Preparation for the lesson is the most important stage of training. This is especially true for literature, because in a few months a student can forget what he read in the summer. A chapter retelling should help him remember the details that fade from memory over time. We can also offer you an analysis of the "Captain's Daughter" for preparation.
Chapter 1: SERGEANT OF THE GUARDS
Peter Grinyov was born in the Simbirsk village (an essay about him by reference). His parents are Prime Minister Andrei Petrovich Grinev and Avdotya Vasilievna Yu. Even before the birth of Peter, his father enrolled him in the Semenovsky regiment as a sergeant. The boy was on vacation until the end of training, but it was very badly conducted. Father hired Monsieur Beaupre to teach the young gentleman French, German and other sciences. Instead, the man learned with the help of Peter the Russian and then everyone began to do his own thing: a mentor - to drink and walk, and a child - to have fun. Later, the boy’s father drove Monsieur Beaupre from the yard for molesting the maid. No new teachers were hired.
When Peter was 17 years old, his father decided that his son should go to work. However, he sent not to the Semenovsky regiment in St. Petersburg, but to Orenburg, to smell the gunpowder and become a real man, instead of having fun in the capital. Stremyanny Savelich (his description here), who was granted uncle Petro when he was still a child, went with his ward. On the way we made a stop in Simbirsk to buy the necessary things. While the mentor was solving business issues and meeting with old friends, Peter met with Ivan Zurin, the captain of the hussar regiment. The man began to teach the young man to be a military man: to drink and play billiards. After this, Peter returned to Savelich drunk, cursed the old man and greatly offended. The next morning, the mentor began to read notations to him and persuaded him not to give back the lost one hundred rubles. However, Peter insisted on the return of debt. Soon the two of them went on.
Chapter 2: ADMINISTRATOR
On the way to Orenburg, Peter Grinyov was tormented by conscience: he realized that he was behaving stupidly and rudely. The young man apologized to Savelich and promised that this would not happen again. The man replied that he was to blame: it was not necessary to leave the ward alone. After the words of Peter Savelich calmed down a little. Later, a snowstorm overtook the travelers, and they went astray. After some time, they met a man who suggested which side of the village. They drove off, and Grinev dozed off. He dreamed that he had returned home, his mother said that his father was dying and wanted to say goodbye. However, when Peter came to him, he saw that it was not his dad. Instead, there was a man with a black beard who glanced cheerfully. Grinev was indignant, why on earth would he ask for a blessing from a stranger, but his mother told her to do this, saying that this was his father who had been put on. Peter did not agree, so the man jumped out of bed and waved an ax, demanding to receive a blessing. The room was filled with dead bodies. At that moment, the young man woke up. Later, he connected many events of his life with this dream. After the rest, Grinev decided to thank the guide and gave him his hare sheepskin coat against Savelich’s will.
After some time, the travelers arrived in Orenburg. Grinev immediately went to General Andrei Karlovich, who turned out to be tall, but already hunched over by old age. He had long white hair and a German accent. Peter handed him a letter, then they had lunch together, and the next day Grinev, by order, went to the place of service - to the Belogorsk fortress. The young man was still not happy that his father sent him to such a wilderness.
Chapter 3: FORTRESS
Pyotr Grinev and Savelich arrived in Belogorsk fortress, which inspired by no means a warlike appearance. It was a frail village, where the disabled and the elderly served. Peter met with the inhabitants of the fortress: Captain Ivan Kuzmich Mironov, his wife Vasilisa Yegorovna, their daughter Masha and Alexei Ivanovich Shvabrin (his image is described here), transferred to this wilderness for a murder in a duel with a lieutenant. The guilty military man first came to Grinev - he wanted to see a new human face. At the same time, Shvabrin told Peter about the local inhabitants.
Grinev was invited to dinner at the Mironovs. They asked the young man about his family, talked about how they themselves arrived in the Belogorsk fortress, and Vasilisa Yegorovna was afraid of the Bashkirs and Kyrgyz. Masha (her detailed description is here) and shuddered from shots from a gun until then, and when her father decided to shoot a gun at her mother’s name day, she almost died of fear. The girl was married, but from the dowry she had only a comb, a broom, an altyn of money and bath accessories. Vasilisa Egorovna (female images are described here) was worried that her daughter would remain an old maid, because no one would want to marry a poor one. Grinev reacted to Masha biased, because before that, Shvabrin described her as a fool.
Chapter 4: THE FIGHT
Soon, Peter Grinev got used to the inhabitant of the Belogorsk fortress, and he even liked life there. Ivan Kuzmich, who came out as officers from soldiers' children, was simple and uneducated, but honest and kind. His wife ran the fortress, as did her own home. Marya Ivanovna was not at all a fool, but a sensible and sensitive girl. The crooked garrison lieutenant Ivan Ignatich didn’t at all engage in criminal relations with Vasilisa Egorovna, as Shvabrin had said before. Because of such nasty things, communication with Alexei Ivanovich became less and less pleasant for Peter. The service did not burden Grinev. There were no shows, no exercises, no guards in the fortress.
