The Garnet Bracelet

The tragic tale “The Garnet Bracelet” tells us about the feelings of a small-time official, Zheltkov, for Countess Vera Sheina. On her birthday he sends her a garnet bracelet that had been passed down in his family from generation to generation. Vera and her family decide to return the bracelet—then Zheltkov ends his life by suicide, writing her a letter beforehand. When Vera comes to say goodbye, she understands that he truly loved her with a pure and tender love she will never meet anywhere and never again…