The action of Ch. P. Snow’s novel “Corridors of Power” takes place in Great Britain in 1955-1958. The protagonist of the novel is a young Conservative politician representing the left wing of his party, Roger Kuif. The narrative is conducted on behalf of his colleague, and later a friend of Lewis Eliot In the spring … Read more
Anatole France Contemporary History I. Under the city elms Abbot Lanten, the rector of the theological seminary in the city of ***, wrote to Monsignor Cardinal Archbishop a letter in which he bitterly complained to the abbot Gitrel, the teacher of spiritual eloquence. Through the aforementioned Gitrel, which disgraces the good name of the clergyman, … Read more
A. Strindberg Freken Julia The action takes place in Sweden, in the count’s, a manor in the kitchen on the night of Ivan Kupala, when, according to folk tradition, among all who celebrate this religious and magical holiday all the class boundaries are temporarily abolished. Christina, a cook of thirty-five years, is standing by the … Read more
The hero is studying in a special school for mentally retarded children. But his illness differs from the state in which most of his classmates live. Unlike them, he does not hang cats on the fire escape, does not behave stupidly and wildly, does not spit on anyone in the face at big flips and … Read more
The Kiev prince Vladimir is having a feast. Princes, boyars, heroes, Cossacks, burlaks and peasants are sitting at the feast. Having eaten and drunk, everyone starts to brag: who is the “golden treasury”, who is the “broad court”, who is the “good horse”, and the unreasonable brag about “young wife” and “sister”. Only two brothers … Read more
The author of the story, he is also the main character of the “Notes of the Hunter”, sat in a birch grove near the middle of September and observed the surrounding nature. Her condition was then typically autumnal. The grove became dull and damp, as soon as the sun went down, and, on the contrary, … Read more
MAZEPA Opera in three acts (six scenes) Libretto by VP Burenin in the processing of PI Tchaikovsky Characters: Mazepa, hetman Kochubei Love, his wife Maria, their daughter Andrei Orlik, the executioner Spark, friend of Kochubei Drunk Cossack Baritone Bass Mezzo soprano Soprano Tenor Bass Tenor Tenor Cossacks, Cossacks, guests, servants of Kochubei, serdeyuki, monks, hangmen. … Read more
One fine day, when the water mill came home, his wife said to him: “From now on, you must be very quiet.” Because we have a little boy. – What are you saying! – the father-watery was delighted. “A real little boy?” “Yes, the real Little Water!” said the wife. “I beg you, take off … Read more
The action takes place in Ancient Rome in the palace of Emperor Nero. He ascended to the throne illegally, thanks to his mother Agrippina. The emperor was to become Britannik, the son of Agrippina’s second husband Claudius, but she managed to bribe the army and the senate and elevated her son to the throne. Nero, … Read more
There are eccentrics in Moscow, Petersburg, and other big Russian cities. They do not have royal, but imperial bloodlines. Even under Peter the art of Russian furniture originated, under Elizabeth it developed and spread. This serf art, which has no immortal history, and the names of the first masters destroyed the time. In the city … Read more