landing, where she was later detained. When Butler got out of the closet, the captain pounced on him, and Butler had no choice but to kill him. Upon learning the truth about the ship, Bice ordered the defiled ship to be auctioned off. Before parting, Harvey told Beach about his meeting with Fresy Grant. Bice suddenly began to insist that his story was a legend. Harvey, however, thought that Daisy would have taken his story with complete confidence, and remembered with regret that Daisy was engaged. Some time has passed. One day at Lega, Harvey met Daisy. She broke up with her fiancé, and in her story about this there was no regret. Harvey and Daisy soon got married. Their house on the seashore was visited by Dr. Filatr. He spoke about the fate of the ship "Running on the Waves", whose dilapidated hull he discovered near a deserted island. How and under what circumstances the crew left the ship remained a mystery. I saw Filatra and Bice Seniel. She was already married and gave Harvey a short letter wishing him happiness. Daisy, she said, expected the letter to acknowledge Harvey's right to see what he wanted. Daisy Harvey speaks for everyone: “Thomas Harvey, you are right. Everything was as you said. Freezy Grant! You exist! Respond!" "Good evening friends! - we heard from the sea. "I'm in a hurry, I'm running..."

The story of the search for love and happiness. The hero finds his ideal of femininity in two completely different girls, but only one truly believes and loves him.
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Very briefly

In the port of the fictional country of Greenland, Thomas Harvey notices a beautiful girl. He recognizes her name - Biche Seniel, and begins to dream of meeting her. That same evening, behind the cards, he hears someone whispering “Running on the Waves”, but does not attach any importance to it.

Later, Harvey sets sail on a ship called the Wave Runner. He learns that the ship was previously owned by Beeche's father. The young man is sure that the ship will lead him to his dream. However, a serious conflict soon occurs between Thomas and Captain Gez. The hero is put into a boat and released into the open sea.

Suddenly, a beautiful young woman appears in the boat, wrapped from head to toe. Frezi shows Thomas the right way to meet the rescue ship. She tells no one to tell about her. Having sank into the water, Frezi runs away into the distance along the waves.

Thomas is picked up by a ship on which he meets the charming Daisy. Arriving in the city, the young man sees a marble statue of a woman with the inscription "Running on the waves." It is installed in honor of Frezi, who saved the founder of the city from certain death at sea.

In the city, Thomas meets Beachy, who wants to buy the schooner Wave Runner. Communicating with a girl, the hero understands how far they are from each other. A few years later, fate brings him to Daisy. Thomas is sure that she is the love of his life and marries her.