Summary of Apuleys
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
“Privalovskie Millions” Mamina-Sibiryak in brief summary
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
“Man on the clock” Leskov in brief
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.
Summary The dog in the hay
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
“Fictional stories” of Borges in brief
Secret miracle On the night of March 14, 1936, in the apartment in Celetnaya Street in Prague, Jaromir Hladík, the author of the unfinished tragedy “Enemies”, the work “The Justification of Eternity” and the
“Gutta-percha boy” Grigorovich in brief
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,
“A Thousand Souls” by Pisemsky in a brief summary
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
“The Maltese Falcon” Hemmet in summary
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
The Life and Fate of Grossman in Brief Content
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
Summary Ninety-third year Victor Hugo
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