Hermann Hesse Beads game The action takes place in the distant future. The infallible Master of the Games and the hero of Castalia, Josef Knecht, having reached the limits of formal and substantial perfection in the game of the spirit, feels frustrated and then disappointed and leaves Kastalia in a harsh world beyond to serve … Read more
Начиная рассказ о приключениях своих героев, автор обсуждает два типа отображения действительности. “Историки” довольствуются списыванием с натуры, а “биографы”, к которым причисляет себя и автор, видят свою задачу в описании не людей, а нравов, не конкретных индивидуумов, а вида в целом. The ten-year-old Joseph Andrews was sent to the service of Sir Thomas Bubi. His … Read more
In a certain kingdom, Ivan Tsarevich lived in a certain state. He had three sisters: Marya Tsarevna, Olga Tsarevna, Anna Tsarevna. Their parents died, and before his death they ordered his son to give out his sisters to those who would first woo. Once Ivan Tsarevich walked with his sisters in the garden. Suddenly a … Read more
Manor in the Carpathian Mountains. Here, after marrying and deciding to settle down and take up farming, a wizard settled. He is in love with his wife and promises to live like everyone else, but the soul asks for something magical, and the owner of the estate is unable to keep from “pranks.” And now … Read more
Holmes and I were sitting in his apartment on Baker Street and reasoned that “life is incomparably more bizarre than anything that the human imagination can create.” Looking out the window, he stated that he seemed to see one of his future clients. Soon a doorbell rang. An excited woman entered “in a heavy fur-bearing … Read more
William Shakespeare Macbeth Location – England and Scotland. The time of action is the 11th century. The tragedy begins with a conversation between the three witches, who are discussing when they come together again – decide to get together “as soon as the battle ends with the victory of the side of one.” In a … Read more
The second story of the tetralogy tells about the company of classmates: Kartashev, Kornev, Dolba, Berendya, Lario and Darcy. Friends have common interests. First, the company is divided into two “parties”, grouped around the reputable leaders Kartashev and Kornev. The initial confrontation goes into rapprochement, and then into close friendship. Friends are arguing on all … Read more
France, the late 20-ies. our century. The hero of the novel is a young Russian emigre, the narrative is conducted on his behalf. He’s in love with Claire. Claire is a pure Frenchwoman, she teases the admirer, then he allows him to hope for his favor. She is sick, and the hero stays with her … Read more
Maxim Gorky Mother The novel takes place in Russia in the early 1900s. In the workers’ suburb live factory workers with families, and the whole life of these people is inextricably linked with the factory: in the morning, with a factory whistle, workers rush to the factory, in the evening it throws them out of … Read more
The Alexandrian sheikh Ali Banu was very rich, but very unhappy man: the Franks took his son Kayram, and the boy had no news, and his wife died of grief. Every year, on the day of Kayram’s abduction, the sheikh cleaned the house as a holiday, for the dervish said that on the same day … Read more