Lucius Apuleius (Latin Lucius Apuleius Platonicus, about 124, Madavra, North Africa – about 180) is an ancient Roman writer, a Platonist philosopher, a rhetorician. He wrote in Greek and Latin. He was born on the border of Numidia and Getulia in the well-to-do family of a prominent African official (he repeatedly publicly called himself “Semi-Nomidian-half-hegel”). … Read more
In the district Ural town of Uzel, the event: after a long absence, the young millionaire Sergey Aleksandrovich Privalov returns. His arrival makes a noticeable variety and in the life of the local matchmaker – Hionia Alekseevna Zaplatina, “ladies of uncertain years with a faded face.” She sees Privalov as a profitable bridegroom and, at … Read more
Winter in Petersburg in 1839 was with strong thaws. Sentry Postnikov, a soldier of the Izmaylovo Regiment, stood at his post. He heard that a man came to the wormwood and called for help. The soldier for a long time did not dare to leave his post, because this was a terrible violation of the … Read more
Lope de Vega Dog in the hay Diana, the Countess of Belfort, late at night entering the hall of her Neapolitan palace, finds there two cloaked men who, when she appears, hurriedly hide. Intrigued and enraged, Diana orders the butler to call, but the latter justifies his ignorance by going to bed early. Then one … Read more
Secret miracle On the night of March 14, 1936, in the apartment in Celetnaya Street in Prague, Jaromir HladÃk, the author of the unfinished tragedy “Enemies”, the work “The Justification of Eternity” and the study of the implicit Judaic sources of Jacob Boehme, sees in a dream a long chess game. The game was started … Read more
Behind the scenes of the circus artists are crowding, the people are cheerful and carefree. Among them stands a not very young bald man whose face is dyed white and red. This clown Edwards, entered the “period of longing,” followed by a period of hard drinking. Edwards is the main decoration of the circus, its … Read more
The action takes place in the mid-40’s. XIX century. in the county town of Zn-sk. The schoolmaster Pyotr Mikhailovich Godnev resigns with the pension, and in his place a certain Kalinovich, a young man who graduated from the law faculty of Moscow University as a candidate, was identified. Godnev – kind, sociable old man, a … Read more
In the reception of private detective Sam Spade appears a young and beautiful woman. She appears as Miss Wonderly and reports that she came to San Francisco after the sister who had fled with her lover. She wants to return her home, and tonight she will meet with a young man who promises to then … Read more
The old communist Mikhail Mostovskoy, taken prisoner on the outskirts of Stalingrad, was brought to a concentration camp in West Germany. He falls asleep under the prayer of the Italian priest, Hardy, argues with the Tolstoyan Ikonnikov, sees the hatred of the Menshevik Chernetsov and the strong will of the “master of the thoughts” of … Read more
V. M. Hugo Ninety-third year In the last days of May, the soldiers and the marquee of the Paris battalion “Red Hat” stumble into the Sodreysk forest to the Breton peasant woman with three children – a baby girl and two boys a little older. Michelle Flechard was killed by her husband and burnt the … Read more