When a work so richly and vividly conveys a plot rich in details, it becomes difficult for us to summarize it. But the Literaguru team is trying very hard to do this, and presents you with a very short summary of Scarlet Sails for the reader's diary.
(434 words) Longren, father of the main character Assol, was a sailor and went on a long voyage. Upon returning home, he learns that his wife Mary has died and that he has an eight-month-old daughter. The birth was difficult, the spouse spent all the savings on recovery. Once, from hopelessness, she went to hand over the engagement ring to a pawnshop to buy at least bread, after a long journey Mary could not stand it and died. Little Assol was brought up by a neighbor who told Longren that they had big debts to Menners, the owner of the inn.
Five years later, a tragedy occurred: Manners, who was in the boat, was taken to the sea, all this happened in front of his debtor, who did not help him escape. The villagers learned about what was happening and henceforth did not communicate with the Longren family. Assol became an outcast, she was even beaten.
Further, the author reveals the story of red sails. At the age of eight, Assol saw a toy yacht with red sails and, playing, let her go along the stream that led her into the forest, where she met the storyteller Egle, he predicted her future fate. She will be found by a brave prince who will take her from the village on a ship with scarlet sails. The girl told this story to her father, but by chance a passerby heard it and passed it on to the whole village, and since then Assol has been called slightly insane.
In the next chapter, the writer introduces readers to another protagonist. Arthur Gray from a wealthy family. He grew up alone in the family and played alone, just like little Assol. One day he came across a book with a picture of a ship in a storm that inspired him. At fifteen he went to sea, his parents asked him to return, and five years later he returned, but by that time Father Gray was gone. The son acquired the three-masted ship Secret.
Further, the writer describes the acquaintance of the main characters. While traveling, Gray sailed to Caperna and, walking through the forest, noticed a sleeping stranger of incredible beauty, it was Assol. In the tavern, he began asking people who she was. The people called her crazy. The stories of Assol's dreams hooked him. One of the visitors shouted that the heroine was not at all crazy, but even a very good girl. Gray gives the order: buy red silk and gather talented musicians. Soon, Father Assol again goes to sea to earn money.
The final chapter talks about a new meeting of heroes. On this day, the sailor’s daughter was alone, reading a book, and the little bug settled on the word “Look.” Looking up, she noticed a ship with red sails. The girl ran to the pier, the villagers had already gathered there. They shouted, pushed, threw all their affairs. The fragile heroine barely made her way through the whole crowd. She immediately realized that he had sailed for her. A boat was lowered from the deck, Assol ran up to it and saw that same prince. When asked if Gray would take her father to her lover, he answered yes. He kissed Assol, and they sailed away.
