“Pilgrim’s Naked Year” in brief summary

The novel is preceded by two epigraphs. The first is taken from the book “Being reasonable, or Moral view of the dignity of life.” “Every minute swears to fate in preserving a deep silence

Summary Test

A. Bestuzhev Test “Listen, Valerian,” said the hussar lieutenant colonel Gremin to his friend Major Strelinsky, “do you remember that black-eyed lady who drove all the young people crazy at the ball with the

Summary The leafy past of Davydov

Yu. V. Davydov The deaf time of the fall leaf Yablonsky (the secret agent of the secret police) comes to Petersburg; he meets with Sudeikin, the inspector of the secret police. Recently in Kharkov

“Ideal husband” Wilde in brief summary

The play unfolds throughout the day in London, in the mansion of the couple of Chilterns and in the apartment of Lord Goring, in the early 1890’s. A party in the octagonal hall of

Summary of the “Idiot” by Dostoevsky

Prince Leo Nikolayevich Myshkin arrives in St. Petersburg from Switzerland. He is twenty-six years old, he is the last of the noble noble family, he was orphaned early, as a child he fell ill

Summary The Fall of the King

JV Jensen The Fall of the King The Danish King Christian II (or, according to the starodat form of this name, Kristiern II) is a fairly vivid personality in the history of Scandinavia. He

“Tattoo” Junichiro in summary

“It was at a time when people revered frivolity for virtue, and life has not yet been overshadowed, as in our days, severe hardship.” It was an age of idleness… “People went for everything

Summary Humphrey Clinker’s Journey

T. Smollett The Journey of Humphrey Clinker “Journey of Humphrey Clinker” – the last work of an English writer: the novel was published a few months before his death in Livorno, where Smollet voluntarily

Summary of “Harmony in Nature”

Sergei Yesenin is one of the most vivid and original poets of the 20th century. In his lyrics, feelings and words, images and thoughts merge. The poet’s talent lies in the fact that he

Summary Poshekhonsky antiquity Saltykov-Shchedrin

Nikita Sapykhon-Shchedrin Poshekhonskaya antiquity Life of Nikanor the Prehistoric, the posthekhon nobleman Preceding the story of his past, Nikanor Sapatozny, the heir of the ancient Poshekhon noble family, informs that in the present work
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