In a provincial town, a young merchant of Bavarian kvass meets a walking woman in the evening. She, drunk, stands in a puddle and stomps her feet, sprinkling mud like children. The trader leads her to her house; she agrees to go with him, thinking that he is her client. “House” is a basement hole … Read more
The action takes place in a provincial town. Victor Alexandrovich Zilov wakes up a phone call. With difficulty waking up, he picks up the phone, but there is silence. He slowly gets up, touching his jaw, opens the window, it’s raining outside. Zilov drinks beer and with a bottle in his hands begins fizzaryadku. Again … Read more
August 1931. From the Mexican port of Veracruz the German passenger steamer “Vera” sails, which in mid-September is due to arrive in Bremerhaven. From the torn by the political passions of Mexico, the ship follows to Germany, where national socialism raises its head. The diverse passenger community – Germans, Swiss, Spanish, Cubans, Americans – together … Read more
The first action. Natasha sits on the bank of the Dnieper in deep thoughtfulness. She is troubled by her heart, and it is not easy for her to listen to the instructions of her father – the old Miller. For several days the Prince, her lover, has not come to Natasha. The miller teaches her … Read more
The article in the article “The Ray of Light in the Dark Kingdom” is about the work of Ostrovsky “The Thunderstorm”, which undoubtedly became a classic in Russian literature. In the first part, the author speaks of a deep understanding of the life of the Russian people by Ostrovsky himself. Further he tries to conduct … Read more
The name of the work is symbolic: the raven is a bird, pecking out the eyes and the brain, that is, blinding and depriving the mind. We learn about such love from the story of the main character. So, the rejected lover dreams a dream. He turns out to be alone at night in a … Read more
VG Korolenko Son of Makar Makar is the main character, a peasant. The author himself referred his work to “holy stories”. Written in the Yakut exile (the winter of 1883), the story was inspired by the real impressions of the young writer (he lived with peasant Zakhar Tsykunov, who became the prototype of Makar). But, … Read more
Valya is a young girl who works in a store on one of the construction sites of the distant Irkutsk. Vale is twenty-five and she’s a cashier. Merry and frivolous, she does not think much about how to behave, for which she deserved what everyone in the district calls her Valka – cheap. Valya’s ally … Read more
The end of XIX century. Countryside in Russia. Mironositskoe village. Veterinarian Ivan Ivanych Chimsh-Himalayan and teacher of the grammar school Burkin, having spent the whole day, are staying for the night in the barn of the village elder. Burkin tells Ivan Ivanych the story of the teacher of the Greek language Belikov, whom they taught … Read more
Before the court investigator was a very skinny peasant. In his eyes, a sullen severity could be seen from behind thick brows. His hair was tangled and uncombed, which gave him a spider’s harshness. “Denis Grigoriev, come here and answer my questions,” the investigator tells him. – On the 7th of July this year the … Read more