There is not a single nation that does not have its own idea of the universe, the gods that rule life, and also their struggle for power and influence. Myths of Ancient Greece, a brief summary of which we will consider in this article, are also special because they pay much attention to a person. … Read more
The central heroes of the work are old man Nikitich and a young guy. The action takes place in the taiga. The old man Nikitich, who, from “small years dragged along the taiga”, sometimes lives in huts, which are cut down in the taiga. So it was this time. Uninhabited, but already warmed by the … Read more
In 1917, Constance Reid, a twenty-two-year-old girl, the daughter of the famous Royal Academy artist Sir Malkom Reid, is married to Baron Clifford Chatterley. Six months after the wedding, Clifford, all this time participating in the war in Flanders,. Returns back to England with severe wounds, as a result of which his lower body remains … Read more
A fairy tale was first published in 1954. In 2 years the work was awarded the prestigious award – the German prize of youth literature. “Myo, my Mio” – the first work of the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, created in the genre of epic fantasy. The first screen version of the story took place in … Read more
William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Mednyk Christopher Sly falls asleep drunken sleep at the threshold of the inn. The lord rejoins with the huntsmen and servants and, finding the sleeper, decides to play a joke with him. His servants include Sli in a luxurious bed, washed in fragrant water, dress in an expensive … Read more
A. P. Chekhov The Black Monk Andrei Vasilievich Kovrin, Master, falls ill with a breakdown of nerves. On the advice of a friend, the doctor decides to go to the village. This decision coincides with the invitation to visit from a childhood friend Tanya Pesotskaya, who lives with her father, Yegor Semyonitch, on the estate … Read more
Jean Zhirod Trojan War will not be The plot is a free interpretation of the ancient Greek myth. The Trojan prince Paris had already stolen Helen Spartan, but the war had not yet begun. Still alive King Priam and Hector, did not become Andromache’s slaves and the prophesying Cassandra, young Polixena did not die under … Read more
S. Richardson Pamela, or Rewarded Virtue Pamela, barely fifteen children, the daughter of a poor but virtuous married couple Andrews, informs in a letter to her parents that the noble lady, in whose service she spent the last few years of her life, died from a serious illness. Her nobility and kind attitude towards Pamela … Read more
The seventeen-year-old teenager Holden Caulfield promises to tell the reader the crazy story that happened to him last Christmas. He does not intend to disclose his biography in detail and especially talk about parents who do not like to take out “dirty underwear”. Holden’s native brother – DB lives in Hollywood, next to the sanatorium … Read more
Descendants of the ancient aristocratic family William Legrand pursue a setback, he loses all his wealth and falls into poverty. To avoid ridicule and humiliation, Legrand leaves New Orleans, the city of his ancestors, and settles on a desert island near the Atlantic coast. In the thickets of the myrtle grove, Legran constructs a hut … Read more