The action of the comedy takes place in the London apartment of the young gentleman Algernon Moncrief, a descendant of an aristocratic family, and at the estate of his crony friend Jack Warding in Woolton, Hertfordshire. Bored Algernon, waiting for his aunt Lady Bracknell to tea with the charming daughter of Gwendolen, exchanges lazy cues … Read more
Aeschylus Oresteia The most powerful king in the last generation of Greek heroes was Agamemnon, ruler of Argos. This he commanded all the Greek troops in the Trojan War, quarreled and reconciled with Achilles in the Iliad, and then defeated and ravaged Troy. But his fate was terrible, and the fate of his son Orestes … Read more
In the deep autumn in the darkness, in which only the silhouettes of the coastal mountains appear, a boat sails along the Siberian river. The river is gloomy, but quiet and calm. The rower apathetically and monotonously leans on the oars and the boat slowly swims forward. Somewhere ahead, under the dark mountains flashed a … Read more
The hero of the poem – it is written in the first person – a worker; he comes at a low tide to the sea, in order to earn a living by working hard – pounding clods and scraps with layered rocks. The extracted stone on the donkey is taken to the railway. Both to … Read more
The main heroes of the stories of Henry Lawson are simple Australians, mostly people of manual labor. In the story “Cap on a circle” the author tells about shearing sheep Bobe Brasserce nicknamed Giraffe. He’s a tall guy, about six feet three inches tall. He is complicated, and his face is brown. He is often … Read more
“The great [battle] of the Bharatas” is an ancient Indian epic consisting of approximately one hundred thousand couplets, separated into 18 books, and includes many false episodes (myths, legends, parables, teachings, etc.), somehow connected with the main narrative. In the city of Hastinapur, the capital of the country of Bharat, the mighty sovereign Pandu reigned. … Read more
On the night before Christmas, the month goes back to heaven to illuminate the village. The witch, collecting stars, meets a feature that steals the moon from the sky to take revenge on the blacksmith Vakule, for the artfully painted church wall. On a moonless night Cossack Chub, the father of the beautiful Oksana, will … Read more
The main characters: Lyubov Andreevna Ranevskaya – landowner. Anya is her daughter, 17 years old. Varya – her adopted daughter, 24 years old. Leonid Andreevich Gayev is Ranevskaya’s brother. Ermolai Alekseevich Lopakhin is a merchant. Boris Borisovich Simeonov-Pishchik is a landowner. Firs is a footman, 87 years old. Semen Panteleevich Epihodov – clerk. Lopakhin and … Read more
Not so long ago there lived a student named Zhang, a young man of rare virtues, with a refined soul. He was already thirty-three years old, and he still did not have a lover. When his friends were amazed at his modesty, he said in response that he simply did not meet the one who … Read more
WEDDING FIGARO Comic opera in four acts Libretto by L. da Ponte Characters: Count Almaviva Countess Rosina, his wife Figaro, servant of the Count Susanna, the Countess’s maid Marcelina, housekeeper Cherubino, page Bartolo, doctor Basilio, the teacher of music Don Courtsio, judge Antonio, the gardener Barbara, his daughter Baritone Soprano Baritone or high bass Soprano … Read more
Street zucchini, vulgar and cheap, but with a claim to romance: huge identical ships are floating on the wallpaper… A light raid of unreality: the master and the sexual are alike, like twins, one of the visitors is “spitting Verlaine,” the other is “poured out” Hauptmann. ” Drunken companies, loud noise. Individual replicas, sketchy dialogues … Read more
Romashov, being a lieutenant from the parade ground, was returning home. He decided today not to go anywhere, since he decided not to bother. He liked to sit at a party quite late, but today he went home. Gainan said that the lady sent him a letter. They had already deceived her husband quite a … Read more
The play unfolds throughout the day in London, in the house of Lord Windermere and his wife, and in the bachelor apartment occupied by Lord Darlington, in the early 1890s. The main heroine of the play is Margaret, Lady Windermere – we find a family mansion in the small living room a few hours before … Read more
“A long time ago it will be back” lived in Chertukhin, a man named Mikhail Ivanovich Bachura, nicknamed the Holy One. In his old age, his wife died, and he began to feed alms. I met a girl-beggar on the way, brought him home and married her. Marya turned out to be a “sensible woman” … Read more
Spain, 1519. Palace of the Duke of Rui Gomez de Silva in Zaragoza. Late evening. The old man is not at home. Dona Sol, his niece and bride, is waiting for her lover Ernani – today their destiny must be decided. Duenna, hearing a knock on the door, opens and sees instead of Ernani a … Read more
AN Tolstoy Hyperboloid of engineer Garin At the beginning of May 192 … in Leningrad, an abandoned dacha on the Krestovka River is killing. The criminal investigation officer Vasily V. Shelga discovers a murdered person with signs of torture. In the spacious basement of the dacha, some physical and chemical experiments were carried out. It … Read more
The punishment of the gods or the joy of liberated labor It is difficult to find at least one work by Albert Camus. free from philosophical concepts. This is the analysis of his many critics. At the same time, the writer did not recognize himself as a philosopher in the classical sense of the word. … Read more
