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/ / "Running on the waves"

Date of creation: 1928.

Genre: novel.

Subject: the relationship between the higher and material worlds, the relationship between good and evil.

Idea: It is important in this contradictory world to preserve the dream and pursue it to the end.

Issues. A person finds happiness through trial and error.

Main characters: Thomas Harvey, Bice Seniel, Guez, Daisy, Frezi Grant.

Plot. Harvey had to spend a long time in Lissa due to illness. One day at a party during a card game, he suddenly heard a voice from a friend of Steers's. It was the voice of a woman who clearly said: “Running on the waves.” The rest of those present heard nothing of the kind. The day before, Harvey saw a girl get off the ship, who amazed him with her demeanor. It seemed that there was something hidden in her that could influence both people and circumstances.

The hero managed to find out the location and name of the stranger who made an impression on him. This is Biche Seniel. Thomas made a connection between this girl and the voice he heard. His conviction was strengthened by the sight of a ship whose name repeated what the voice had said. Harvey realized that his destiny was to be on this ship.

Having overcome the resistance of the inhospitable captain Gez, he ended up on a promising ship, whose crew resembled a gang of robbers. Already during the voyage, the hero learned that this ship was built by Ned Seniel, Beach's father. He sold his ship to Gezu after going bankrupt.

On this ship, Harvey got into trouble. The captain's cabin was filled with merriment with the three arriving women. Harvey was in his cabin when a noise reached his ears: a woman was screaming, and the drunken captain was threatening her. Thomas, like a gentleman, defended the “lady” and in a fight threw her offender on his face. Guez became furious and, in retaliation, provided Harvey with a boat and sent him to his fate on the open sea. Suddenly, an unknown lady, completely covered with clothes, easily jumped to Thomas into the boat moving away from the side. Showered with ambiguous jokes, they moved away from the ship. The girl spoke, and Thomas recognized her voice. That's what he heard at that party. The stranger called herself Frezi Grant and advised Harvey to row south. In this direction he will meet a ship that will pick him up. Having received a promise from Thomas to remain silent about her, even from Biche Seniel, the mysterious girl stepped overboard and easily rushed along the waves, disappearing into the distance.

As Frezi Grant predicted, the hero met the ship "Dive", which picked him up. Here Harvey learned the legend of Frezi Grant, who saved those dying in a shipwreck. One day, in complete calm, a wave came out of nowhere and brought the frigate that belonged to her father to an island of fabulous beauty. It was not possible to get close to him, but Frezi demanded. One lieutenant joked about Frezi's ability to run across the water due to his lightness. The girl immediately jumped off and quickly hurried across the waves. At this time, a hanging fog covered everything, and when it disappeared, both the island and the girl disappeared.

Daisy, the captain’s niece, noticed how interested Harvey was listening to the legend.

The ship approached the port of Gel-Gyu, where a carnival reigned. In the midst of the noisy celebration, Thomas suddenly saw a statue, at the bottom of which was inscribed: “Running on the waves.” This city was founded by a man who was shipwrecked and rescued by Frezi Grant.

Daisy arranged a meeting with Harvey, but he mistook her for Beach, which upset the girl. She quickly left. Bice Seniel met the hero here. She had things to do: Biche was looking for Captain Gez to buy the ship from him. Harvey found out where to find Gez, and with the captain's assistant went to him.

They found Geza killed. People gathered. Unexpectedly, Biche Seniel was brought here as a suspect. Her behavior looked suspicious. She came to see him in the morning, and then a shot rang out. Beach was stopped on the stairs. However, Butler, the captain's assistant, confesses to the murder of Gez. It turns out that opium was transported on the “Running on the Waves”; Butler was entitled to a good share of the profit from this enterprise, but Gez cheated, and Butler received nothing. Arriving at the captain's room, the assistant did not find him. Soon Gez came with a girl, and Butler disappeared into the closet. Gez began to behave disgracefully, and the girl was forced to jump out of the window overlooking the stairs. When the assistant emerged from the closet, Ghez attacked him and Butler shot.

The bad story with the ship prompted Beach to sell the Runner at auction. Parting with the girl, Harvey told her about how he met Frezi Grant. Suddenly, Biche began to insist that this was only a legend. And with contrition Thomas remembered Daisy, who would unconditionally accept his story on faith, but she, alas, is engaged.

A little time passed and he met Daisy and learned that she had said goodbye to her groom and did not regret him at all. Soon Thomas Harvey and Daisy got married. They lived in a house on the sea coast. One day, Doctor Filater, who treated Harvey in Lissa, came to them. From him, Thomas learned about the ship "Running on the Waves". Its dilapidated building was found near an uninhabited island. Why the crew abandoned the ship remains unknown.

