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
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
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
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
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,
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
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,
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
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
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