VG Korolenko Without language In the Volyn province, not far from the town of Khlebno, above the winding river is the village of Lozishchi. All its inhabitants bear the surname Lozinsky with the addition
Henry James Daisy Miller A young American, Winterbourne, who has lived in Europe for many years and has become unaccustomed to American customs, comes to a small Swiss town of Vevey to see his
The island of Pingareea is in the Unknown Ocean, north of the kingdom of Rinkitinia, separated from the land of Oz by the Wicked Desert and the possessions of the King of the Dwarves.
In one of the departments there is an unremarkable official, Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin. For many years he does the same routine work – rewriting documents. His post is called “official for writing.” Despite the
V. Ya. Lakshin Ivan Denisovich, his friends and foes It’s hard to imagine that a year ago we did not know the name of Solzhenitsyn. The mediocrity has to the complacency of evaluations, but
The action takes place in medieval France, amidst wars and complex court intrigues, the French King Louis XI, an intelligent and subtle politician, is fighting the mighty European rulers for the prosperity of France.
In the old days, a son, a young boy of extraordinary talents, grew up in the family of a noble dignitary. His father was proud of him. It’s time to go to the state
Professor Peter Kean, a long and skinny forty-year-old bachelor, during his traditional morning walks, peeps through the windows of bookstores. Almost with pleasure he notes that the waste paper and the boulevard spread wider
When Pushkin’s pen was born a winged line that exhaustively defined the face and character of his beloved hero: “Moskvich in Harold’s Cloak,” its creator, I think, was not at all eager to impress
The action takes place in the ancient Greek city of Abdera. This city, located in Thrace, has become famous in the history of mankind by the stupidity of its inhabitants, as well as the