Prince Vladimir the sun is feasting in the Gridnitsa with his sons and a crowd of friends, celebrating the wedding of the youngest daughter of Lyudmila with Prince Ruslan. In honor of the newlyweds singing guslyar Bayan. Only three guests are not happy with Ruslan and Lyudmila, three knights do not listen to the prophetic … Read more
Stephen Dedal remembers how in childhood his father told him a fairy tale about the boy Bu-bu and the cow Mu-mu, how his mother played a piano dance to him on the piano, and he danced. In school in the preparatory class, Stephen is one of the best students. The children are surprised by his … Read more
After the end of the Viennese Council, the emperor Alexander Pavlovich decides “to go through Europe and see the wonders of different countries.” The Don Cossack Platov, who belongs to him, is not surprised by “outlandishness”, because he knows: in Russia “its not worse”. In the latest kunstkammer, among the “nymphosoria” collected from around the … Read more
A story about two boys Misha and Kolya. Kolya’s mom leaves for two days and leaves the boys alone to manage, explaining how to cook porridge. The guys spent the whole day resting on the river, fishing, and when they were hungry, they got down to business. Not such a simple thing, it turned out, … Read more
G. G. Byron Giaour Opens the poem stanzas about the beautiful nature, torn by the storms of violence and arbitrariness of Greece, the country of the heroic past, bent under the heels of the invaders: “These are the islands: Here – Greece, she is dead, But in the coffin is good, One scary: ? ” … Read more
In 1877, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Virgino Schiaparelli (1835-1910) discovered on Mars a network of straight lines, which he called the canals. There was a hypothesis that these channels are artificial structures. Such a point of view was later refuted, but during her lifetime, Schiaparelli enjoyed wide recognition. And from this the idea of the … Read more
The hero, describing the old house that belonged to his great-grandfather, the rural doctor, recalls: “The old utensils surrounded us with an indelible record, and we children got used to it, like an old book with pictures, the key to which was possessed only by the grandfather, he, the only one living life-writer of the … Read more
In the prologue the author reports that he saw in a dream a little bit of a fable about the Perugia Andreuccio, and the story of the false philosopher, who decided to boast of horns, but punished for neglecting the female sex. Two gobs have already appeared on the stage – it’s time to check … Read more
The Tsar leaves, and during his absence the Tsarina had a daughter. But the queen dies, as soon as her husband returns. The king grieves for a long time, but a year passes, and a new queen appears in the palace. This woman is very beautiful, but her temper is heavy: she is envious, cruel … Read more
SERGEI IVANOVICH TANEYEV 1856-1915 Taneyev is an outstanding Russian composer and music figure. In his work, the traditions of Russian classical music developed, and first of all Tchaikovsky Taneyev strove for art, imbued with philosophically significant ideas and a high ethical principle. In his numerous works of various genres, he appears as an artist-thinker, masterfully … Read more
Shortly before the death of A. de Saint-Exupery wrote a fairy tale “The Little Prince”, which was destined for the glory of the masterpiece of world literature. She became a kind of spiritual testament of the writer, and a testament addressed not only to children, but also to adults. “This sad and mocking tale is … Read more
In this play, the fat knight Falstaff appears again and some other comic characters of “Henry IV” – Judge Shelou, the pompous fighter Pistol, the mischievous page of Falstaff, the drunkard Bardolph. The action takes place in the city of Windsor and is frankly farcical. In front of Page’s house, a rich Windsor town dweller, … Read more
LN Tolstoy Three deaths Once in the fall on the big road two crews were traveling. In the front carriage were two women. One was a mistress, thin and pale. The other is the maid, rosy and full. She folded her hands on her knees and closed her eyes, swaying weakly on the pillows and … Read more
The first book of short stories by Tatiana Tolstoy, one of the most famous contemporary writers “On the Golden Porch Seated.” Appeared in 1987 and was very warmly received by readers and critics. After exactly ten years, the collection of her stories “You Love – Do not Love” comes out, which also immediately attracts readers’ … Read more
Palace of the King of Naples. Night. Don Juan comes from the Duchess Isabella, who takes him for her beloved Duke Octavio. She wants to light a candle, but don Juan stops her. Isabella suddenly realizes that with her was not Octavio, and calls for help. The King of Naples comes to the noise and … Read more
A young girl, Carol Milford, graduates from Blodget College in St. Paul and thinks about what kind of noble occupation for her to devote her life to. She intends to achieve significant results in any business, no matter what she does. At first she worked for a year in Chicago, in the city library, then … Read more
US Maugham Moon and Penny After death, artist Charles Strickland was recognized as a genius, and, as is usually the case, anyone who saw him at least once, hastens to write memoirs and interpret his work. Some make a good-natured family man from Strickland, a caring husband and father, others mold a portrait of an … Read more
