Severely ruled Demetrius from the very moment he sat on the throne: he executed many people, imprisoned the boyars, left the country without a penny. But the limit of his cunning reached when, in 1606, he decided to convert all the Orthodox into the Catholic faith, and even give the lands of the Russians to … Read more
The first act begins with a brawl of servants who belong to two warring families – Montague and Capulet. It is not clear what caused the enmity, it is obvious only that it is an old and irreconcilable, pulling the passions of both young and old into the whirlpool. To the servants quickly join the … Read more
M. de Montaigne Experiences The first book is preceded by an appeal to the reader, where Montaigne declares that he did not seek fame and did not seek to bring benefits – it is primarily a “sincere book”, but it is intended for relatives and friends, so that they can revive his image and the … Read more
The heroes of the novel are mostly not named by their names. Among the listeners of the Traveler’s story are the Psychologist, A very young man, the Provincial Mayor, the Doctor and others. They are present at the return of the Traveler from the future, which appears in front of his guests not in the … Read more
B. Kellerman The Tunnel of the Richman of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and other cities come to the concert in honor of the opening of the newly built palace, unprecedented in the number of celebrities with a worldwide reputation. Engineer Mac Allan and his wife Maud took the box of a friend, a palace builder, … Read more
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791 Mozart’s art is one of the highest peaks of the world musical culture. The work of the great Austrian composer reflected the advanced ideas of his era, inexhaustible faith in the triumph of light and justice. Mozart’s music is dominated by cheerful colors, clear, uncorrupted lyrics; At the same time, it … Read more
“About eight years ago I was in Tehran at a small conference on neurophilosophy, where several outstanding researchers of human knowledge were invited, including Anne Traisman, a leading American specialist in the field of attention.” One day, when the conference participants were sitting in a cafe, who “Anne asked:” Tell me, what does your husband … Read more
“I observed the customs of my time and published these letters,” the author writes in the Preface to a real philosophical and lyrical novel. A small Swiss town. Educated and sensitive raznochinets Saint-Pre, like Abelard, falls in love with his apprentice Julia, the daughter of Baron d’Etange. And although the severe fate of the medieval … Read more
Jacob Wasserman Caspar Hauser The protagonist of the novel “Kaspar Hauser” had a prototype – a really existing person, about which much was written and spoken throughout Europe. He suddenly appeared in 1828 in Nuremberg, this young stranger of sixteen or seventeen, whose past was shrouded in mystery and whose short life was soon forcibly … Read more
The action takes place in the 1950s. In the cafe on one of the central streets of the Argentine capital, the winners of the happy prizes of the Tourist Lottery, who are waiting for a free sea cruise, gather. Among the first to come are colleagues – teachers of the state college Carlos Lopez and … Read more