NS Leskov At the knives Iosaph Platonovich Vislenev, who was sentenced in the past for political affairs, returns to the district town. He is met by Sister Larissa, the former bride of Alexandra Ivanovna, who later unexpectedly married General Sintyanin, whom “terrible glory” is about. Among those meeting also Major Forov, declaring that he would … Read more
Yury Ilyich, a research fellow at the Academic Research Institute, during the years of perestroika becomes the object of recruiting an organization that calls itself “the editorial office.” The editors who came to him directly to work, Igor Vasilyevich and Sergey Ivanovich, demand that he use their unusual abilities on their instructions: Yuri Ilyich is … Read more
John Milton Samson-wrestler Samson, blinded, humiliated and scolded, languishes in captivity with the Philistines, in the prison of the city of Gaza. Slave labor wears out his body, and spiritual suffering torments the soul. Neither day nor night Samson can not forget about what a glorious hero was before, and these memories inflict bitter torments … Read more
The work of Gogol “Dead Souls” was written in the second half of the 19th century. The first volume was published in 1842, the second volume was almost completely destroyed by the author. And the third volume was never written. The plot of the work was suggested to Gogol. The poem tells about the middle-aged … Read more
Over time, Yakov Sofronych realized: it all started with the suicide of Krivoy, their tenant. Before that, he quarreled with Skorokhodov and promised to inform that Kolyushka and Kirill Severyanich about politics are arguing. He, Krivoi, in the detective department serves. And he managed to poke himself out because he was thrown out from everywhere … Read more
JG Byron Manfred The philosophical tragedy Manfred, which became the debut of Byron-playwright, is perhaps the most profound and significant (along with the mystery “Cain”, 1821) from the poet’s works in the dialogic genre, with good reason is considered the apotheosis of Byron’s pessimism. The writer’s disagreeable dissonance with British society, which ultimately led him … Read more
Lyrical novel – the largest work of the writer – is written in an epistolary form. The name of the protagonist – Hyperion – refers to the image of a titan, the father of the sun god Helios, whose mythological name means High-Go. It seems that the action of the novel, which is a sort … Read more
The most complete aesthetics of the “ironic avant-garde” was expressed in V. Pietsukh’s story “The New Moscow Philosophy”. The presentation is conducted on behalf of the narrator, a person who is well-rounded, unhurried. He reflects on the relationship between life and literature, the importance of literature in the life of a Russian person. His reasoning … Read more
GNN. Vladimov Three minutes of silence Senka Shaly (Semyon Alekseevich) decided to change his life. Enough. To him already soon twenty-six – all youth in the sea remained. In the army in the navy he served, demobilized, decided before returning home to earn extra money in the sea, and so he remained on the Atlantic … Read more
Moliere Misanthrope With his temper, convictions and actions, Alzestes never ceased to amaze the people close to him, and now he even refused to consider even his old friend Filint as a friend – for the fact that he talked too warmly with a man whose name could only then be remembered with great difficulty. … Read more