There are works that can be read and re-read many times. The book of Antoine de Saint-Exupery “The Little Prince” is one of those. Since the first edition in 1943, it is among the most read in the world. Its author, a French pilot and writer, is an adult, and remains in the soul of … Read more
Sherlock Holmes is approached by the banker Alexander Holder. One British high-ranking person, who urgently needed money, left him with a bail a diadem, a national treasure. The cost of jewelry at least twice the loan. In the diadem, there are thirteen teeth and thirty-nine large beryl, three on each tooth. Fearing to keep such … Read more
The Count of Albaziorita and the Marquis of Forlipopoli lived in the same Florentine hotel for almost three months, and all this time they sorted out the relationship, arguing that more importantly, a big name or a full purse: the marquis rebuked the count by the fact that his county was bought, the count also … Read more
A diary? Well no! Rather, notes, notes, memories – more correctly, physiology (a forgotten genre in which fiction is combined with journalism, sociology, psychology, in order to more fully, and more easily describe a social slice). And now the hero is already on the train, rushing him from the Russian province to the Russian capital, … Read more
Even in ancient times people noticed that life is full of vicissitudes and every act can lead to the most unexpected consequences. So, a certain scientist who succeeded in the capital examinations, reporting this in a letter to his wife, rashly joked that they were bored in solitude and took a concubine. His wife joked … Read more
In one city the doctor once lived. His name was Gaspard Arneri. He was a scientist, and there was no one in his country wiser for him. The country where Gaspard Arneri lived was ruled by Three Fat Men, gluttonous and cruel. One summer, in June, a clear clear day the doctor goes for a … Read more
EL Doctorow Ragtime 1902 President of the United States – Teddy Roosevelt. City of Kew-Rochelle, New York. On the fashionable Avenue of Krugozor, in a house on a hill, lined with Norwegian maples, there is a family – Grandfather, Father, Mother, Baby and Younger Brother Mother (MBM). The life of the family is full of … Read more
Warings is the family home of the Hooper. He was bought by Edmund’s great-grandfather. There was not much money in the family, the land had to be sold with time, but the house remained. Now the grandfather who lived in Warings died, and Edmund and his father are moving there. Edmund’s father, Joseph, was widowed … Read more
Sevastopol in the month of December “The morning dawn is just beginning to paint the sky over Sapun Mountain, the dark blue sea surface has already thrown off the darkness of the night and is waiting for the first ray to sparkle with gay brilliance, from the bay it bears cold and fog, there is … Read more
IS Turgenev Smoke The life of Baden-Baden, a fashionable German resort, on August 10, 1862, differed little from life on other days of the season. The audience was cheerful and colorful. However, it was not difficult to single out our compatriots in it, especially near the “Russian tree”. It was here, at Weber’s coffeehouse, Litvinov’s … Read more