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 has extensive land in the Yaroslavl province and as many as 1,500 serfs – a serious state. Of course, the twenty-year-old … Read more
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 different ages gathered here. Rota lost almost half of the composition and nine kilometers from the front rest after meeting with … Read more
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 bitterly. Noble ladies and knights send seneschal Kay to find out what’s wrong. Soon Kay comes back and reports: the girl … Read more
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. He meets with Struve, a venerable journalist from the opposition “Little Red Riding Hood”, and asks for his advice and help: … Read more
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 to occupy his head with an uninterrupted thought and distract the longing from the heart” and reflects on the reorganization of … Read more
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 island of Crete for the Minotaur. He also gave Ariadne, daughter of the Cretan king, a ball of thread, with which … Read more
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 to win Igreina, provided that the child gives it to him. Duke dies in battle, and the barons, wishing to put … Read more
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 aunt, Miss Betsey Trotwood, was present-her marriage was so unfortunate that she became a muzhinenavistnitsey, returned to the girl’s name and … Read more
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 warmth of the mother’s hands, the tender sound of the voice, the sensation of light, darkness, thousands of different sounds… The … Read more
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 Vishnevetsky, the owner of the vast lands on the Left Bank of the Dnieper, rescues the swarthy narrow-eyed giant from the … Read more