The protagonist Roland Rami returns to civilian life after several months of service in Morocco, where he took part in hostilities. In Paris, with the mediation of one of his army comrades, Rami becomes
I rode with hunting one evening, on the road droshky. A heavy thunderstorm caught me on the road. Somehow I was buried under a broad bush and waited patiently for the end of the
During the time of the Southern Song Dynasty, many were honored with sovereigns. But it happened more than once that worthy men never met with a happy fate. The rich man Wang Shizhong got
Volodin Innokenty Artemyevitch – a young brilliant successful diplomat, married to the daughter of a major general, prosecutor on special. cases. Enlightenment came to him when he began to disassemble the cabinets of his
In the foreword 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 dangerous and deplorable
The events of the old and kind fairy tale unfold in the Swedish city where the boy Malysh lives. He has a mom with a dad, a brother with a sister. But he often
Voltaire the Simple-minded On the evening of July 1689, the abbe de Cercabon was walking with his sister along the seashore in his little prior in Lower Brittany, and was reflecting on the bitter
V. Mayakovsky Vladimir Mayakovsky Addressing the crowd, V. Mayakovsky tries to explain why he is carrying his soul on a platter for dinner of going years. Sticking unnecessary tears from the unshaven cheeks of
After the marriage, Dr. Watson rarely sees Sherlock Holmes. One evening a great detective comes to his faithful friend and talks about the London professor of mathematics, Professor Moriarty. Professor – Napoleon of the
Friedrich Schiller Don Carlos Don Carlos, Infante Spanish The action takes place in Spain in 1568, the thirteenth year of the reign of King Philip II. The basis of the plot is the history