Edgar Poe’s story “The Fall of the House of Ushers,” a brief summary of which we will consider, is written in 1839. The work of this universal writer includes short stories, poems, a novel, a textbook, a book of scientific theory, as well as hundreds of articles and reviews. Now he is widely recognized as … Read more
Lyudmila expects her lover from a military campaign. Standing at the crossroads, the girl watches as the surviving warriors pass by her, but there is no favorite among them. Lyudmila decides that her beloved has died. Going home she thinks about him and her feelings for him; it seems to her that she can not … Read more
VP Kataev Diamond my crown This book is not a novel, not a story, not a lyric diary and not a memoir. Chronological connections are replaced here by associative, and the search for beauty – by searching for authenticity, no matter how bad it may seem. This is Moovism (from “move” – it is bad). … Read more
The poem is written in the first person. A student at Moscow University Sashka Polezhaev, a friend, goes to St. Petersburg to visit his uncle. Do you remember how Pushkin at the beginning of the novel “Eugene Onegin” hero also goes to his uncle? It looks like that. He was born in a small village … Read more
John Gay Opera of the Beggar In the introduction, the author – Beggar – says that if poverty is a patent for poetry, then no one doubts that he is a poet. He is in the company of beggars and participates in the performances that this troupe gives weekly in one of the poorest quarters … Read more
Sisters Dorothea and Celia, left without their parents, lived in the house of their uncle-guardian, Mr. Brooke. The sisters were almost equally good-looking, but they differed in character: Dorothea was serious and devout, Celia – sweet and moderately frivolous. Frequent guests in the house of Mr. Brooke were two gentlemen who had a clear intention … Read more
Ikhara Saikaku The story of the love affairs of a lonely woman Sages in antiquity said that a beauty is a sword that cuts off life. Flowers of the heart are showered, and by evening only dry branches remain. It is foolish to die by an early death in the abyss of love, but, surely, … Read more
In a nutshell: The teacher’s wife is interested in her husband’s friend, the actor, and is going to leave with him. The teacher stops them, and the woman realizes that her husband is a brave and loving man. In the summer in the village they rent a room husband and wife. They have been married … Read more
C. P. Snows Corridors of power The action of the novel by C. P. Snow “Corridors of Power” occurs in Great Britain in 1955-1958. The protagonist of the novel is a young Conservative politician representing the left wing of his party, Roger Kuif. The narrative is conducted on behalf of his colleague, and later a … Read more
In the center of the poetic narrative is the touching love story of the shepherd and hunter Afrique and the nymph of Menzola. We learn that in times immemorial in Fiesole, women especially honored the goddess Diana, who patronized chastity. Many parents after the birth of children, who voted, and who in gratitude, gave them … Read more