Summary Alexander Sergeevich Dargomyzhsky

ALEXANDER SERGEYEVICH DARGOMYZHSKY 1813-1869 In the history of Russian music, Dargomyzhsky entered as one of the founders of realistic art. Protest against social inequality, interest in the destinies of people from the people, social

“Chochara” by A. Moravia in summary

Italy, 1943-1944 Cesir is thirty-five years old, she was born in Chocharia, a mountainous area lying to the south of Rome. A young girl she married a shopkeeper, moved to Rome, gave birth to

“Carpentry stories” Belov in summary

March 1966; Thirty-four-year-old engineer Konstantin Platonovich Zorin remembers how he, a native of the village, was humiliated by city bureaucrats and how he once hated everything rural. And now he is pulling back into

Summary of Daphnis and Chloe

Long Daphnis and Chloe The action takes place on the well known Greek island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, and not even on the whole island, but in the village alone on its

Summary of the story by AP Platonov “Unknown Flower”

This is a story about a small flower, which no one knew on earth, because he grew up alone in a vacant lot. Cows and goats did not go there, and children from the

Summary Thief

LM Leonov Thief Moscow was quiet here, in a place called Blagusha. Firsov surveyed the surroundings and experienced a fine and desponding emptiness, familiar from experience, when here, just as before, for other books,

Summary Walter Scott Ivanhoe

Walter Scott Ivanhoe It’s been almost a hundred and thirty years since the Norman Duke William the Conqueror defeated the Anglo-Saxon armies and captured England at the Battle of Hastings (1066). The English people

Summary Fifteen-year-old captain Jules Verne

Jules Verne Fifteen-year-old captain January 29, 1873, the schooner-brig “Pilgrim”, equipped for whaling, goes on a voyage from the port of Oakland, New Zealand. On board are the brave and experienced captain Gul, five

Summary Arthur Haley Airport

Arthur Hailey Airport The novel takes place in January 1967, Friday night from 18.30 to 1.30 at the International Airport. Lincoln in Illinois. Three days and three nights over the Mid-West states, the strongest

Summary of “Vasilisa the Beautiful”

In a certain kingdom there lived a merchant. His wife died, and he remained with the only daughter Vasilisa the Beautiful, who was then 8 years old. Dying, the mother blessed her daughter and
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