Summary “Magic headboard”
In ancient times, a certain Taoist monk, the elder Lui, who comprehended the mystery of immortality, met at the inn with a boy named Lou. They began to talk, and the young man began
Summary The fruits of enlightenment LN Tolstoy
LN Tolstoy Fruits of enlightenment In St. Petersburg, in the rich house of Zvezdintsevs, in front of the mirror, a beautiful and depraved footman Grigori admires him for a long time, lazily responding to
Summary Innkeeper
Carlo Goldoni Innkeeper The Count of Albaziorita and the Marquis of Forlipopoli lived in the same Florentine hotel for almost three months, and all this time they sorted out the relationship, arguing that more
“Batatova kasha” Akutagawa in the summary
A long time ago among the samurai regent Mototsune Fujiwara was a kind of ugly and miserable little man who performed some simple duties. Everyone treated him disrespectfully: both coworkers and servants. He was
Summary Goodbye, Gyulsary!
Ch. T. Aitmatov Farewell, Gyulsary! Last autumn, Tanabai came to the collective farm office, and the brigadier said to him: “We picked you a horse, a horse.” They are getting old, true, but for
Summary “Ivanov” by Chekhov
The action takes place in one of the counties of the central strip of Russia. Nikolai Alekseyevich Ivanov, a landowner, sits in his garden and reads a book. Misha Borkin, his distant relative and
Summary of Oblomov
The novel “Oblomov” by IA Goncharov was published in 1859 in the journal Otechestvennye zapiski (Fatherland Notes) and is considered the pinnacle of the writer’s entire work. The idea of the work appeared in
Summary Sir from San Francisco Bunin
IA Bunin A gentleman from San Francisco A gentleman from San Francisco who, in the story, has never been named by name, as the author notes, his name is not remembered either in Naples
Summary “Bloody Wedding”
Spain, early XX century. Mountain village. The play begins in the house of the Bridegroom. Mother, learning that he is going to the vineyard and wants to take a knife, breaks into curses to
Summary Testament
Jean Meillier Testament In the preface the author reports that during his lifetime he could not openly express his thoughts on the ways of managing people and their religions, since this would entail very