Summary Children of Arbat Anatoly Rybakov

AN Rybakov Children of Arbat The largest house on the Arbat – between Nikolsky and the Money Lanes. In it there live four former classmates. Three of them: Sasha Pankratov, the secretary of the

Summary The School of Husbands

Moliere School of Husbands The text of the play is preceded by the author’s dedication to the Duke of Orleans, the King’s only brother. The brothers Sganarelle and Arist are unsuccessfully trying to convince

“The Amazing Wizard of Oz” Bauma in brief summary

The girl Dorothy lived with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em in the Kansas steppe. Uncle Henry was a farmer, and Aunt Em was farming. In these places, hurricanes often raged, and the family escaped

“Man” Mayakovsky in brief summary

On Mayakovsky’s head is the palm of the sun, the priest of the world, the surrenderer of all sins. The earth says to him: “Now let go of you!” Let the stupid historians, who

Summary Ivanov V. V

Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich Ivanov (12 (24) February 1895, Lebyazhye settlement of Semipalatinsk province, now Kazakhstan – August 15, 1963, Moscow) is a Soviet writer. Born in the family of a teacher. Ivanov’s youth was held

“Lover” M. Duras in summary

The narrator-woman talks about her youth, held in Saigon. The main events date from 1932 to 1934. A French girl of fifteen and a half years lives in the state boarding house in Saigon,

“Notes of a Madman” by Gogol in brief

The titular adviser Aksenti Ivanovich Poprishchin, forty two years old, keeps his diary entries for over four months. On a rainy day on Tuesday, October 3, 1933, Poprishchin, in his old-fashioned greatcoat, leaves, after

Summary “Journey to the End of the Night”

A young Frenchman, medical student Ferdinand Bardamu, is enlisted under the influence of propaganda as a volunteer in the army. For him, life begins, full of hardship, horror and exhausting transitions in Flanders, on

Summary “Stationmaster”

Pushkin’s story “Stationmaster” was written in 1830 and entered the cycle “The Stories of the late Ivan Petrovich Belkin.” The leading theme of the work is the theme of the “little man”, represented by

Summary of “Christmas Song”

Scrooge was a good miser. He was the owner of the famous office “Scrooge and Marley,” and although the companion had long since died, he still did not change the sign. It was Christmas
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