Carlo Gozzi The deer King Once a great magician and wizard Durandarte came to the city of Serendippe. The king of this city, Deramo, received the guest with an unprecedented luxury and courtesy, for which the grateful wizard left him with a gift of two amazing magical secrets. No matter how powerful Durandarte was, according … Read more
Narration in the story is from the first person. The action takes place in 1948. The protagonist is a boy who studies in the fifth grade in a regional center, located 50 kilometers from his native village. In the village there was only an elementary school, and all the teachers marked the boy’s abilities and … Read more
The action takes place in the depths of the Rhine, on the mountain heights and in the underworld of the Nibelungen in fairy-tale times. Slowly flowing mighty Raine. In the waves it is played by mermaids – playful and carefree daughters of the Rhine. They keep a golden treasure resting on the bottom of the … Read more
In the house of an intelligent Narodnik Ivan Akimovich Samgin, a son was born, to whom his father decided to give an “unusual” peasant name to Klim. It immediately singled out the boy among the other children of his circle: the daughter of Dr. Somov Lyuba; the children of the lodger Varavka Varvara, Lydia and … Read more
NV Gogol A Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich A fine man Ivan Ivanovich! What a glorious beak he has! When it gets hot, Ivan Ivanovich will throw off the bekesh, rest in one shirt and look at what is happening in the yard and on the street. Melons are his favorite … Read more
Sixty years have passed since the return of Hobbit Bilbo Baggins to the Shire. He is one hundred and ten years old, but outwardly he does not change at all. This brings the wizard Gandalf to a frightening thought: the magic Ring, stolen by Bilbo from Gollum, is in fact the Ring of Power. Millennia … Read more
A wealthy gentleman with his family sets out on a luxury steamer on a trip to Europe, but suddenly dies in one of the hotels. On the same ship, where an endless feast continues, his corpse is taken back to the hold. A gentleman from San Francisco who, in the story, has never been named … Read more
Act 1 The cellar is like a cave. Everywhere on the walls – plank beds. In the middle of the doss house there is a large table, two benches, a stool, everything – unpainted and dirty. The Kvashnya is in charge of the samovar, the Baron chews the black bread, Nastya reads the disheveled book. … Read more
AN Ostrovsky Poverty is not a vice The action takes place in a district town, in the house of merchant Tortsov, during Svyatok. Action is the first day. A small steward’s room. In the depths of the door, to the left there is a window, near the window there is a table and a chair, … Read more
The narrator endures inquisitorial tortures in prison. The last words he hears are the words of the death sentence. The condemned faints. Opening his eyes, he discovers that he is in utter darkness. Afraid that he was immured alive, he jumps to his feet and goes forward. Realizing that he was in a rather spacious … Read more