Notes on Xiaolian One powerful person, nicknamed Lilanzhong, bought something like a slave girl thirteen years old. It turned out that she was not inclined to music, nor to homework, so he decided to return her to her former mistress. The girl begged not to do this, promised to thank him and in time not … Read more
AS Pushkin Dubrovsky Volume One In one of his estates lives Kirila Petrovich Troekurov, a rich noble gentleman, arrogant tyrant. Neighbors cater to all and are afraid of him. Troyekurov himself respects only his poor neighbor Andrei Gavrilovich Dubrovsky, who was in the past his comrade in the service. Troekurov and Dubrovsky are both widowers. … Read more
GK Chesterton Napoleon of Nottinghill In our times, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the prophets divorced so much that, one by one, you will inadvertently fulfill someone’s prediction. Yes, just spit somewhere – and it turns out that you spit in the prophecy! And yet the majority of mankind, consisting of normal people … Read more
The novel is a testimony of an eyewitness who survived the plague epidemic that erupted in 194 … in the city of Oran, a typical French prefecture on the Algerian coast. The narration is conducted on behalf of Dr. Bernard Rie, who led anti-plague activities in the contaminated city. The plague comes to this city, … Read more
SHEET SMITH 1824-1884 Sour cream is called the father of new Czech music, Czech Glinka. In his work, the musical genius of the Czech people flourished magnificently, the pictures of Czechia’s history, people’s life and nature revived, the rhythms of folk dances, the melodies of Czech songs captivating in beauty and freshness sounded. The legacy … Read more
Nestor, the monk of the monastery of the Monastery of Pechersky, a tale of why the monastery was nicknamed Pechersky During the reign of Vladimir Svyatoslavich in Lyubech lived a pious husband who wanted to become a monk. He came to the Holy Mount Athos and in one of the monasteries there he took monastic … Read more
Princess Trubetskaya In the winter night of 1826, Princess Ekaterina Trubetskaya went after her decembrist husband to Siberia. The old Count, the father of Catherine Ivanovna, with tears strews a bearish cavity into the carriage, which must be taken away for ever from the house by his daughter. Princess mentally says goodbye not only to … Read more
The name “Lysistrata” means “The Destroyer of War.” Such a name gave Aristophanes the heroine of her fantastic play about how women, with their feminine means, achieved what men could not, put an end to a great war. The war was between Athens and Sparta, it lasted ten years, Aristophanes was speaking against her in … Read more
Julio Cortázar Winnings The action takes place in the 1950s. In the cafe on one of the central streets of the Argentine capital, the winners of the happy prizes of the Tourist Lottery, who are waiting for a free sea cruise, gather. Among the first to come are colleagues – teachers of the state college … Read more
The book begins with the memory of the boy Kohli about his teacher Anna Nikolaevna. She taught her students not only school lessons, but also life lessons. And meanwhile there was a war, there was 1945, spring. The narrator, without a year and two months, was no less than a graduate of an elementary school. … Read more