Filater also met Bice Seniel, he gave Harvey a short letter from her, which contained wishes for his happiness. She herself is already married. Daisy hoped that Beach would admit in the letter that Thomas had the right to see what he wanted. But alas... Then Daisy herself spoke on behalf of everyone about the correctness of Thomas Harvey in his story about Frezi Grant. And she turned to Frezi herself with a request to respond. And from the sea they heard her voice. Frezi Grant hurried to her friends.

Review of the work. A very realistic description is combined with the surreal. Romance and prose of life. A completely special impression, as with all of Green’s works. This is his special world, and it is amazing.

Let me start my review by saying that I really enjoy reading. I love reading serious books since early childhood. I absolutely love classics, foreign and, of course, Russian. I can’t see my life without books. And I prefer printed versions; tactile contact with the book is very important. But when it is not possible to purchase what I need, I download it in electronic form.

Every new year I make a list of books that I would like to read. It includes books that are more classic than simple romance novels and fiction, which I don’t really like, and I try not to read at all - for me it’s simply useless.
And so the new year of my life began, and the list was ready. One of the books was “Running on the Waves” by Alexander Greene, which I decided to read first, and I didn’t regret a minute of my time.

It so happens that I read quickly. If a book initially intrigues me, I read it in a few hours. If not, I’ll wait as long as I can.
I read the novel “Running on the Waves” in a day (in electronic version, to my great regret).

The novel "Running on the Waves" was written in 1928; it is one of the largest works of Alexander Greene.
"Running on the Waves" is written in a romantic style, but the genre is not fantasy. Green really didn’t like it when his works were classified as science fiction, saying, “this is a symbolic novel, not a fantastic one...”.
I am of the opinion that the genre of this novel is symbolism.

Three film adaptations have been made based on the book, all Russian, one of which is a teleplay. All are based on the book "Running on the Waves". But none of them aroused interest in watching it. There are too many additions in the descriptions of the film, the directors added too much of their own. Perhaps, over time, I will have a desire to watch films based on them, but not now.

The plot of the book is very simple: after illness, the main character decides to live in a rented apartment overlooking the sea. One day at the port he meets a girl who has arrived in the city, admires her, but does not try to make an acquaintance. Which he then regrets the next day, assuming that she is his Unfulfilled (here can be interpreted in different ways: dream, love... The main character himself thinks that she could have become his love if he had not ignored the moment). But fate gives him another chance to find a girl; a distinct voice in his head whispered to him: “Running on the waves.” The hero finds a ship with that name and makes every effort to set sail with it...

The hero’s ability to drop everything and go in search of the girl he liked is amazing. Now not everyone can boast of this. The main character will have to go through many obstacles, experiences and various situations that prevent him from achieving his goal.

The action of the novel takes place mainly on a ship, first on the "Running on the Waves", then on the "Dive", by chance he ends up on this small ship. And then in the city. And all the places where the main character visits are connected with the girl he accidentally met in the port.

The main characters of the novel "Wave Runner":
- Thomas Harvey, the main character of the novel, is looking for his Unfulfilled. He loves to watch people, their way of speaking, their behavior.
- Bice Seniel, the girl who meets Harvey at the port. Beautiful, young girl.
- Filater, friend and attending physician of Harvey. It was he who advised us to settle closer to the sea for a speedy recovery.
- Captain Gez, captain of the ship "Running on the Waves", a disgusting person, who likes to drink a lot, with a very bad character. Which is confirmed by his constant antics.
- Sinkwright, the man on Captain Gez's ship, is a nasty sycophant.
- Butler, Geza’s senior assistant, A serious man, a collective image in the novel.
- Proctor, captain of the Dive, the good sailor who picked up Harvey on the high seas.
- Desi, Proctor's niece, is a very sweet girl who takes a liking to Harvey and later falls in love with him.
- Tobbogan, Desi's groom, are sailing on the ship "Nyrok" to a certain city to get married.
- Frezi Grant, running on the waves.

There are many other characters in the book, but I have listed the main ones.
While reading the novel, I imagined a slightly different turn of events at the end. But the brilliant author turned the whole idea of ​​the characters upside down, forcing us to look at them from a new angle and with a completely new look. This change of events made me fall in love with this novel unconditionally.

Yes, to tell the truth, this is a love story. Very romantic and tender, with the presence of other events, as happens in ordinary life, incidents and dramas, but there is and will be romance.

"Running on the Waves" left an indelible impression on my soul. I will definitely purchase the printed version of the book.
And I advise you and even strongly recommend reading this romantic love story, with vivid experiences unique to it alone...

In the evening they played cards at Steers's. Among those gathered was Thomas Harvey, a young man stranded in Liss due to serious illness. During the game, Harvey heard a woman's voice clearly say: "Running on the waves." Moreover, the other players did not hear anything.

