Summary “Captive”

Officer Zhilin served in the Caucasus. Once he receives a letter from his mother and decides to go away to rest in his native land. On the way, he meets an officer and two

“Notes of Malta Laurids Brigg” Rilke in summary

The hero of the narrative, a twenty-eight-year-old Maltese Dane of Malta, Laurides Brigg, the last representative of the noble family, finds herself in Paris all alone and on the verge of poverty. His observations

Summary of “Secrets of an abandoned castle” Volkova

A “Diavona” spaceship from the planet of Ramery is sent to Earth. As a part of the crew, the captain of the ship is a general, navigator, doctor, pilot and servant of General Ilsor.

Summary Ivan

VO Bogomolov Ivan The young senior lieutenant Galtsev, the interim commander of the battalion, was awakened in the middle of the night. A boy of about twelve was detained near the shore, all wet

Small snow

T. Junichiro Fine Snow The action takes place in the thirties and ends in the spring of 1941. The sisters of Makiok belong to an ancient family. At one time, their name was known

“I’ll call myself Gantenbain” Frisch in brief

The plot breaks up into separate stories, and each of them has several options. Thus, for example, the narrator’s image splits into two different images, Enderlin and Gantenbein, which embody possible versions of his

Summary Captain Fracassus

Theophile Gautier Captain Fracassus XVII century, the time of the reign of Louis XIII. In Gascony, in a dilapidated castle, Baron de Sigonyak drags on a miserable existence, the last descendant of a once

Summary Roman and Olga

AA Bestuzhev Roman and Olga (The flow of the story is between 1396 and 1398. All the historical events and persons mentioned in it are presented with unrelenting accuracy. The readers can take the

Summary of “451 Fahrenheit” Bradbury

America’s relatively short-term future, as she saw the author in the early fifties, when this novel-dystopia was written. Thirty-year-old Guy Montag is a firefighter. However, in these modern times fire brigades do not fight

Summary “It’s hard to be afraid of happiness and happiness”

The Old Woodcutter cuts wood in the woods and always remembers grief and wickedness. His niece Nastya brings him dinner. The woodcutter rebukes the girl that she is waiting for her beloved, soldier Ivan
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