TIKHON NIKOLAEVICH Khrennikov The genus. in 1913 Khrennikov is a prominent Soviet composer, author of operas, symphonic works, mass songs, music for films and theater productions. Khrennikov’s music is cheerful, full of light, cheerful moods, warmed with sincere warmth and gentle humor. Simplicity and freshness bring her closer to popular creativity. The organic combination of … Read more
“In one of the remote streets of Moscow, in a gray house with white columns, a mezzanine and a crooked balcony, once lived a lady, a widow surrounded by numerous courtyards… From among all her servants the most remarkable person was the janitor Gerasim, a man of twelve heights of growth, built by a hero … Read more
I Taras Bulba meets his sons, who studied in the Kiev bursa and now came home to their father. They were two stout fellows, strong, healthy. Taras chuckles over the clothes of his sons, those who do not expect such a reception are confused. The eldest son, insulted by his father’s words, begins to pound … Read more
The action of this work, saturated in accordance with the literary mode of the era of pseudo-eastern color, takes place in Africa, in the capital of the Congo-Banze empire, in which Paris with its morals, quirks, and also quite real inhabitants is easily discernible. From 1500000003200001 the Sultan Mangogul ruled the Creation of the world … Read more
“The yourei left for Israel.” / The deer escaped to Finland. / The fish went to Japan. / In the capital there were instances and dissidents, they were fighting. “ This is how the poet who lives in Leningrad, which he calls the Capital, tells about his time. However, he calls everything in his own … Read more
Since the well-known events that accompanied the marriage of Tartaglia to the daughter of the King of Antipodes, Ninetta, who appeared from the oranges, many years have passed. A lot of things happened in Monterotondo over the years. Smuraldine and Brighella, once burned, resurrected from the ashes: he is a poet and a soothsayer, she … Read more
The tragic story of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark The square in front of the castle in Elsinore. Guard Marcellus and Bernard, Danish officers. They are later joined by Horatio, a learned friend of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. He came to make sure of the story of the night apparition of a ghost similar to the … Read more
“There are no strings, no denouement, no strictly thought out plan in the novel, there are types and characters, there are scenes and pictures, and most importantly, through the fabric of the story there is a personal, profoundly felt attitude of the author to the derived phenomena of life. When reading the novel of Turgenev, … Read more
In 1824, at a ball in the Opera appears a dazzlingly handsome young man on arm with a charming lady. To everyone’s amazement, Lucien Chardin somehow managed to get out of the mud, and the king, by his decree, returned the name of his ancestors from his mother’s side. The young man easily puts in … Read more
Sh. Bronte Gorodok Lucy Snow was early lost her parents, but she was lucky with close people who did not leave the girl to the mercy of fate. So, often Lucy lived in the house of her godmother, Mrs. Bretton, an immature widow and a sweet woman. Mrs. Bretton had a son, John, who, however, … Read more
Former hussar, retired forty-year retired colonel Yegor Rostanev, owner of the rich and well-appointed estate of Stepanchikov, where he lives together with his mother, the widow of General Krachotkin, an unmarried sister, Sasha’s daughter of fifteen and son of Ilya for eight years. Rostaneva’s wife died a few years ago. The house is filled with … Read more
The plague captures the Spanish city of Cadiz and establishes its own order in it. Only those who overcome fear of the Plague will free people. “Siege position” is a representation in three parts. In the foreword the author points to his alleged co-author Jean-Louis Barro, to whom the idea of the play-myth of the … Read more
Meursault, a small French official, resident of the Algerian suburb, receives news of the death of his mother. Three years ago, being unable to support her on his modest salary, he placed her in an almshouse. After receiving a two-week vacation, Merso on the same day goes to the funeral. After a brief conversation with … Read more
My grandmother sent me to the dump for strawberries, along with the neighboring children. She promised: if I dial full tuesok, she will sell my berries together with her own and buy me a “stick carrot”. Gingerbread in the form of a horse with a mane, tail and hoofs, covered with pink glaze, provided honor … Read more
The square in front of the castle in Elsinore. Guard Marcellus and Bernard, Danish officers. They are later joined by Horatio, a learned friend of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. He came to make sure of the story of the night apparition of a ghost similar to the Danish king, recently deceased. Horatio is inclined to … Read more
Twenty-four-year-old hero-narrator Frank Chambers wanders around America, nowhere else for a long time. And now, after settling down to work for the Greek, Nick Papadakis, the owner of a gas station and a snack bar not far from Los Angeles, he is sure that he will soon be on the road again. But meeting with … Read more
FREEPY ARROW1 Opera in three acts Libretto by F. Kind Characters: Ottokar, the Bohemian prince Kuno, Forester Agatha, his daughter Anhen, a friend of Agatha Baritone Bass Soprano Soprano Bass Tenor Tenor Bass Without singing Caspar Max } Hunters Kilian, rich peasant Hermit Samiel, the “black hunter” Peasants, hunters, girls, musicians. The action takes place … Read more
