“Moliere’s School of Husbands” in brief
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 each other of the
“Oedipus in the Colon” by Sophocles in brief
Colon – a place to the north of Athens. There was a sacred grove of goddesses Evmenid, terrible guardians of the truth – those about which Aeschylus wrote in “Oresteia”. Among this grove stood
Capote’s “harp” in brief
Colleen Fenwick orphaned at eleven years – first his mother died, and a few days later and his father died in a car crash; It was taken to him by unmarried cousins of father
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Beecher Stowe in brief
The novel takes place in the early 1850’s. in USA. He opens the conversation with the “good” planter Shelby with slave-dealer Gayley, whom he wants to sell his best nigger to Uncle Tom in
“Ruler Nanke” Li Guongzo in summary
Fen Chunyu became famous as a brave warrior. He was generous, hospitable, but obstinate. Yes, and did not shy away from wine. Therefore, he was demoted from the post of deputy commander of the
Summary of Siegfried and Limousin
Jean Giraudou Siegfried and Limousin The narrative is conducted on behalf of the narrator, whose name is Jean. In January 1922, he looks through German newspapers to find at least one kind word about
Summary of “Bargamot and Garaska” Andreeva
Gorodovoy Ivan Akidinich Bergamotov for many years held a post on the Pushkarnaya street of the provincial town of Orel. In the area he was listed as “badge number 20”, but the gunners –
A short analysis of the work “A Poem Without a Hero” by AA Akhmatova
During the siege of Leningrad Anna Andreevna Akhmatova “was on duty as an ordinary air-defense fighter, she sewed sandbags, which shewed trenches – shelters in the garden… A fountain house, under a maple, sung
“Makar the Miracle” of Gorky in brief
Romantic night by the sea, a bonfire burns, an old gypsy Makar Chudra tells the writer a story about free gypsies. To his young interlocutor Makar says: “You chose a glorious share for yourself,
Summary Balzac About
Honore de Balzac (Honoré de Balzac [? N?? ed? Bal? Zak], May 20, 1799, Tour – August 18, 1850, Paris) is a French writer. Has no relation to the French writer Jean-Louis Gues de