LN Tolstoy Cossacks On an early winter morning from the porch of the Moscow hotel Chevalier, after spending a long time with friends after a long dinner, Dmitry Andreevich Olenin drives off on the Yamskaya troika to the Caucasian infantry regiment, where he is enlisted as a cadet. From a young age, without parents, Olenin … Read more
IS Turgenev Notes of the hunter: Date Birch grove. Mid-September. “Since the morning, a light rain has fallen, replaced by a warm sunshine at times, there was a fickle weather, the sky was all clouded with loose white clouds, then suddenly it was cleared for a moment, and then azure, clear and tender, appeared from … Read more
G. H. Andersen Thumbelina A childless woman, on the advice of a sorceress, raised a girl from the grain of a tulip an inch tall – Thumbelina. Cradle for her was a nut shell, a boat – a petal of a tulip in a dish with water and flowers, where the girl sailed and sang. … Read more
A. P. Chekhov The Soul The daughter of retired collegiate assessor Olenka Plemyannikova often finds her neighbor Kukina, the owner of the entertainment garden “Tivoli”, for complaints about life, the weather, and the uncomfortable taste of the audience. The misfortunes of Kukin are so touching her that Olenka falls in love with him, although Kukin … Read more
MM Prishvin Zhen-shen After the end of the Russo-Japanese war, I chose a three-line better and set off from Manchuria to Russia. Pretty soon crossed the Russian border, crossed a ridge and on the shore of the ocean met with a Chinese, a seeker of zhen-shen. Louvain sheltered me in his hiding place, hidden from … Read more
In the beginning of 1806 Nikolay Rostov goes home on vacation. He persuades Denisov to stay with him. Nicholas’s house is waiting for a happy meeting. Natasha tries to find out from his brother whether his attitude toward Sonya has changed, assures himself that she loves her very much, and, in order to prove this, … Read more
Franz Kafka Castle The action takes place in Austria-Hungary, before the November Revolution of 1918 K., a young man of about thirty years, arrives in the Village on a late winter night. He settles down for the night at an inn, in a common room among the peasants, noticing that the owner is extremely embarrassed … Read more
There was one of summer warm days… My friend and I stood and talked near our house. You walked among us, among the flowers and grass that you had on your shoulders, and your face did not leave an indefinite half-smile, which I tried in vain to solve. Running through the bushes, the Spaniel Chif … Read more
ALEXANDER NIKOLAEVICH SEROV 1820-1871 Serov – an outstanding representative of Russian musical culture – combined a gifted composer, a widely erudite scientist, a brilliant critic-publicist. Brought up on the ideas of Belinsky, Serov advocated the ideological content of music, defended the idea of a high public mission of art. A champion of nationality and realism, … Read more
L. Pirandello Henry IV The action takes place in a secluded villa in rural Umbria at the beginning of the 20th century. The room reproduces the decoration of the throne room of Henry IV, but to the right and left of the throne – two large modern portraits, one of which depicts a man in … Read more