The “barren land” of Eliot in summary

The action takes place in England after the First World War. The basis of the poem is the myth of the search for the Holy Grail and the legend of the poor fisherman. Parts

Summary Dangerous turn

JB Priestley The Dangerous Turn To Robert and Fred Kaplen in Chantbari Kloe came friends and relatives for dinner. Among the invited married couple are Gordon and Betty Whitehouse, an employee of the publishing

Summary Peregrine Falcon

AI Kuprin Sapsan The story is written on behalf of the dog Sapsan himself: “I’m a Sapsan Thirty-six big and strong dog of rare breed, red and sand color, four years old and weigh

Summary Lilla Veneda

J. Slovak Lilla Veneda Sorceress Rose Veneda discusses in her earth grotto with Sister Lilla the course of the battle between the Venedian and Lechite tribes. Ecstatic visions reveal to Rose that her witchcraft

The “Iliad” of Homer in brief

Myths of most peoples are myths primarily about gods. Myths of Ancient Greece – an exception: in the greater and better part of them is told not about the gods, but about the heroes.

Summary “Miserable” by Moliere

The daughter of Harpagon, Eliza and Valer, had long been in love with each other. Their first meeting was very romantic: the ship on which they were both began to sink, and Valer rescued

“Klyucharev and Alimushkin” Makanin in brief summary

“A man suddenly noticed that the more luck he has in his life, the less luck he has for some other person,” he remarked casually and even unexpectedly, “I did not like this person,

Summary Wanderer

A. F. Veltman Wanderer The literary journey is two-dimensional in nature: it is a real journey, and a journey of imagination (memories, reasonings, etc.). On the one hand, the material of the novel is

“Hyperboloid engineer Garin” by Tolstoy in brief

In early May 192 … in Leningrad, on an abandoned summer residence on the river Krestovka, there is a murder. A criminal investigation officer Vasily V. Shelga discovers a murdered person with signs of

Summary “Fire” of Rasputin

A third-person narrative. A lot of general comments, reasonings of a publicistic nature. The narrative is also interrupted by memories. March. Ivan Petrovich is a driver. He just returned from work, tired. His wife
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