Summary of “Russian Tales”

The Russian people are the guardian of the most amazing treasure, which is called folklore. There are puzzles, nursery rhymes, proverbs, sayings and, most importantly, fairy tales. Russian folk tales – “Kroshechka-Khavroshechka”, “Geese-swans”, “Ivan

Summary of “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka” by Gogol

Sorochinsky Fair The action takes place at the fair in the town of Sorochinets. The inhabitants of the surrounding villages gather in it. At the fair come Solopii Cherevik with his daughter Paraska. At

Summary “War and Peace”

Roman Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” was written in 1863-1869. In order to get acquainted with the novel’s main storylines, we invite students of the 10th grade and everyone who is interested in Russian

“Twelve” Bloc in brief

The action takes place in revolutionary Petrograd in the winter of 1917-18. Petrograd, however, acts as a concrete city, and as the center of the universe, the place of cosmic cataclysms. The first of

Summary Roslavlev, or Russian in 1812

MN Zagoskin Roslavlev, or Russian in 1812 At the end of May 1812 in St. Petersburg, on Nevsky Boulevard met two friends – Vladimir Roslavlev and Alexander Zaretsky. Roslavlev mope, and cheerful Zaretsky worried

Executive summary

Franz Kafka Transformation The incident that happened with Gregor Zamzoi is described, perhaps, in one phrase of the story. One morning, waking up after a restless sleep, the hero suddenly discovered that he had

“Nobody writes to the Colonel” Garcia Marquez in summary

The action takes place in Colombia in 1956, when there was a fierce struggle between political groups in the country and a climate of violence and terror prevailed. On the outskirts of a small

Tram Williams Desire

The play takes place on the squalid outskirts of New Orleans. This place itself was lost. It was to this city that a tram named “Desire” arrived. He brought Blanche Dubois, a girl who

Summary “On the Shores of Sacramento” in London

After the death of Jack in his drafts continued to find previously unpublished or not included in the collections. So, for example, in 1922 the collection of short stories of different years “The Dutch

“Selection of Sophie” by Styron in summary

New York, Brooklyn, 1947. The novice writer Stingo, on whose behalf the narrative is based, set out to conquer literary America. However, while he has nothing to boast about. The work of a reviewer
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