Over time, Peter liked Masha. He composed a love poem for her and gave Schwabrin to be appreciated. He strongly criticized the composition and the girl herself. He even slandered Masha, hinting that she went to him at night. Grinev was indignant, accused Alexey of lying, and the latter challenged him to a duel. At first, the contest did not take place, because Ivan Ignatich reported on the intentions of the young people to Vasilisa Yegorovna. Masha confessed to Grinyov that Alexey wooed for her, but she refused. Later, Peter and Alex again went to a duel. Due to the sudden appearance of Savelych, Grinev looked around, and Schwabrin pricked him with a sword in the chest.
Chapter 5: LOVE
On the fifth day after the accident, Grinev woke up. Nearby all the time were Savelich and Masha. Peter immediately confessed to the girl his feelings. At first, she did not answer him, referring to the fact that he was ill, but later agreed. Grinev immediately sent his parents a request for blessing, but his father answered with a rude and decisive refusal. In his opinion, Petru nonsense got into his head. Also Grinyov senior was indignant about the duel of his son. He wrote that, having learned about this, the mother fell ill. The father said that he would ask Ivan Kuzmich to immediately transfer the young man to another place.
The letter horrified Peter. Masha refused to marry him without the blessing of his parents, saying that then the young man would not be happy. Grinev was also angry with Savelich for interfering in a duel and reporting about it to his father. The man was offended and said that he had fled to Peter to shield himself from the sword of Shvabrin, but old age prevented him, and he did not have time, but did not inform his father. Savelich showed the ward a letter from Grinev the elder, where he swore because the servant did not report a duel. After that, Peter realized that he was mistaken and began to suspect Shvabrin of denunciation. It was beneficial for him to transfer Grinyov from the Belogorsk fortress.
Chapter 6: The TOGETHER
At the end of 1773, Captain Mironov received a message about the Don Cossack Yemelyan Pugachev (here is his image and description), which impersonated the late Emperor Peter III. The criminal gathered a gang and defeated several fortresses. There was a chance of an attack on Belogorskaya too, so its inhabitants immediately began to prepare: to clean the cannon. After some time, the Bashkirs were seized with outrageous sheets that portended an imminent attack. He could not be tortured because his tongue was torn out.
When the robbers took the Lower Grain Fortress, captivating all the soldiers and hanging the officers, it became clear that the enemies would soon arrive at Mironov. For safety's sake, parents decided to send Masha to Orenburg. Vasilisa Egorovna refused to leave her husband. Peter said goodbye to his beloved, saying that his last prayer would be about her.
Chapter 7: COMBAT
In the morning, the Belogorsk fortress was surrounded. Several traitors sided with Pugachev, and Marya Mironova did not manage to leave for Orenburg. The father said goodbye to his daughter, blessing for marriage with the person who will be worthy. After taking the fortress, Pugachev hung the commandant and, under the guise of Peter III, began to demand an oath. Those who refused suffered the same fate.
Peter saw Shvabrin among the traitors. Alexey said something to Pugachev, and he decided to hang Grinev without an offer to take the oath. When a young man was put on a noose around his neck, Savelich convinced the robber to change his mind - a ransom could be obtained from a lordly child. The mentor offered to hang himself instead of Peter. Pugachev spared both. Vasilisa Yegorovna, seeing her husband in a noose, raised a cry, and she was also killed by striking a saber in the head.
Chapter 8: THE UNBELIEVED GUEST
Pugachev and his comrades-in-arms celebrated the capture of another fortress. Marya Ivanovna survived. Akadina Pamfilovna hit her in her home and passed her off as her niece. The impostor believed. Upon learning this, Peter calmed down a little. Savelich told him that Pugachev is the drunkard whom he met on the way to the duty station. Grinev was saved by the fact that he then presented the robber with his hare sheepskin coat. Peter lost in thought: duty required to go to a new duty station, where he could be useful to the Fatherland, but love tied him to the Belogorsk fortress.
Later Pugachev called Peter to his place and once again offered to enter his service. Grinev refused, saying that he had sworn allegiance to Catherine II and could not take his words back. The impostor liked the honesty and courage of the young man, and he let him go on all four sides.
Chapter 9: SEPARATION
In the morning, Pyotr Grinev woke up to a drumming and went out to the square. Cossacks gathered near the gallows. Pugachev let Peter go to Orenburg and said to warn of an imminent attack on the city. The new chief of the fortress was appointed Alexei Shvabrin. Grinev was horrified to hear this, because Marya Ivanovna was now in danger. Savelich decided to bring a claim to Pugachev and demand compensation for the damage. The impostor was extremely indignant, but did not punish.
Before leaving, Peter went to say goodbye to Marya Ivanovna. She suffered a fever from the stress, and the girl was delirious, not recognizing the young man. Grinev worried about her and decided that the only way he could help was to reach Orenburg and contribute to the liberation of the fortress. When Peter and Savelich walked along the road to the city, a Cossack caught up with them. He was on a horse and held the second in reins. The man said that Pugachev favors Grinev’s horse, a fur coat from his shoulder and arshins of money, but he lost the last along the road. The young man accepted the gifts and advised the man to find and collect the lost money for vodka.
