“Yama” Kuprin in brief summary

Anna Markovna’s institution is not one of the most luxurious ones, as, say, Treppel’s institution, but not of low-grade ones, there were only two such in the Yama, the rest – rubles and fifty

“The Tale of the Love of Kharya and Kalliroi” by Khariton in a brief summary

The first of the surviving Greek novels dates back to the 5th century. BC. e. – the time of the highest power of the Persian kingdom, the Peloponnesian conflict, Greco-Persian wars and many other

“Prisoners” of Plautus in brief

“This is an unusual comedy,” warns the actor, who reads the prologue, “there are no obscenities, no pimp, no whore, no boastful warrior, no foundling, no lover, abducting a lover, but only a game

Summary Magic Hill

G. H. Andersen Magic Hill Lizards discuss that they are preparing to meet noble guests in a magical hill. When the hill opened, an old forest fairy came out of it, which wore an

Summary “Rain in plane trees”

The Tang military commander Zhang Shou-gui sends his subordinate, the Turk of An Lu-shan, against the Khitan. Anh is defeated. Zhang sends him to the capital. Emperor Xuan-tsong is carried away by the young

“Sulamith” Kuprin in brief summary

The main characters of the story are the king of Persia Solomon and his beloved Sulamith. The story consists of twelve parts. The first part depicts before the reader Persia during the reign of

Shklovsky’s “sentimental journey” in brief

Before the revolution, the author worked as an instructor of a spare armored battalion. In February of the seventeenth year he arrived with his battalion to the Tauride Palace. The revolution saved him, as

Summary The late Mattia Pascal

L. Pirandello The late Mattia Pascal Matthia Pascal, a former curator of books in a library, bequeathed by a certain Signor Bokkamats to his native city, writes the story of his life. Father Mattia

Summary of the Lines of Fate, or Milashevich’s Chest

M. Kharitonov Lines of Fate, or Milashevich’s Chest, Anton Andreevich Lizavin, philologist, Ph. D. thesis wrote about his countrymen – writers of the 1920s. In the course of these studies, he was carried away

SUMMARY Education of the senses

Gustave Flaubert Education of the senses In the fall of 1840, eighteen-year-old Frederick Moreau returned to the home town of Nogent-on-the-Seine. He had already received a bachelor’s degree and soon had to go to
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