V. V. Krestovsky Petersburg Slums On May 5, 1838, a young woman throws a newborn girl into the house of Prince Dmitry Shadursky. The thirty-eight-year-old prince is little surprised at the appearance of the foundling; knowing the way of life of the prince, does not see anything strange in this, and his wife Tatyana Lvovna. … Read more
At five o’clock, as usual, the climb broke. “But the barracks did not open, Shukhov never woke up. Before the divorce, there was an hour and a half of personal time, and it could be used to earn some money: sew someone a case for gloves, a rich brigadnik to put dry felt boots in … Read more
In one of the harbors of the Pacific Ocean, the sailor – the hero of the novel “Taipi” comes to the service on the American frigate “Neversink.” For the new sailor on the ship there were no jackets, so he was forced to make himself a new pea coat of white cloth. For a jacket … Read more
In the twentieth century, the most prestigious international award was, undoubtedly, the Nobel Prize. Established her well-known Swedish experimental chemist and businessman Alfred Nobel. The future scientist was born in the family of architect and inventor Emmanuel Nobel in 1833. When Alfred was 9 years old, his father brought his family to Russia, where he … Read more
Thomas Wolfe Take a look at your house, an angel Everyone living on earth is the result of countless additions: four thousand years ago in Crete love could begin which ended yesterday in Texas. Every life is a moment, open to eternity, Wolfe says. And here is one of them… Eugene Gant is a descendant … Read more
Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov – a new trend in the history of Russian literature. He was the first to introduce the theme of the common people and filled the rhymes with conversational turns. There was a life of commoners, so a new style was born. Nikolai Alekseevich became the pioneer in the channel of a combination … Read more
PF Nilin Probationary period The action takes place in the early 20-ies. in a large Siberian provincial town. Two seventeen-year-old working guys, Egorov and Zaitsev, on a Komsomol voucher directed to work in the criminal investigation department, undergo probation for a month. They both receive invitations to an evening dedicated to the anniversary of the … Read more
Ludovico Ariosto (Italian Ludovico Ariosto, September 8, 1474, Reggio nel Emilia – July 6, 1533, Ferrara) is the famous Italian poet and playwright of the Renaissance. Father Ludoviko saw his son as a lawyer, but the young man did not find inspiration in jurisprudence and devoted himself to the study of classical literature. He learned … Read more
In the 60-ies. The Sorbonne became cramped with its old walls – it was suffocating from the influx of students. Then it was necessary to take a difficult decision reluctantly the university recognized that some of the capital’s children could not get a higher education in Paris itself, the Faculty of Philology tore a piece … Read more
It was a long time ago, in a life that “will not return forever.” The narrator walked along a large road, and in front, in a small birch grove, the peasants mowed grass and sang. The narrator was surrounded by fields of “middle-aged, primordial Russia”. It seemed that there was not, and never was, time, … Read more