Autumn Flowers
Author: Alexander Kuprin
Read “Autumn Flowers” by Alexander Kuprin in Russian and English in Bibliott on your phone and tablet.
Languages: RU, English
Genre: Essay, Romance, Short story
Free to read
In a letter to a former lover, a woman explains why she flees the renewal of their affair, turning memories of spring into a bittersweet farewell to the past.
Characters
- Z. — the letter writer: A married woman who preserves the memory of love but refuses to revive it through a new deception.
- the beloved — the letter's recipient and former lover: His meeting with Z. returns both of them to their former happiness and to the impossibility of repeating it.