When compiling a concise retelling, it is difficult to determine which details should be mentioned and which should be discarded so as not to delay the plot. A very short summary of the work from the Literaguru team comes to the rescue, where the main events from the book are stated accurately and concisely. Enjoy reading!
(156 words) Gypsy camp settled down for the night by the river. The old man is not sleeping in anticipation of his young daughter Zemfira. Soon she comes with a young man named Aleko. He wants to join the camp. The old man takes it. City life is full of falsehood, so Aleko does not regret that he left her.
Aleko lived with the gypsies for two years. One day a young man hears Zemfira's song, in which she admits that she does not love him. He seeks advice from an old gypsy. He urges him to reconcile. He recalls that Zemfira’s mother Mariula also did not spend long time with him, and a year later she left the old man. But the man is seething with anger, he does not even think of retreating.
At night, Zemfira meets with a young gypsy. Aleko goes in search of a girl. Suddenly he catches her with another. The cheated spouse in anger kills the traitor and his rival. The old man asks Aleko to leave their camp. The killer should not live with them. Gypsies leave the youth forever. A lone cart remains in the field, in which no one has slept.
Moby Dick