Carlo Goldoni Servant of two gentlemen The happy engagement of Silvio, the son of Doctor Lombardi, with the young Clarice was able to take place only thanks to a circumstance in itself very unlucky – the death of Signor Federico Pozani, to whom Clarice had long been promised a wife by her father, Pantalone dei … Read more
In Kokstown live two close friends – if you can talk about friendship between people, equally deprived of warm human feelings. They are both at the top of the social ladder: and Josiah Bounderby, “the famous rich man, banker, merchant, manufacturer”; and Thomas Gradgrind, “a man of sober mind, obvious facts and accurate calculations,” who … Read more
Abrahamic faithful and pious parents are twelve daughters, they pray to God to give them a son, which is accomplished according to God’s providence. When on the eighth day after the birth of the child is taken to the church to give him a name, the elder sees with the eyes of the heart that … Read more
The lady, who served at the court of his lordship Horikawa, tells the story of the writing of the screens “Flour of Hell.” His lordship was a mighty and magnanimous ruler, therefore all the inhabitants of the capital revered him as a living Buddha. There were even rumors that when once the oxen, harnessed to … Read more
Shot The army regiment is quartered in the town ***. Life goes according to the routine established in the army, and garrison boredom is dispelled only by the acquaintance of officers with a certain person named Silvio, who lives in this place. He is older than most of the officers of the regiment, morose, has … Read more
The novel consists of five parts – each tells of one of the plagues of the Lord that struck the earth, as the prophet Ezekiel prophesied. Part one – “The Parable of the Lost Brother” – tells of the second execution – the famine. The scene of action is hungry Ukraine at the time of … Read more
Germany, Berlin, World War II. On the day of the capitulation of France, the postman brings to the home of carpenter-cabinetmaker Otto Kvanglja the news that their son has fallen a hero’s death for the Fuhrer. This terrible blow awakens in the soul of Anna, the wife of Otto, the hatred of Nazism, which has … Read more
“Every time I went down from the village eel to the meadow, I again and again fell into my distant childhood – in the world of fragrant grasses, dragonflies and butterflies and, of course, in the world of horses that grazed on a leash, each near their own cola. I often took bread with me … Read more
The drama takes place in Norway, in the modernity of Ibsen. Inexpensive furnished but cozy apartment in which the lawyer Torvald Helmer and his wife Nora live. Christmas Eve. Nora enters the house from the street, carrying many boxes containing gifts for Torvald and the children she will put under the tree. The husband makes … Read more
In the well-to-do house live Vasily Vasilyevich Bessemionov, 58, the foreman of the paint shop, who marks a deputy in the city duma from the shop class; Akulina Ivanovna, his wife; son Peter, a former student, expelled for taking part in unlawful student meetings; daughter Tatyana, a schoolteacher who sat up in brides; pupil Bessemeenova … Read more
Dick Heldar, an orphaned boy, lives with his guardian, the vicious widow of Mrs. Janet. After six years of staying with her, Dick gets acquainted with Maisie, a long-haired, gray-eyed girl, a new widow’s foster child. Between them there is friendship. For several years they live in the same house, but then Maisy’s guardians send … Read more
Shkid or Shkida – so “detective” pupils have reduced the name of their educational institution – School of Social and Labor Education named after Dostoevsky. Shkida originated in 1920 in Petrograd. Its founders were Viktor Nikolayevich Sorokin-Viknikorsor and his wife Ella Andreevna Lumberg, a teacher of the German language, later known as Elanlyum. The pupils … Read more
VT Shalamov Kolyma Stories The plot of V. Shalamov’s stories is a painful description of the prison and camp life of prisoners of the Soviet Gulag, their similar tragic fates, in which the case is ruthless or merciful, an assistant or murderer, arbitrariness of superiors and thieves. Hunger and its convulsive saturation, exhaustion, excruciating dying, … Read more
Makar is the main character, a peasant. The author himself referred his work to “holy stories”. Written in the Yakut exile, the story is inspired by the real impressions of the young writer. But, calling in the original sketches of the hero Zakhar, Korolenko, obviously, it was not by chance that he changed his name … Read more
TURANDOT Lyrical drama in three acts (five scenes) Libretto by J. Adami and R. Simonyi Characters: Princess Turandot Altoom, the Chinese emperor, her father Timur, the deposed Tatar king The Unknown Prince (Calaf), his son Liu, a young slave. Ping, great counselor Pang, the great soothsayer Pong, the great cook Mandarin The Persian prince Executioner … Read more
Once on the highway, seven peasants converge-recent serfs, and now temporarily liable “from neighboring villages-Zaplatov, Dyryavin, Razotov, Znobishin, Gorelov, Neelov, Neurojazhka identity.” Instead of going their own way, the peasants start a dispute about who in Russia lives happily and freely. Each of them judges in his own way about who is the main lucky … Read more