In the small kingdom of Perador reigned King Meliott. They submitted to the kingdom of Arthur. In their kingdom, everything is very quiet and peaceful. The king has a daughter, Princess Melicent. She is the heiress of the king. For days she and her maid of honor Ninet and Alison embroidered or listened to the … Read more
Under this name are preserved three sagas, known from the “Book of the Cow Burrow” and “Yellow Book of Lecan” I In the old days, Ireland was ruled by a king from the tribe of the Tribes of the Goddess named Eohide Ollothar. He was also called Dagda, for he was able to perform miracles … Read more
G. von Kleist Prince Friedrich of Homburg In the center of the drama – the battle of Ferbellin (1675), largely determined the fate of Germany. Prince Friedrich Arthur of Hamburg, a general from the cavalry, sits under a tree in the garden of the castle in a sleepy sleep and wreathes a laurel wreath. Elector … Read more
In the neighborhood of Rochester, an ancient town southeast of London, lived a seven-year-old boy, nicknamed Pip. He was left without parents, and his “own hands” raised by an older sister who “possessed a rare ability to pay purity into something more uncomfortable and unpleasant than any mud.” With Pip, she addressed as if he … Read more
The novel begins with a foreword, in which the author warns that the novel itself is fictional and has a symbolic meaning. Further, he reports that he himself was engaged in alchemy for a long time, but his search came to a standstill until he met one person who explained to him in what direction … Read more
The protagonist of the novel, Kolen, a very nice young man of twenty-two years, who so often smiles with an infantish smile that from this on his chin he even had a dimple, is preparing for the arrival of his friend Shik. Nicholas, his cook, conjures in the kitchen, creating masterpieces of culinary art. Shik … Read more
Stories of V. Shalamov are devoted to the hard life of prisoners in the Gulag, their prison life. In the world of the Gulag, the chief role is played by the chiefs and the so-called “thieves,” the life of prisoners in the camps depends entirely on the case, whatever it may be. The author describes … Read more
Krista Volf The cleaved sky The action takes place in 1960-1961. in the GDR. The main character, Rita Seidel, a student who worked during the vacations at the car-building factory, lies in the hospital after she nearly fell under the carriages that were maneuvering on the tracks. Later it turns out that this was an … Read more
Marusya Tatarovich is a girl from a good Soviet family. Her parents were not careerists: the historical circumstances of the Soviet system, which destroyed the best people, forced the father and mother to occupy vacant seats, and by the end of the labor biography they were firmly established in the middle-level nomenclature. Marusi had everything … Read more
Henrik Ibsen Wild Duck 80-ies. XIX century. A festive table in the office of the rich Norwegian businessman Verle. Among the guests – the son of merchant Greghers (he works there as an ordinary employee) summoned from the plant in the Mountain Valley and Gregers’ old school friend Yalmar Ekdal. Friends have not seen each … Read more