Summary “Corridors of power”
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,
A Brief Contemporary History
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
Summary Freken Julia Strindberg
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
“School for Fools” Sokolov in brief
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
Bylina “Alyosha and Sister Zbrodovichey” in brief summary
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
Summary “Meeting Turgenev
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
Summary Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Mazepa
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
Summary of “Little Watery” by Proysler
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! –
“Britanic” Racine in summary
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
Summary “Redwood”
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.