Terentius Brothers Eternal theme: late in the evening the father in anxiety awaits the house of a detained son somewhere and mutters to himself that there is no greater unrest than the excitement of the parents… The old man Mikion has no native children. His brother Demei has two sons. One of them, Aeschines, adopted … Read more
The teacher of Russian language and literature in a small provincial town Sergey Vasilievich Nikitin is in love with the daughter of a local landowner Masha Shelestova, eighteen years old, who “has not yet been considered to be small in the family” and therefore calls her Maney and Manyusey, and when the circus she visited … Read more
VM Shukshin Cut To the old woman Agafya Zhuravleva was born by Konstantin Ivanovich’s son. With his wife and daughter. To visit, relax. I drove in a taxi, and they dragged suitcases out of the trunk for a long time with their family. By the evening in the village they learned the details: he himself … Read more
Ch. T. Aitmatov And more than a century lasts the day The trains in these parts went from east to west and from west to east… And on the sides of the railroad in these parts lay the great desert spaces – Sary-Ozeki, the Middle Lands of the yellow steppes. Yedigei worked here as a … Read more
There is the sixteenth spring of Nikolay Irtenyev. He is preparing for the examinations to the university, overflowing with dreams and reflections on his future destiny. To clarify the purpose of life, Nikolai starts a separate notebook where he writes down the duties and rules necessary for moral improvement. In a passionate environment, a gray-haired … Read more
Jules Verne Children of Captain Grant On June 26, 1864, the crew of the Duncan yacht, owned by Lord Edward Glenarvan, the most prominent member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club and a wealthy Scottish landowner, catches the shark in the Irish Sea, in the belly of which finds a bottle with a note in … Read more
Some people try to save others from being shot. But they act in this way in different ways. The wise calculation of the Odessa Newton-mathematician, with which Veniamin Fedorovich approached the matter, is different from Isaac Benediktovich’s stupid troubles. Isai Benediktovich behaves as if the shooting is a contagious and sticky illness, and therefore he … Read more
The main action of the story takes place 2.5 years after the events in Sunny City. Znayka in the company of Herring and Fuchsia (inhabitants of the Sun City) visited the Moon, after which he wanted to fly there himself. Steklyashkin and some of the inhabitants of the Flower City were also interested in this … Read more
This is a love story told by a hero named Fiametta, addressed primarily to women in love, who have a young lady looking for sympathy and understanding. The beautiful Fiametta, whose beauty captivated everyone, spent her life in a continuous feast; loving spouse, wealth, honor and respect – all this was given to her by … Read more
Story (1891, published in 1892) Chamber No. 6. Story (1892) The Black Monk. Story (1893, published 1894) The teacher of literature. Story (1889 – 1894) The Seagull. Comedy (1895 – 1896) House with a mezzanine. The artist’s story (1896) My life. The story of the provincial (1896) Uncle Vanya Scenes from the village life. The … Read more