“Poverty is not a defect” Ostrovsky in brief
The action takes place in a county town, in the house of merchant Tortsov, during Svyatok. Action first Day. A small steward’s room. In the depths of the door, to the left there is
Summary of the Heart of Three
Jack London The Hearts of Three Francis Morgan, the wealthy heir of the owner of large enterprises, Richard Henry Morgan, ponders what to do in lazy idleness. At this time, the former rival of
“Aksenov’s Quest for a Genre” in Brief Content
Artist of the original genre Pavel Durov spends the night in the penalty area of the traffic police of a provincial town. The bumper of his “Zhiguli” is broken by “ZIL” – polowalk, he
“American tragedy” Dreiser in summary
Kansas City, a hot summer evening. Two adults and four children sing psalms and give out brochures of religious content. The older boy clearly does not like what he is forced to do, but
Summary of “Carpentry Stories”
March 1966; Thirty -four – year-old engineer Konstantin Platonovich Zorin remembers how he, a native of the village, was humiliated by city bureaucrats and how he once hated all the village. And now he
“The rebellion of Wang Xinzhi” Feng Manlong in summary
On how Wang Xinzhi’s death saved his whole family 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
Summary “Constellation Goatwork” Iskander
The protagonist and narrator of this story, a poet who worked in the editorial office of a youth newspaper right after the institute and because of his free-thinking was dismissed. He was not upset,
Summary Crusaders G. Senkevich
G. Senkevich Crusaders The events addressed by Senkevich in the novel “The Crusaders” were of great importance both for the history of Poland and for the Slavic and Baltic peoples neighboring it, which became
Summary “Rodinka” Sholokhov
On the table lie cartridges, a ram’s bone, a field map, a brief, a bridle, a crust of bread. At the table sits Nikolka Koshevoy, squadron commander, he fills out the questionnaire. “A rusty
Summary Scandalist, or Evenings on Vasilievsky Island
VA Kaverin Scandalist, or Evenings on the Vasilievsky Island Professor Stepan Stepanovich Lozhkin, who had been doing his literary works of heresy and sects of the XV-XVI centuries all his life, suddenly began to