The out-of-court adviser Podkolesin, lying on the couch with a pipe and thinking that it would not hurt to still marry, calls on Stepan’s servant, who asks about whether the matchmaker did not go in, and about visiting a tailor, about the quality of the cloth worn and not asked the tailor why the gentleman … Read more
The story of Andreev’s “Kusaka” narrates about the hard share of the stray dog. The summary will help the reader to learn the plot, to get acquainted with the main characters in less than 5 minutes. Who is Kusaka? Previously, this dog had no name. The author acquaints the reader with the homeless animal. His … Read more
The tale of how the twins killed the clerk While all the people were jumping from one service to another, Bartholomew Korotkov, a gentle, quiet blond was firmly serving in the Glavtsentrbaspispate as a clerk and served in it for 11 months. On September 20, 1921, the cashier of Spimat covered himself with his nasty … Read more
On the evening of July 1689, the abbe de Cercabon was walking with his sister along the seashore in his little prior in Lower Brittany, and was reflecting on the bitter fate of his brother and his wife, who had sailed from that very shore to Canada and disappeared there for twenty years. At that … Read more
At the end of November, a train approaches St. Petersburg Station. In one of the carriages of the third class, two passengers sit opposite each other. “One of them was short, about twenty-seven years old, curly and almost black-haired, with gray small but fiery eyes, his nose was wide and flattened, his face was bilious, … Read more
The brilliant poetess Sappho, glorified throughout Hellas, returns to his house from the Olympic competitions crowned with a laurel wreath. The people, servants and slaves with delight and glee, flowers and music meet their mistress. With a gold lyre in her hands, in festive clothes, she descends from a chariot drawn by white horses. Next … Read more
Denis Diderot The Nun The story is written in the form of notes of the heroine addressed to the Marquise de Croamar, whom she asks for help and for this purpose tells him the story of her misfortunes. The heroine’s name is Maria-Suzanne Simonen. Her father is a lawyer, he has a great fortune. She … Read more
Vitaly Kartsev, a Russian emigrant writer who lived in Munich, in June 1982 had the opportunity to be in Moscow in 2042. Preparing for the trip, Kartsev met his classmate Leszek Bukashev. Bukashev made a career in the USSR along the lines of the KGB. It seemed that the meeting was not accidental and that … Read more
I. In the direction of Swann (Du cote de chez Swann) Time elapses in a brief moment between sleep and awakening. Within a few seconds, the narrator Marcel seems to have turned into what he read the day before. The mind is determined to locate the sleeping room. Is this the grandfather’s house in Combra, … Read more
PITCHES FROM THE FOUNDED MANKOPISY – The Story (1904) “For the first time I felt it when we were walking along the Ensk road – we walked ten hours continuously, without slowing down the course, picking up the fallen and leaving them to the enemy who was moving behind us and after three or four … Read more