Gelsomino’s boyfriend (in Italian – “jasmine”) from birth is endowed with an unusually loud voice, capable of destroying the walls. Only from this gift – continuous trouble. Suspicious neighbors do not give Jelsomino a passage; some consider him a good magician, others – an evil sorcerer. One day, Gelsomino goes to wander around the world … Read more
M. Maeterlinck Bluebird Christmas Eve. The woodcutter’s children, Tiltil and Mytil, sleep in their beds. Suddenly they wake up. Attracted by the sound of music, the children run up to the window and look at the Christmas festival in a rich house opposite. There is a knock at the door. There is an old woman … Read more
The merchant’s daughter in marriage, Olympia Samsonovna (Lipochka) Bolshova, sits alone at the window with a book and, arguing, “what a pleasant occupation these dances”, begins to waltz: she has not danced for a year and a half and is afraid, if anything, to “embarrass”. Dancing badly. The mother, Agrafena Kondratyevna, enters: “No light dawn, … Read more
The young senior lieutenant Galtsev, the interim commander of the battalion, was awakened in the middle of the night. A boy of about twelve was detained near the shore, all wet and shivering from the cold. Galtsev’s strict questions are answered only by the fact that his name is Bondarev, and demands immediately to report … Read more
The action takes place in 1850-1853. The choir begins a story about the glorious thief Joaquin Muriete, whose ghost is still hovering over California, a free Chilean who died in a foreign land. Boys-newsmen shout news: in California, a gold rush. Attracted by distant mirages, crowds of people flock to the port of Valparaiso from … Read more
Bhasa dreamed Vasavadatta King Udayana, country Watsu ruler, was defeated in the battle and lost half his kingdom wise minister Yaugandharayana understands that return can only be lost by a king of Magadha moguschesvennogo Darshaki. To do this, Udayans need to enter into a kindred union with him – to marry the sister of King … Read more
After serving the entire war, the Guards Captain Alexei Alekseyevich Ivanov departs from the army for demobilization. At the station, long waiting for the train, he gets acquainted with the girl Masha, the daughter of the spaceman, who served in the dining room of their part. Two days they travel together, and for another two … Read more
R. Akutagawa Gate of Rasemon One evening, a servant who was fired by the owner, was waiting for rain under the gates of Rasemon. Seated on the top step, he often touched the boil, jumped out on his right cheek. Although the gate was on the main street, there was no one except this servant, … Read more
American Robert Jordan, voluntarily participating in the civil war in Spain on the side of the Republicans, receives a mission from the center – to blow up the bridge before the offensive. A few days before the offensive, he must conduct at the location of the partisan detachment of a certain Pablo. About Pablo say … Read more
Narration on behalf of the main character I Father died. Mother half naked beside him on the floor. Grandmother arrived – “round, big-headed, with huge eyes and a funny loose nose, she’s all black, soft and surprisingly interesting… she spoke kindly, cheerfully, smoothly.” I made friends with her from the very first day. “ The … Read more
FK Sologub The petty devil Ardalion Borisovich Peredonov, a teacher of literature in the local gymnasium, constantly felt himself the subject of special attention of women. Still would! The State Counselor (the fifth class in the table of ranks!), A man in juice, in fact, is not married… After all, Varvara is… Varvara in which … Read more
In the 60’s. XVIII century. Stepan Mikhailovich Bagrov, the grandfather of the narrator, “began to live closely” in the different Simbirsk “step-father.” Stepan Mikhailovich was not educated, but “his natural mind was healthy and bright”, he is certainly just and an excellent master: the peasants loved him. In the Ufa viceroyalty, many for a pittance, … Read more
V. V. Bykov Sotnikov On a winter night, when they were burying themselves from the Germans, Rybak and Sotnikov circled the fields and copses, having been given the task of procuring food for the partisans. The fisherman went easily and quickly, Sotnikov was behind, he should not have gone to the task at all – … Read more
TRISTAN AND IZOLD Stage action in three acts R. Wagner’s libretto Characters: Tristan Mark, the King of Cornwall, his uncle Kurvenal, servant of Tristan Melot, the court of King Mark Isolde, the Irish Princess Brangena, her maid A young sailor Shepherd Helmsman Tenor Bass Baritone Tenor Soprano Soprano Tenor Tenor Baritone Sailors, knights and squires. … Read more
On a fine July day I hunted for black grouses in the Chern district of the Tula province. It was already evening when I decided to return home. I climbed the hill and instead of the familiar places I saw a narrow valley, opposite the wall a towering aspen rose. I went along the aspen … Read more
This is a tragedy with a happy ending. In the dramatic competitions in Athens there was a custom: every poet represented a “trilogy”, three tragedies, sometimes even catching up on each other on topics, and after them, to discharge a gloomy mood – “satire drama,” where heroes and action were also myths, but the choir … Read more
