Kingsley Amis Lucky Jim Jim Dixon, the protagonist of the novel, works as a history teacher at an English provincial university. He teaches there for the first year and is not yet enrolled in the job, but is undergoing a probationary period. But from the very beginning he makes a bad impression on his colleagues. … Read more
Chapter 1: “Borya came in. It was a boy of about twelve, well-nourished, rosy-cheeked, the gray cap was crooked on his head, the black jacket flung open, in one hand he held the laundry basket and in the other he carried a rope bag with a large jar of green glass He moved slowly, cautiously, … Read more
The work is based on the legend of the famous Minnesinger of the 13th century. Heinrich von Oterdingingen. The external eventual canvas is only a necessary material shell for the depiction of the deep internal process of the poet’s becoming and Henry’s comprehension of the life ideal, portrayed allegorically by Novalis in the guise of … Read more
KG Paustovsky Basket with fir cones Composer Edward Grieg spent the autumn in the woods near Bergen. All the forests are good with their mushroom air and leaves rustling. But mountain forests near the sea are especially good. They can hear the surf. From the sea constantly causes fog, and from the abundance of moisture … Read more
Henrik Ibsen Per Gynt The action of the poem covers the time from the beginning to the 60s. XIX century. and occurs in Norway (in the Gudbrann valley and surrounding mountains), on the Moroccan coast of the Mediterranean, in the Sahara Desert, in a crazy house in Cairo, at sea and again in Norway, in … Read more
M. Tikamatsu Suicide of lovers on the island of Heavenly Networks In the “villages of love,” this paradise of love for the simpletons, the sea of passion can not be scooped to the bottom. In the merry quarter of Sonezaki is always full of cheerful guests, they bawl songs, curse, imitate their favorite actors, dance … Read more
Just want to apologize, but for all the fairy tales until the materials we could not find: ( Near the pile of rubble near the road sits a black worker like a beetle with a medal on his chest. He tells the passerby that the medal was for the construction of the Simplon tunnel, during … Read more
In one of the cities of the Rostov district there is a court. Boyarin Sturgeon, the governor of the Khvalyn sea Som and the ship muzhiks – Sudak and Pike-trepetuha look at the petition on Yersha, which was made up by peasants from the Rostov district, the fish Bream and Chub. They accuse Ersh that … Read more
In the novel there is a dispute that there is observance of historical traditions. Justifying the commemorating wide celebrations of the coronation, the general observes: “A people without historical traditions turns into a crowd of wannak who do not remember their kinship.” Roman Trifonovich Khomiakov argues that a great tradition and great honor is caring … Read more
Oscar Wilde Starry Boy A poor woodcutter brought a baby with an amber necklace around his neck wrapped in a cloak with golden stars – he found it in the winter forest at the place where the star fell (other lumberjacks refused to carry the parasite). My wife at first was against an extra mouth, … Read more