A. Sinyavsky Lyubimov In a fairy tale narrates about a strange story that happened to an ordinary Belorussian inhabitant Lene Tikhomirov. Until then, there had been no miraculous events at Lyubimov, which was under the wet mountain, but, on the contrary, there was a large Komsomol and intellectual stratum and life was completely socialist under … Read more
Voltaire Orleans virgin The action of this satirical poem takes place during the Hundred Years War between France and England (1337-1453). Some contemporaries of Voltaire said that the author, ridiculing Jeanne d’Arc, treated her more cruelly than the bishop of the city of Beauvais, who burned her once at the stake. Voltaire, of course, laughed … Read more
The middle of the XVII century. Instituted by the Fronde, the people of Paris murmur: the deputies, the merchants, the judiciary are outraged by the policies of Cardinal Mazarin, who sucks out all the juices from taxpayers. The Queen, who was going to Mass in the Cathedral of the Notre Dame, was haunted by a … Read more
In anticipation of the young landowner Eletskaya, who married a St. Petersburg official, the whole estate is buzzing with preparations. Finally, the young people come. They were trained with bread and salt and musicians. Yeletsky immediately takes command, intending to conduct the affairs of the estate. At dinner time, guests and “local people who lived … Read more
The appearance of a new person in the village is always an event. When in the summer of 184 … a new home teacher appeared in the rich estate of the Islaevs, the already established balance was somehow disturbed or, at least, shaken. From the very first day, Alexey Nikolayevich fell in love with his … Read more
Among the passengers of a large ocean boat sailing from New York to Buenos Aires is the world chess champion Mirko Centovic. A more informed friend of the narrator reports that Mirko was orphaned at the age of twelve. A compassionate pastor from a remote village in Yugoslavia took him into care. The boy was … Read more
A young American with the biblical name Ishmael, bored with being on land and having difficulty with money, decides to go sailing on a whaling ship. In the first half of the XIX century. the oldest American whaling port of Nantucket – is by no means the largest center of this fishery, however, Izmail considers … Read more
In the winter night of 1826, Princess Ekaterina Trubetskaya went after her decembrist husband to Siberia. The old Count, the father of Catherine Ivanovna, with tears strews a bearish cavity into the carriage, which must be taken away for ever from the house by his daughter. Princess mentally says goodbye not only to her family, … Read more
In St. Petersburg, in the rich house of Zvezdintsevs, in front of the mirror, admires the beautiful and depraved lackey Grigory, lazily responding to the repeated calls of Vasily Leonidich, the master’s son, flirting with Tanya, a cheerful and energetic maid. In the customary morning bustle, servants scurry about, callers are continuously ringing at the … Read more
Everything is whiter than the edge of the mountains, here they are lighted up a little. The clouds, touched by purple, spread thinly over the sky with thin ribbons. No words, she is beautiful in the moonlight, but the moonless moon pleases her eyes when countless fireflies run in the air The sunset sun, casting … Read more