The appearance of Julio Jurenito to the peoples of Europe and to his first and most devoted disciple Ehrenburg takes place on March 26, 1913 in the cafe Rotunda on the Paris Boulevard Montparnasse, at the very hour when the author is dejected over a cup of long-drunk coffee, vainly waiting for someone who free … Read more
All mysterious stories begin with occasional conversation, accidentally abandoned words, fleeting encounters. Where is to be such a meeting, if not at the ball? Princess Mimi had long disliked Baroness Dauertal. The princess was already thirty. She still could not get married, but continued to attend balls. She perfectly learned to cursive, suspicion, intrigue and, … Read more
“Almost all this happened in fact.” This phrase begins a novel, which, as it appears from the author’s warning, “is partly written in a slightly telegraph-schizophrenic style, as they write on the planet Tralfamador, from where the flying saucers appear.” The protagonist of the book, Billy Pilgrim, according to the narrator’s expression, “disconnected from time”, … Read more
I Ilya Ilyich Oblomov, a man of about thirty-two or three, of medium height, of pleasant appearance, with dark gray eyes, lay in bed in the morning on the Gorokhovaya Street. His mind was walking through thought, but at the same time there was no concentration, a certain idea on his face. His movements are … Read more
“Platero and I” – a cycle of lyrical sketches of the poet Juan Ramon Jimenez. The hero of the cycle is the gray donkey Platero, who throughout the year is almost the only friend, companion and companion of the author. In the first lines a portrait of this charming animal is given: “The plater is … Read more
Part 1 Scary 1918 Died mother Alexei, Elena and Nikolka. Alexey Vasilievich Turbin is a young doctor, 28 years old. His sister Elena is married to Captain Thalberg, and Nikolka is seventeen and a half years old. The elder Turbin talks about life with the priest Alexander, who reads to him the book of Revelations, … Read more
Events of the “Sign of Four” are unfolding in London in 1888. During the forced idleness associated with the lack of orders, the famous detective-consultant Sherlock Holmes, living on Baker Street in house 221-6, together with his friend Dr. Watson, his deductive method, which he uses to solve crimes. Sherlock Holmes is convinced that by … Read more
In New Orleans arrives Irish nobleman Florence Kernei. The young man intends to go further to Mexico to study this country, but his ignorance of the Spanish language stops him. Florence acquainted with the Mexican: he was expelled from the country by the tyrant who seized power and lost all his fortune. Working with him … Read more
A. N. Ostrovsky Guilty without guilt The action takes place in the second half of the XIX century, in the provincial city, in a poor apartment on the outskirts. Lyubov Ivanovna Otradina, “a girl of noble birth,” who lives by her own labor, sews and talks with the maid. From the conversation it turns out … Read more
Russia. Late XIX – early XX century. The Brothers of Color, Tikhon and Kuzma, were born in a small village of Durnovka. In their youth they were engaged in small trade, then they quarreled, and their ways parted. Kuzma went to work for hire. Tikhon took off his inn, opened a tavern and shop, began … Read more