The day before, from the window of the tavern, Harvey watched as a girl came off the ship, acting as if she was gifted with the secret of subjugating circumstances and people. The next morning, Thomas went to find out where the stranger who had amazed him was staying, and learned that her name was Biche Seniel.

For some reason, he saw a connection between the stranger and yesterday’s incident behind the cards. This guess became stronger when in the port he saw a ship with light contours and on its board the inscription: “Running on the waves.”

Captain Guez, an unfriendly and harsh 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 and introduced him to his assistants Sinkwright 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. Seniel Harvey had already seen the portrait of his daughter Bice on the table in the captain's cabin. Gez bought the ship when Ned went broke.

At Dagon, three women boarded. Harvey did not want to take part in the fun that had begun with the captain, and he stayed at his place. After some time, hearing the screams of one of the women and the threats of the drunken captain, Harvey intervened and, in defense, knocked the captain down with a blow to the jaw.

Enraged, Ghez ordered to be put in a boat and launched into the open sea. When the boat was already drifting away from the side, a woman wrapped from head to toe deftly jumped over to Harvey. Under a hail of ridicule, they set sail from the ship.

When the stranger spoke, Harvey realized that it was this voice that he had heard at Steers’s party. The girl called herself Frezi Grant and told Harvey to head south. There he will be picked up by a ship heading to Gel-Gyu. Having made him promise not to tell anyone about her, including Beach Seniel, Frezi Grant stepped onto the water and swept away along the waves.

By noon, Harvey actually met the “Dive”, going to Gel-Gyu. Here on the ship, Harvey again heard about Frezi Grant. 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 there was no possibility of mooring. Frezi, however, insisted, and then the young lieutenant casually noted that the girl was so thin and light that she could run on water. In response, she jumped onto the water and easily ran through the waves. Then the fog descended, and when it cleared, neither the island nor the girl was visible. They say she began to appear as a castaway.

Harvey listened to the legend with special attention, but only Daisy, Proctor’s niece, noticed this. Finally, “Dive” approached Gel-Gyu. The city was in the grip of a carnival

la. Harvey walked 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 shipwrecked a hundred years ago in the surrounding waters. And he was saved by freesia Grant, who came running along the waves and named a course that led Hobbes to the then deserted shore, where he settled.

Then a woman called out to Harvey and said that a person in a yellow dress with brown fringe was waiting for him at the theater. Having no doubt that it was Bice Seniel, Harvey hurried to the theater. But the woman dressed as said turned out to be Daisy. She was disappointed that Harvey called her by Beeche's name and quickly left. A minute later Harvey saw Bice Seniel. She brought money and was now looking for a meeting with Gez to buy the ship. Harvey managed to find out which hotel Ghez was staying at. The next morning he went there with Butler. They went up to the captain. Gez lay with a bullet through his head.

People came running. Suddenly they brought Biche Seniel. 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 the scammer. It turns out that the Wave Runner was carrying a cargo of opium, and Butler was owed a significant portion of the income, but the captain deceived him.

He didn’t find Gez in the room, and when he appeared with the lady, Butler hid in the closet. But the date 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 attacked him, and Butler had no choice but to kill him.

Having learned the truth about the ship, Beach ordered the desecrated vessel to be sold at auction. Before parting, Harvey told Beach about his meeting with Frezi Grant. Beach suddenly began to insist that his story was a legend. Harvey thought that Daisy would have taken his story with complete confidence, and remembered with regret that Daisy was engaged.

Some time passed. One day in Lega, Harvey met Daisy. She broke up with her fiancé, and there was no regret in her story about it. Soon Harvey and Daisy got married. Doctor Filatr visited their house on the seashore.

He spoke about the fate of the ship "Running on the Waves", the dilapidated hull of which he discovered near a deserted island. How and under what circumstances the crew left the ship remained a mystery.

I saw Filatr and Biche Seniel. She was already married and gave Harvey a short letter wishing him happiness. Daisy, she said, expected the letter to recognize Harvey's right to see what he wanted. Daisy Harvey speaks on behalf of everyone: “Thomas Harvey, you are right. Everything was as you said. Frezi Grant! You exist! Answer me!” “Good evening, friends!” we heard from the sea. “I’m in a hurry, I’m running...”

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Greene'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- doctor, close friend of Thomas.

William Guez- captain of the ship “Running on the Waves”, a harsh, unfriendly, mean person.

Butler- Assistant to Captain Geza.

Frezi Grant- a beautiful young girl, a vision who saved people on the high seas.

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

Phineas Proctor- 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 at Lisse due to a sudden illness that literally knocked him off his feet. After being discharged from the hospital, he rented a small apartment for himself to finally improve his health.