Chapter 10: Siege of the City
Peter Grinev arrived in Orenburg and reported to the general about the military situation. They immediately gathered advice, but all but the young man spoke out not to advance, but to wait for the attack. The general agreed with Grinev, but stated that he could not risk the people entrusted to him. Then Peter stayed to wait in the city, occasionally making sorties outside the walls against the people of Pugachev. The robbers were much better armed than the soldiers of the legitimate authorities.
During one of the sorties Grinev met the officer Maksimycha from the Belogorsk fortress. He handed the young man a letter from Marya Mironova, which reported that Alexey Shvabrin was forcing her to marry him, otherwise he would give Pugachev the secret that she was a captain’s daughter and not Akulina Pamfilovna’s niece. Grinev was horrified by the words of Marya and immediately went to the general with a repeated request to speak at the Belogorsk fortress, but was again refused.
Chapter 11: rebellious settlement
Not finding help from the legitimate authorities, Pyotr Grinev left Orenburg to teach Alexei Shvabrin on his own. Savelich refused to leave the ward and went with him. On the way, the young man and the old man were caught by Pugachev’s people, and they led Peter to their “father”. The head of the robbers lived in a Russian hut, which was called the palace. The only difference from ordinary houses was that it was glued with gold paper. Pugachev constantly kept with him two advisers, whom he called enarals. One of them is fugitive Corporal Beloborodov, and the second exiled criminal Sokolov, nicknamed Khlopushka.
Pugachev got angry at Shvabrin, having learned that he offends the orphan. The man decided to help Peter and was even delighted to find out that Marya was his bride. The next day, they traveled together to the Belogorsk fortress. Faithful Savelich again refused to leave the lordly child.
Chapter 12: Orphan
Arriving at the Belogorsk fortress, travelers met Shvabrin. He called Marya his wife, which angered Grinyov in earnest, but the girl denied this. Pugachev was angry with Alexei, but had mercy, threatening to remember this fault if he allowed another. Schwabrin looked pitiful, kneeling. Nevertheless, he had the courage to reveal Marya's secret. Pugachev’s face was clouded, but he realized that he had been deceived in order to save an innocent child, so he forgave and released the lovers.
Pugachev left. Maria Ivanovna said goodbye to the graves of her parents, packed up her things and went to Orenburg with Peter, Palasha and Savelich. Schwabrin's face expressed gloomy anger.
Chapter 13: ARREST
Travelers stopped in a city near Orenburg. There Grinev met an old acquaintance of Zurin, who once lost a hundred rubles. The man advised Peter not to marry at all, because love is a whim. Grinev did not agree with Zurin, however, he understood that he should serve the empress, so he sent Marya to his parents as a bride, accompanied by Savelych, and he decided to remain in the army.
After saying goodbye to the girl, Peter had fun with Zurin, and then they went camping. At the sight of the troops of the legitimate authority, the rebellious villages came into obedience. Soon, under the Tatishcheva fortress, Prince Golitsyn defeated Pugachev and liberated Orenburg, but the impostor gathered a new gang, took Kazan and marched to Moscow. Still, after some time, Pugachev was caught. War is over. Peter received a vacation and was about to go home with his family and Marya. However, on the day of departure, Zurin received a letter ordering him to detain Grinev and send him on guard to Kazan to the commission of inquiry on the Pugachev case. I had to obey.
Chapter 14: COURT
Pyotr Grinev was sure that he would not face serious punishment, and decided to tell everything as it is. However, the young man did not mention the name of Marya Ivanovna, so as not to entangle her in this vile affair. The commission did not believe the young man and considered her father unworthy son. During the investigation, it became known that the scammer was Shvabrin.
Andrei Petrovich Grinev was horrified at the thought that his son was a traitor. The mother of the young man was upset. Out of respect for his father, Peter was saved from execution and sentenced to exile in Siberia. Marya Ivanovna, whom the young man's parents managed to fall in love with, went to Petersburg. There, during a walk, she met a noble lady, who, having learned that the girl was going to ask the empress for favor, listened to the story and said that she could help. Later it turned out that it was Catherine II herself.She had mercy on Peter Grinev. Soon the young man married Marya Mironova, they had children, and Pugachev nodded to the young man before hanging in a noose.
Missed Chapter
This chapter is not included in the final release. Here Grinev is called Bulanin, and Zurin - Grinev.
Peter pursued the Pugachevites, being in the detachment of Zurin. The troops were off the Volga and not far from the Grinev estate. Peter decided to meet with his parents and Marya Ivanovna, so he went to them alone.
It turned out that the village was engulfed in rebellion, and the family of the youth was held captive. When Grinev went into the barn, the peasants locked him with them. Savelich went to report this to Zurin. Meanwhile, Shvabrin arrived in the village and ordered the barn to be set on fire. Peter's father wounded Alexei, and the family was able to get out of the burning barn. At that moment Zurin arrived and rescued them from Shvabrin, the Pugachevites and the rebellious peasants. Alexei was sent to Kazan for trial, the peasants were pardoned, and Grinev the younger went to suppress the remnants of the rebellion.