A. Moravia The indifferent Italy, the twenties of the XX century. Three days from the life of five people: an elderly lady, Mariagratsii, mistress of the declining villa, her children, Michele and Carla, Leo, the longtime lover of Mariagratsia, Lisa, her friend. Conversations, meetings, thoughts… Of all the five, Leo alone is content with life … Read more
A small German town in the 18th century. The basis of Goethe’s novel is Werther’s letters to his friend Wilhelm and additions to the letters “From the publisher to the reader”. The letters describe the events of Werther’s life, a young intelligent and modest man, who is fond of art. Settling in this town, he … Read more
In a certain village of Lamanchsky, there lived one hidalgo, whose property was in a family spear, an ancient shield, a skinny nag and a greyhound dog. His name was not either Kehan, or Quesada, as if unknown, and it did not matter. He was about fifty years old, his body was lean, his face … Read more
A. P. Chekhov The Man in a Case Late 19th Century Countryside in Russia. Mironositskoe village. The veterinarian Ivan Ivanovich Chimsh-Himalayan and the teacher of the grammar school of Burkin, after having spent the whole day, are staying for the night in the barn of the village elder. Burkin tells Ivan Ivanych the story of … Read more
1807 year. Residents of a small Bosnian town of Travnik, located on the outskirts of the Turkish empire, are concerned that soon in their city, to which only the obscure echoes of world events were previously heard, two consulates will open – first French and then Austrian, as it became known that Bonaparte already enlisted … Read more
A small introduction Ten years, from 1899 to 1999, LN Tolstoy wrote his novel “Resurrection”. Three times he started it, wrote, copied it, set it aside. And it was accepted again. And, even, having given the manuscript to the press, literally on the eve of the exit, something was corrected, rewritten, carried away, wrote again. … Read more
1 The author says that past epochs have passed that the genres of “epics” and “epics” are over. The author approves a new style, “telegraphic”. Telegram / flight / stanza! Inflamed lip / fall / and drink From the river / by name – / “Fact”. The author says that his goal was to create … Read more
Moscow, the beginning of the reign of Alexander II. The action begins with the exit to the richly decorated hall of the old and very important official Aristarkh Vladimirovich Vyshnevsky. He is accompanied by his young wife Anna Pavlovna, both negligee. Vyshnevsky grumbles, reproaching his wife for being too cold to him. After the official … Read more
KG Paustovsky Romantic Maksimov with Stashevsky, Alexei and Winkler was driven into this port by a cruel autumn storm. Young people lived in a crappy hotel, stuffed with sailors and prostitutes, spending time in cheap taverns. Stashevsky thundered Russian literature, argued with Alexei about the fate of Russia. We remembered the recently deceased Oscar. The … Read more
On the dusty road among the maize fields of Oklahoma is a man of about thirty. This is Tom Jowd. After serving time in prison for an accidental murder, he returns home to the farm. He leaves the prison ahead of schedule and therefore has no right to leave the state. On the farm, he … Read more
The author-narrator remembers the recent past. He recalled the early weathering autumn, the entire golden, dried up and thinned garden, the delicate aroma of fallen leaves and the smell of Antonov apples: the gardeners pour apples on carts to send them to the city. Late at night, when he ran out into the garden and … Read more
Spacious and comfortable kitchen. There is no one, only at the burning hearth warms the Cat. A tired passer-by comes in the house. This is Lancelot. He calls someone from the hosts, but there is no answer. Then he turns to the Cat and finds out that the owners – the archivist Charlemagne and his … Read more
One quiet, clear evening, the boys and girls gathered to sing songs. Levko, the son of a village head, drags a song near one of the huts, calling a beautiful girl named Ganna. Ganna struggles for a long time with doubts and fears before quitting. She is afraid of the envy of the girlfriends, the … Read more
G. de Broin Buridanov donkey Karl Erp, head of the district library in Berlin, the capital of the GDR, a forty-year-old family man with a nascent abdomen, wakes up in his room with a smile on his face. Reading the book at breakfast, he thinks of Fraulein Broder. After graduating from the library school, she, … Read more
There is a myth about the hero Jason, the leader of the Argonauts. He was the hereditary king of the city of Iolc in Northern Greece, but his elder relative, the powerful Pelius, seized power in the city, and to recover it, Jason had to perform a feat: with the heroic friends on the ship … Read more
Some American millionaire, whose name no one has remembered and whom the author calls “the gentleman from San Francisco”, is making a trip on a luxurious, steamy boat “Atlantis” to Europe. The companions of the millionaire are his wife and daughter. He took his family on a trip, because he thought he deserved rest: after … Read more
Emile Zola Doctor Pascal Doctor Pascal is a sixty-year-old scientist, an innovator, out of his pen goes medical works. He is engaged in healing, using his own methods and giving hope to the sick. He is interested in questions of heredity. On the example of his own family, he creates his theory of heredity, based … Read more