While having lunch at a port tavern, Thomas noticed a girl coming down the steamer'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 the beautiful stranger - Biche Seniel.

Thanks to the treating doctor Filatr, Thomas Harvey became acquainted with 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 him alone, had heard this strange phrase. Thomas felt a certain connection between the woman's voice he heard and the beautiful stranger.

In the port, the young man found a ship with the inscription “Running on the Waves.” He went on deck, and, meeting the harsh captain of the ship, William Geza, asked to be taken on board the ship as a passenger.

Ghez was against having a passenger on a cargo ship, since “it always leads to some kind of trouble or hassle.” Thomas was forced to go directly to the ship's owner 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, an excellent and kind-hearted man.”

Having received a note from Brown with permission to travel on the sailing ship “Running on the Waves,” Thomas gave it to Gez, and he became more friendly with the young man. He said that, in addition to him, there would be other ladies on board.

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

Chapters 13-17

Already on the open sea, Thomas learned that “the ship was built by Ned Seniel fourteen years ago.” Hearing a familiar surname, the young man began to listen with much greater attention to the story of “Running on the Waves.”

It turned out that several years ago Ned Seniel went bankrupt and was forced to sell the ship to Gezu, and then it passed to Brown. In the captain's cabin there 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 “confirmed his intention to retire completely.”

Suddenly “crying and fussing were heard; then a terrible, hysterical scream." Thomas tried to protect the woman from the advances of the drunken Gez, and knocked the captain down with a strong blow to the jaw.

Unable to tolerate such humiliation, the captain put Thomas Harvey in the boat and pushed it into the open sea. At the last moment, he was joined by a girl who, in some unknown way, ended up on the ship. Her name was Frezi Grant, and her voice seemed very familiar to Thomas. Suddenly he remembered under what circumstances he heard it - it was the same voice that uttered the phrase “Running on the Waves” when the young man was playing cards.

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

Then Frezi stepped over the side of the boat, and Thomas managed 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 "Nyrok", which was heading to the port of Gel-Gyu. “The skipper, who is also the owner of the ship, Phineas Proctor,” listened carefully to the young man’s story and complained about what a scoundrel Gez turned out to be. He even agreed to testify if Thomas decided 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 suggested telling Harvey the story of the mysterious Frezi Grant.

This was “a hundred and fifty years ago.” On board the ship, heading to India, was General Grant with his daughter Frezi. The girl’s fiancé, a military man, was in India, to whom she was in a hurry. Suddenly, a hundred-meter wave arose in the ship’s path, sinking the frigate not far from the picturesque coast of the island, “which was not listed on any maps.”

There was no way to land on 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 bear it, suggested that the fragile girl run to the shore along the waves. Unexpectedly for everyone, she jumped overboard and “stopped on the wave like a flower.” Frezi said goodbye to her father and rushed to the shore across the water. Immediately after her disappearance, a thick fog descended, and when it cleared, neither the island nor Frezi was visible.

Chapters 21-24

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

The 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, without looking up and contemplating” for about an hour, until local residents called out to him. From them, the young man learned that about a hundred years ago, Frezi Grant saved the founder of Gel-Gyu, William Hobbes, from certain death. He was shipwrecked, and only thanks to a 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 her yellow dress with brown fringe.” The young man had no doubt that he would meet Biche, but the stranger turned out to be Daisy. Unable to contain her "conspicuous chagrin", she left Thomas.

At that same moment the young man saw Biche Seniel. She said that she intends to buy the ship “Running on the Waves,” which rightfully belongs to her father. “Gez appropriated it through a fraudulent trick,” and now Biché was looking for a captain to complete the deal.

Chapters 25-29

The next morning, Thomas met Butler, and together they headed to the hotel where Ghez was staying. They found the captain dead in the hotel room. A “crowd of women and men” immediately gathered, among whom was Biche Saniel. She was detained on suspicion of murdering Gez - the boy noticed how an elegant young lady came down the stairs from Gez’s room, and now it became clear to everyone who his killer was.

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

When Butler went into Gez’s room, there was no one there, and he hid in the closet. He saw the captain enter the room with Beach Saniel and immediately began to pester her. However, Biche 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

Upon meeting Beeche, Thomas learned that she had been officially cleared of all suspicion. The girl couldn’t wait 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 “as if in someone else’s house.” She decided to sell “this ship at auction or whatever it takes.”

Thomas told Beach the story with Frezi Grant, but the girl did not believe him. Returning home, Harvey met Daisy, who confessed her love to him. Unexpectedly, the young man realized that they had always “speaked the same language,” and love for Daisy always “followed 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 dreams, a sublime ideal. Not finding him in the sober and practical Beach, the main character saw him in Daisy, who was able to fully appreciate the spiritual richness of his personality.

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