In this book, Lewis Carroll, a great fan of puzzles, paradoxes and “flip-flops”, the author of the already well-known “Alice in Wonderland”, sends her beloved heroine girl Alice to another fairy country – Through the Looking Glass. As well as last time, Alice embarks on adventures thanks to her curious and cute little creature – … Read more
A. Pushkin Stone visitor At the gates of Madrid sit Don Guan and his servant Leporello. They are going to wait here for the night to enter the city under its cover. Careless Don Guan believes that he will not be recognized in the city, but sober Leporello is sarcastically set about this. However, no … Read more
The main characters all live in Pokrovsk. The story is written on behalf of the author. Conduit and his younger brother, Oska, lost the queen from the set of chess that belonged to his father. They were punished by putting them in a corner. Then they came up with the country Schwambrania and began to … Read more
The story is from the first person. A narrator named Misail Poloznev, along with his father-architect and sister, Cleopatra, live in a provincial town. Their mother died. Father raised children in severity and, when they became adults, continues to demand complete submission. He succeeds in this with Cleopatra, but Misail came out of submission. He … Read more
The square in the provincial town. The shopkeeper indignantly hisses after the woman with the cat – The housewife went shopping in another store. Jean and Berange appear almost at the same time – nevertheless, Jean cried a friend for being late. Both sit down at a table in front of the cafe. Berenger does … Read more
On the corvette, standing on the Singapore roadstead, a new senior officer arrives, baron von der Behring. The ship has been circumnavigated for two years, is in exemplary order and shines with astonishing purity. Suddenly, in a secluded corner, the Baron in horror sees an unsightly, unmarketed dog with his ears bitten and a stump … Read more
CHT Aitmatov The White Steamer The boy and his grandfather lived on a forest cordon. There were three women on the cordon: grandmother, aunt Bekey – the grandfather’s daughter and the wife of the chief person in the cordon, the policeman Orozkul, and also the wife of the ancillary worker Seydakhmat. Aunt Bekey is the … Read more
Sergeant Kite in the market square of Shrewsbury city calls on all those who are unhappy with their lives to enlist in grenadiers and promises ranks and money. He suggests that those wishing to try on a grenadier’s cap, but people listen to him cautiously and do not rush to enlist in the army; But … Read more
MA Sholokhov The Virgin Soil Upturned On the edge of the steppe, in the evening of January 1930, Gremyachy Log riding was driven into the farm. Passers-by learned the way to the kuren of Yakov Lukich Ostrovny. The owner, having recognized the visitor, looked around and whispered: “Your honor, Otkel you? .. Mister esaul…” It … Read more
Stendhal Red and black Monsieur de Renal, the mayor of the French town of Verrieres in the Franche-Comte district, a man who is smug and vain, informs his wife about the decision to take the tutor to the house. There is no special need for a tutor, just a local rich man, Mr. Valno, this … Read more