Funny Innin Wang Zifu from Lodian early lost his father. His mother kept his eyes on him. The young lady from the Xiao family had flown him, only she had died before the wedding. One day, a cousin came to Van on the feast of lanterns and carried him along to look at the festivities. … Read more
The novel takes place in Haiti in the early years of the dictator François Duvalier. The protagonist of the novel, Mr. Brown, on whose behalf the story is narrated, returns to Port-au-Prince from a trip to the US, where he tried to find a buyer for his hotel called Trianon: after Duvalier came to power … Read more
Molière Miserly Eliza, daughter of Harpagon, and young Valer fell in love for a long time, and it happened in very romantic circumstances – Valer rescued the girl from stormy sea waves when the ship on which they both sailed crashed. Valer’s feeling was so strong that he settled in Paris and acted as a … Read more
V. Ya. Bryusov The fiery angel Ruprecht met Renata in the spring of 1534, returning after ten years of service to the Landsknecht in Europe and the New World. He did not have time to reach Cologne before dawn, where he once studied at the university and near which was his native village Lozgeym, and … Read more
XVIII century. A high-ranking employee of a well-known bank office goes to France with a very difficult task: he must inform the daughter of his old client Lucy Manette that her father is alive. Dr. Manette spent eighteen years in the Bastille, all this time his family knew nothing about him. My daughter thought that … Read more
P. Calderon The doctor of his honor The action takes place in Spain at the time of King Don Pedro the Just or the Cruel (1350-1369 gg.). During the hunt, the brother of the Infante King, Don Enrique, falls from the horse, and is unconsciously brought into the house of Don Gutierre Alfonso de Solis. … Read more
Notes on the Pion Light The custom of admiring the lanterns is very ancient. A certain student, widowed, surrendered to anguish and did not go to the celebration. Just stood at the gate. I noticed a maid with a lantern in the form of a pair of peonies and a beauty of rare beauty. Tailed … Read more
VP Astafyev Cursed and killed The first book. Fucking pit. The action takes place at the end of 1942 in the quarantine camp of the first reserve regiment, located in the Siberian Military District near Berdsk station. Part one. The recruits come to the quarantine camp. After a while, the survivors, among whom Leshka Shestakov, … Read more
Theodore Dreiser Sister Kerry America, 1889 Eighteen-year-old Carolina Mieber, or, as she was affectionately called home, Sister Kerry, leaves the hometown of Columbia City and travels by train to Chicago, where her married older sister lives. In the wallet, Kerry has only four dollars and her sister’s address, but she is inspired by the hope … Read more
M. Yu. Lermontov The Oriental Novel From the cosmic height, the “sad Demon” observes the wild and wonderful world of the central Caucasus: as a facet of a diamond, Kazbek flashes, the Terek jumps with a lioness, Daryal’s gorge curls like a serpent-and nothing but contempt. Evil is bored with the spirit of evil. Everyone … Read more