Main characters: mother, father, Oska – younger brother, Annushka, Marfusha, cousin Mitya, zemsky, director, Tsap-Tsarapich, inspector, Athos Recruit, Pharaoh, Joseph, Atlantis, Bindyug, Arkasha, Latin teacher – Tarakanus or Longer, the teacher of history “e-muet”, the teacher of French, the commissioner Chubarkov, three aunts, the military La Bazri de Bazan, Kirikov – the man with the … Read more
Chapter 1 Never Talk to Unknown People “Once in the spring, at an hour of an unusually hot sunset, two citizens appeared in Moscow, at the Patriarch’s Ponds.” “The first was none other than Mikhail Alexandrovich Berlioz, chairman of the board of one of the largest Moscow literary associations, abbreviated as MAC-CO LIT, and editor … Read more
The action takes place in revolutionary Petrograd in the winter of 1917/18. Petrograd, however, acts as a concrete city, and as the center of the universe, the place of cosmic cataclysms. The first of the twelve chapters of the poem describes the cold, snow-covered streets of Petrograd, tormented by wars and revolutions. People make their … Read more
Blaise Pascal Letters to the provincial These letters are a polemic of the author with the Jesuits, fierce persecutors of the supporters of the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jansen, who opposed the true believers to the rest of the masses formally accepting the church doctrine. In France, the mainstay of Jansenism was the Parisian … Read more
Sometimes there is not enough time to read the full work of one of the great classics of literature. Quickly get acquainted with it, the main characters will help a brief summary. “The Boy at Christ on the Christmas Tree” – a story written by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky. In it, the famous writer shares his … Read more
So Huck returns to the kind widow Douglas. The widow meets him with tears and calls the lost sheep – but this, of course, is not from evil. And again, life on the phone, even at the table, relies first to mutter something over the food. Although the food is not bad, it’s a pity, … Read more
JH Updike Rabbit, run Twenty-six year old Harry Engstrom, nicknamed Rabbit, lives in the village of Mount Judge near the town of Brewer, Pennsylvania. He is married, he has a son Nelson, but there is no family happiness. Family obligations greatly weigh the hero. Janice’s wife drinks, and her pregnancy does not fill Rabbit, pride … Read more
The happy engagement of Silvio, the son of Doctor Lombardi, with the young Clarice was able to take place only thanks to circumstance, in itself very unhappy – the death of Signor Federico Pozani, to whom Clarice had long been promised a wife by her father, Pantalone dei Bisognosi. Hardly, however, the fathers solemnly handed … Read more
To Sherlock Holmes, a young man named Hall Picrotha turns for help. Mr. Picrot for many years served in a brokerage firm that went bankrupt. After receiving excellent recommendations, he searched for work for a long time. Having spent all his savings and already despairing, Mr. Picroct suddenly took a place in a big banker’s … Read more
Everyone was preparing for the wedding of the prince and the beautiful princess, who was brought from faraway Russia. The Court Engineer at the far end of the garden prepared everything for fireworks. Petarda, the Roman Candle and the Fiery Roundabout discussed the world. A merry-go-round who was in love with a Christmas casket, believed … Read more