The teacher of Elvira brings Dinya Khimene a pleasant message: from two lovers of the young nobles – Don Rodrigo and Don Sancho – the father of Jimena, Count Gormaz, wants to have the first son-in-law; namely don Rodrigo given the feelings and thoughts of the girl. In the same Rodrigo, the girlfriend of Jimena, … Read more
Once in the spring, in Moscow, at an unusually hot sunset, two citizens appeared at the Patriarch’s Ponds: Mikhail Alexandrovich Berlioz, chairman of the board of one of the major literary organizations; he was also the editor of a thick art magazine, and the poet Ivan Nikolaevich Ponyrev, who created under the pseudonym Bezdomny. It … Read more
M. Drabble One summer season The novel takes place in England in the early sixties. The heroine of the novel, Emma Evans, on whose behalf the story is narrated, recalls the events that happened to her a few months earlier. Emma’s husband David is an actor. He acts mostly on television, but once the famous … Read more
The action begins in October 1789, ends in March 1799 and unfolds mainly in the north of Italy, in the vicinity of Venice. The narrative is a letter from the main character, Jacopo Ortiz, to his friend Lorenzo, as well as the memoirs of Lorenzo about Jacopo. In October 1797, an agreement was signed between … Read more
IS Turgenev Notes of the hunter: Lgov Lgov – a large steppe village. Near it there is a pond overgrown with reeds; there were ducks. Behind the boat, the hunters turned to a local resident, nicknamed Suchok. “Barefoot, ragged and disheveled Beetle seemed to look like a retired courtyard of sixty.” The conversation with the … Read more
R. Aldington Death of the hero The action takes place in 1890-1918. The work is written in the form of the author’s memories of his peer, a young English officer who died in France at the very end of the First World War. His name appeared on one of the last lists of those who … Read more
Ken Kizi One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Hero-narrator Bromden – the son of a white woman and an Indian leader – pretends to be weak, deaf and weak-minded. He has long been in a psychiatric hospital, escaping in its walls from the cruelty and indifference of “normal America.” However, the years spent by Bromden … Read more
Once the heroes of the cycle “Noble crook” Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker, who, according to Peters, “each dollar in the hand of another… perceived as a personal insult, if he could not perceive it as a prey,” returned from Mexico after another successful scam and stopped in a Texas settlement called the Bird City, … Read more
COLA BRUNION (MASTER OF CLAIM) Opera in three acts (six scenes) Libretto by VG Bragin Characters: Cola Bryunion Selina (Lasochka) Martina Gambi Zhyflyar Duke Ml de Teom Curet Notary Woman with a torch Pulyar, foreman of the city Konyushy Voznica Drunk soldier The Herald Baritone Mezzo soprano Soprano Tenor Baritone Tenor Soprano Bass Tenor Soprano … Read more
Akir was an adviser to Sinagrip, king of Ador and Nalive land. He was told by God that he would remain childless. Akira had a wife and great wealth, but there was no heir. He raised the altars and began to pray to God for the birth of his son. But God commanded the king’s … Read more