Summary Goat song

KK Vaginov Goat song The beginning of the 20-ies. Petersburg, painted “in greenish color, shimmering and blinking, color awful, phosphorous.” Appearing in the preface, the author ends his opening speech with the words: “I

Summary “Ali Banu and his slaves”

Ali-Banu was not just rich, he was very rich. To all other virtues, he was Sheikh of Alexandria, and that already means something. But for all that, he was still the most unhappy man

Summary of the third part of the novel “Oblomov” IA Goncharov

I Oblomov was shining as he walked home. There he was waiting for Tarantiev. He asked Oblomov why he did not look at his kuma’s apartment. Oblomov replied that he would never move there.

“A glass of water, or Causes and causes” of Scribe in brief summary

Early XVIII century. England, along with Austria, Prussia and other countries, leads an endless and exhausting war for the Spanish inheritance against the Franco-Spanish coalition. England is ruled by a weak-willed and compliant Queen

Summary “The Bronze Horseman”

The poem “The Bronze Horseman” is a narrative about the tragic fate of a simple inhabitant of St. Petersburg who lost his beloved girl during the flood, and along with it all dreams and

Summary War and peace in volumes, parts and chapters. Volume 3

From the end of 1811, the increased armament and concentration of forces of Western Europe began, and in 1812 millions of people, counting those who transported and fed the army, moved from the West

Summary of “Golden Pince-nez”

Inspector Stanley Hopkins seeks help from Sherlock Holmes. He was at a loss when investigating the murder of Mr. Willoughby Smith. Smith was the secretary of Professor Coram, who lives in a country house.

“Rider’s Headless Head” in brief summary

The action takes place in the 1850s. On the Texas prairie there are vans going – it’s moving from Louisiana to Texas ruined planter Woodley Poindexter. He is accompanied by Henry’s son, daughter Louise

Synopsis

A. T. Averchenko Slepts The royal garden was open at this time of the day, and the young writer Ave entered there, wandered along the paths and sat down on a bench on which

Summary of Byron’s Corsair

Performed in picturesque contrasts, the color of “Giaura” is distinguished also by the following Byron’s work of the “eastern” cycle – the more extensive poem “The Corsair” written with heroic couplets. In a short
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