In “Rabbits and boas” F. Iskander showed a totalitarian social system, demonstrated the mechanism of its action. The fairy tale is a detailed metaphor of the social order, in which there are three levels of hierarchy: boas headed by the Great Python swallowing rabbits; rabbits; natives who grow vegetables. The world of rabbits and boas … Read more
The famous writer Ariadne Oliver invites the famous detective Hercule Poirot to a holiday in the estate of the Stubbs family, located in a small village near the tourist center. Owner of the estate, George Stubbs, wealthy plebeian, and, according to Mrs. Oliver, a man of limited, but in the business of the dock, lives … Read more
Henry James Female Portrait Mr. Tachit and his son Ralph live in his Gardencloth manor about forty miles from London. Mrs. Tachit travels a lot and happens in her husband’s house only a month a year. She spent the winter in her homeland, in America, met there with her niece and wrote to her husband … Read more
George Orwell Animal Farm Mr. Jones owns Manor Farm near Willingdon, England. The old boar, the Major gathers at night in a large barn of all the animals that live here. He says that they live in slavery and poverty, because man appropriates the fruits of their labor, and calls for an uprising: one must … Read more
The protagonist, sitting in a cafe and listening, in his opinion, the ugly music of a local orchestra, gets acquainted with a mysterious person. He agrees to drink with him, having previously learned, not whether he is a Berliner or whether he composes music. The protagonist negatively answers the first question, on the second he … Read more
SILENT DON Opera in four acts (six scenes) Libretto by LI Dzerzhinsky Characters: Pantelei Melekhov Ilyinichna, his wife Gregory Petro Dasha, wife of Peter Lukinichna Natalia, her daughter Mitka, her son Aksinya General Listnitsky Eugene, his son Mishuk, Comrade Gregory Sashka, coachman Listnitskikh Crazy Soldier Esaul Tenor (characteristic) Mezzo soprano Dramatic tenor Bass The dramatic … Read more
King As soon as the wedding ceremony was over, everyone began to prepare for the wedding dinner. At this time, to Bene Krik, a Moldovan raider nicknamed King, an unfamiliar young man approached and said that a new bailiff had arrived in the city and was preparing a raid on Benya. Benyu answered that they … Read more
The narrative is conducted on behalf of a young man named Frederick Clegg, who serves as a clerk in the Town Hall. The action takes place not far from London. Frederick’s story is a love story, but over time the reader understands that the expression of this love in the hero is not quite healthy. … Read more
THE TALE OF THE TROUSER GENTLE OF MONASTERY-the legendary tale of the marriage of the great prince of Tver, Yaroslav Yaroslavich (died 1271), and the foundation of the Tverskoi Otroch monastery. Created in the 2nd floor. XVII century. in Tver, perhaps in the Otroch monastery, P. came to us in 18 lists, transmitting three versions … Read more
With the titan Prometheus, the benefactor of humanity, we have already met in Hesiod’s poem “Theogony”. There he is an intelligent cunning, who arranges the sharing of sacrificial bull meat between people and gods so that the best part gets to people’s food. And then, when the angry Zeus does not want people to cook … Read more