It’s not the first month that the landowner Pyotr Konstantinovich Muromsky, having entrusted the village economy to the manager, lives with his daughter Lidochka and her elderly aunt Anna Antonova Atueva in Moscow. He
The height of the First World War. Germany already fights against France, Russia, England and America, Paul Boyer, on whose behalf the narrative is conducted, represents his fellow soldiers. Schoolchildren, peasants, fishermen, artisans of
So, the story begins: to the court of the legendary King Arthur, where the brave and noble knights are assembled, is a girl on a mule. The beauty goes “without any bridle” and weeps
The second half of the 60’s. XIX century. Stockholm, May. The young man, who was disgusted by the service in the College of official salaries, is burning with the desire to benefit the society.
Five days a person goes to the depths of the south-eastern steppe of the Soviet Union. On the way, he presents himself as a locomotive engineer, a geologist-spy, or “another organized professional being, just
The myth tells of the Athenian architect, sculptor, artist and inventor Daedalus and his son Icarus, who forever remained an example for many dreamers. According to legend, Daedalus built the famous Labyrinth on the
King of England Uther Pendragon falls in love with Igraine, the wife of the Duke of Cornwall, with whom he is at war. The famous sorcerer and soothsayer Merlin promises to help the king
Charles Dickens The life of David Copperfield, told by himself David Copperfield was born half-orphaned – six months after the death of his father. It so happened that when he was born, his father’s
Romain Rolland Jean-Christophe In a small German town on the banks of the Rhine, a child is born to the Kraft family of musicians. The first, still unclear perception of the surrounding world, the
G. Sienkiewicz Fire and sword in 1647. Ukrainian lands that are part of the Commonwealth. Jan Skshetusky – a young handsome officer, a knight without fear and reproach, in the service of Prince Jeremiah