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“Berlin – Alexanderplatz” Deblin in summary
Franz Bieberkopf, a former cementer and loader, had just been released from a Berlin prison in Tegel, where he stayed for four years for killing his girlfriend. Franz stands on a busy street, amidst
“Leyli and Majnun” Nizami in summary
In Arabia lives a successful, hospitable, generous to the poor ruler of the tribe Amir. He is “glorious, like a caliph”, but he is like a “candle without light,” for he is devoid of
Summary “The Sleeping Princess”
Tsar Matvey and the queen had no children. They bitterly worried about this. Once the queen went to the brook and wept bitterly. Suddenly, he crawled out and said that the princess would soon
“Dream – Life” Grilparzera in brief summary
In ancient times in Persia, in the picturesque mountainous terrain, among the rocks and trees is the family of the rich villager Masud. Every summer evening, Mirza, the daughter of Masud, awaits with fear
Short summary Zoykina apartment
MA Bulgakov apartment Zoykina May evening. Zoya Denisovna Pelts, a thirty-five-year-old widow, dressed in front of a mirror. To her on business comes the chairman of the house committee of Hallelujah. He warns Zoya
“Pushkin House” Bitova in brief summary
The life of Lyova Odoevtsev, the descendant of the Odoyevtsev princes, proceeds without any particular upheavals. The thread of his life is flowing out of someone’s divine hands. He feels more like a surname
“The novel about Fox” in the summary
The beast king Noble Lion arranges a reception on the occasion of the Ascension Day. All animals are invited. Only a scoundrel Fox dared not to appear at the royal feast. Wolf Isengrin gives
“Captain Fracassus” Gautier in brief summary
XVII century, the time of the reign of Louis XIII. In Gascony, in a dilapidated castle, Baron de Sigonyak drags on a miserable existence, the last descendant of a once noble and powerful race,
“Head of Professor Dowell” Belyaev in brief summary
Marie Laurent, a young doctor, receives an offer to go to work in the laboratory of Professor Kern. The office in which Kern takes it, produces a very gloomy impression. But much more gloomy
Summary “Trainees” of Strugatsky
The story is made up of several novellas strung on a rod plot – the journey of a young vacuum welder Yura Borodin on Takhmasib from the Earth to Saturn in the company of