Sixties. One of the main characters – Fyodor Sonnov, on the train to some near Moscow station, staggers through the streets of the town. Having met an unfamiliar young man, Fyodor kills him with a knife. After the crime – absolutely meaningless – the killer “talks” with his victim, talks about his “guardians”, about his … Read more
In Italy comes a young merchant, whose name is Reichard, from Germany. He admires the houses and charming women, passing by on a gondola. In front of him is a beautiful building, from the windows of which look the charming heads of young women. Reichard aloud expresses his admiration for them, to which the gondolier … Read more
Figaro and Suzanne, the servants of the Count and Countess Almaviva, are preparing for the wedding. Figaro finds out from his bride that the Count is hoping to seduce her, and is enraged. He is determined to take revenge on his master. Dr. Bartolo appears with Marcelina, who at all costs wants to marry Figaro. … Read more
NV Gogol Notes of a Madman Titular Adviser Aksenti Ivanovich Poprishchin, forty-two years old, keeps his diary entries for over four months. On a rainy day on Tuesday, October 3, 1933, Poprishchin, in his old-fashioned greatcoat, leaves, after a while, for an unloved service in one of the departments of the St. Petersburg department, hoping … Read more
Anatole France Island of the Penguins In the foreword the author reports that the only purpose of his life is to write the history of penguins. For this he studied many sources, and above all the chronicle of the greatest penguin chronicler John Talpa. Like other countries, Penguin has survived several eras: ancient times, the … Read more
Immediately after arriving in Moscow, Nicholas feels the changes that have taken place with him. In his soul there is a place not only for his own feelings and experiences, but also compassion for someone else’s grief, the ability to understand the actions of others. He realizes all the unhappiness of the grief of the … Read more
The Monk Sergei was born in the Tver land, during the reign of Prince Dmitry of Tver, under Metropolitan Petra. The saint’s parents were noble and pious people. His father was called Cyril, and his mother was called Maria. An amazing miracle happened before the birth of the saint, when he was in the womb … Read more
VN Semin Breastplate “Ost” The action takes place in Germany, during the Second World War. The protagonist is a teenager Sergei, who was hijacked to Germany, to Arbaytla-ger. The narration covers about three years of the hero’s life. Non-human conditions of existence are described. Arbeit camp is better than concentration camp – the extermination camp, … Read more
Mark Twain Prince and beggar London, mid-16th century. On the same day, two boys are born – Tom, the son of the thief John Kenti, huddling in the stinking cul-de-sac Yard Courtyard, and Edward, heir to King Henry the Eighth. Edward is waiting for all of England, Tom does not really need even his own … Read more
I. Talisman At the end of October, a young man entered the Palais Royal building – Rafael de Valantin, in whose eyes the players noticed some terrible secret, his features expressed the impassiveness of a suicide and a thousand deceived hopes. Los Valentine lost the last Napoleon, and in a daze began to wander the … Read more