When the sun went down, he sat down by the path and prepared a simple dinner; Then, sending in a mouth a piece at a piece and merrily chewing, he listened as the fire crackled. Passed another day, like thirty others: early in the morning to dig a lot of neat pits, then plant seeds … Read more
“Remember, if our sorrows stem from Pride and Prejudice, then we are also exempt from them Pride and Prejudice, for good and evil are so miraculously balanced in the world.” These words, and in fact, fully reveal the design of the novel by Jane Austen. The provincial family, as they say, of the “middle hand”: … Read more
Edgar Allan Poe The Tale of the Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym His Narration Artur Gordon Pym begins with his acquaintance with Augustus, the son of Captain Barnard. With this young man he became friends in high school in the city of Nantucket. August already went with his father for whales to the South Pacific … Read more
His Narration Artur Gordon Pym begins with his acquaintance with Augustus, the son of Captain Barnard. With this young man he became friends in high school in the city of Nantucket. August already went with his father for whales to the South Pacific and told a friend a lot about sea adventures, kindling his desire … Read more
AI Kuprin Garnet bracelet Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina, wife of the leader of the nobility, already lived with her husband for a while at the dacha, because there was a repair of their city apartment. Today was the day of her name-day, and therefore guests were supposed to come. The first to appear was Vera’s … Read more
Liza Turaeva and Kostya Karnovsky met at the gymnasium ball. They danced together all evening, and then decided to correspond. Fate gave them very few meetings, so the long, from 1910 to 1932, correspondence became an important part of their life. Lisa’s mother died long ago, her father, a regimental officer, married a “domineering, suspicious” … Read more
GK Chesterton The Man Who Was Thursday In a romantic and strange corner of London called Saffron Park, Lucian Gregory met – an anarchist poet whose long fiery curls combined with a rough chin suggested the connection of an angel and a monkey, and Gabriel Syme – a young man in a dandy suit, with … Read more
MA Bulgakov Run Son 1 (North Tavria, October 1920) In the cell of the monastery church there is a conversation. The Budyonnovtsy just arrived and checked the documents. Golubkov, a young St. Petersburg intellectual, wondered where the Reds had come from when the area was in the hands of the Whites. Barabanchikova, a pregnant woman … Read more
M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind April 1861 Plantation Tara, stretching twenty-five miles from Atlanta, Georgia. Twins Tarlton, Stewart and Brent, in love with the charming daughter of the owner of Tara, sixteen-year-old Scarlet, give her two news. First, the war between the North and the South is about to begin. Secondly, Ashley Wilkes marries … Read more
AR Lesage Lame demon “Do you know that you are sleeping since yesterday morning?” – entering the room to the student Don Cleophas, one of his friends asked. Cleophas opened his eyes, and his first thought was that the amazing adventures that he had endured last night were nothing more than a dream. However, very … Read more