Summary of “Adolf”
At the beginning of the last century, an unknown person traveled through Italy. Stopping in a provincial town, he meets a sad young man. When a young man becomes ill, the traveler does not depart from him, taking care of him and curing him. Recovered, as a token of gratitude, the young man gives him his manuscripts. This manuscript was Adolf’s diary – that’s the name of the young man. The traveler, having decided that the entries in the diary do not infringe on anyone’s interests, publishes it.
Adolf is a graduate of the University of Göttingen. Among the students he was the most intelligent and talented. Adolf’s father, a stern and stern man, believed that his son had a great future ahead of him.
But the young man is not interested in career growth or rank. He wants to indulge in “strong impressions” that will raise him above the grayness of being. After graduation, Adolf goes to one influential prince in the city of D. to ask
Adolf wants to be loved, but no woman does not like it. Once, while visiting Count P, he meets the Count’s mistress there – a cute polka, not at all young. Despite her precarious position, this woman is free soul and has a big heart. They have been together with the Count for ten years, and she not only rejoices with his successes with him, but also empathizes with him in his failures.
The friend’s name is Elleonor. It is educated, subtle, and sharp on the tongue. Everyone appreciates how flawlessly she behaves in society.
Adolf meets her exactly when he most urgently needs love, and his vanity requires secular success. Ellenor seems to him the most advantageous passion for satisfying both desires. He diligently takes care of her, and he is soon reciprocated.
First, Adolph is in the clouds, having achieved Ellenor, he begins to love and appreciate her even more. But later he admits that this is a one-sided relationship: only Ellenor is happy in them, and he is only nobly
Falling in love with Adolf, Ellenor parted with Count P. and with him and with his wealth and influence, which she earned for many years with her devotion. Now, communicating with her, men show some disrespect. Adolf is grateful to Ellenor for the sacrifice, but at the same time he wants to get rid of her as soon as possible: he is tired of this love. He does not have enough spirit to tell Ellenore of his feelings directly. Instead, he begins to publicly name all women as hypocrites and despots, which causes hatred of the whole society. Ellenor is beginning to regret, but it does not add respect to her.
Finally, Adolf goes to his father, forbidding Ellenore to follow him. But, despite all the prohibitions, she comes to the city. Upon learning of her visits, Adolphe’s father threatens her with eviction from the borders of his possessions. Adolf is indignant over his father’s behavior. He reconciles with Ellenor and together they leave to live in a provincial town in Bohemia. But this only aggravates the situation of Adolphe: he is getting heavy from constant idleness.
Count P. offers Ellenore the last chance to be with him, she again rejects him. Adolf feels strongly indebted to her, but in his heart he wants to get rid of her as soon as possible. Then Ellenore has another chance to change her life: her father was given the right to manage the estates, and he invites the daughter to her. Adolf refuses to go with her to him. Ellenor also remains, being unable to leave his lover. Meanwhile, her father died of a heart attack. To prevent his conscience, Adolf agrees to go with his mistress in Poland.
There they stop at the Manor of Ellenor, which is located near Warsaw. Sometimes Adolf visits his father’s old friend, Count T. That he dreams of Adolf and Ellenor parting, and begins to play on his vanity: he invites him into society, constantly watering Ellenor with mud. Finally, Adolph in a letter expresses his promise that soon this woman will be all over. But returning home, he sees his faithful Ellenor all in tears, and unable to tell her the truth.
Count T. notifies Ellenor of what Adolf is about to do, and sends her a letter from her lover. After this, Ellenor went blind. Learning of what the Count Adolf had done in a frenzy, he was torn by contradictions, but he could not leave Ellenor until its very end. When she died, Adolf suddenly realizes that inside he is empty without that attachment, which he sought to get rid of for several years.
Before the death of Ellenor wrote a letter in which he tells that the brutal Adolf made her the first to finish their relationship. But since she can not live without her lover, it’s easier for her to die. Orphic Adolf leaves on a journey. When he rejected the one who loved him, he can not fully dispose of the freedom that fell to him.
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