The action takes place in Austria-Hungary, before the November Revolution of 1918 K., a young man of about thirty years, arrives in the Village on a late winter night. He settles down for the night at an inn, in a common room among the peasants, noticing that the owner is extremely embarrassed by the arrival … Read more
The comedy “Woe from Wit” is both a picture of morals, and a gallery of living types, and a burning satire, and most of all a comedy. As a picture, it is huge. Her canvas captures a long period of Russian life – from Catherine to the Emperor Nicholas. In the group of twenty people … Read more
PEARL RETURNS Opera in three acts (four scenes) Libretto by M. Carre and E. Cormon Characters: Nadir Zurga Nurabad Leila Tenor Baritone Bass Soprano Venue: about. Ceylon. PLOT On the shores of the island, pearl divers gathered to choose the leader. The choice falls on Zurgu – the most experienced and respected hunter. Suddenly, from … Read more
While tired of prayer, Jesus sleeps in a quiet sleep on the Mount of Olives, the Almighty “among the myriad of worlds of radiant” converses with the Archangels. Archangel Eloah announces that the Messiah is called to bestow sacred joy and salvation on all worlds. Gabriel bears this message to the “keepers of kingdoms and … Read more
The narrator remembers how they walked along the big road, and in the young birch forest nearby the scythe mowed and sang. This happened a long time ago. And the life that everyone lived at that time will never return. All around were fields. The old big road, riddled with ruts, went into an endless … Read more
The scene is Paris and the Swiss village of Saas-Fee. Time is deliberately not specified. In the center of the narrative are three families – Profitandie, Molyneux and Aziza-Wedeli. They are closely associated with the old music teacher Lalerus, as well as two writers – Count Robert de Passavan and Edward. The latter keeps a … Read more
I. Ivan the Barefoot In the yard of the house where I live, comes Ivan Petrov, nicknamed “Barefoot.” He stands by the logs, but does not chop them for firewood. I know that he came only to ask for money to get drunk. Such as he is called “the rural proletariat.” An absurd discrepancy in … Read more
J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye Seventeen Holden Kolfild, who is in a sanatorium, recalls “the crazy story that happened last Christmas,” whereupon he “just did not give the ends”, long ill, and now undergoing treatment and soon hopes to return home. His memories begin the day he left Pensi, a closed high … Read more
Fight with the Novgorodians Ninety years old lives in Novgorod Buslay. He does not argue with anyone and does not quarrel with anyone: neither with Novgorod, nor with Pskov, nor with Moscow. When Buslai dies, his son Vasily remains. When Vasily turns seven, he begins to walk around the city, go to the prince’s court … Read more
Six years had passed since the upset wedding of Krechinsky. It would seem that the landowner Muromsky, his sister Atuyev and Lidochka’s daughter should live peacefully in the village, forgetting about the “libelous” history with a false diamond. But why are they back in the capital, this time in St. Petersburg? Why live here last … Read more