V. V. Ivanov Moscow novel You probably remember this year: the Church of Christ the Savior was broken. For the layman it was more terrible than the October coup. Then, before the beginning of the novel, the author conceived to write comments, but at that time he had a big boy named Vyacheslav… Excuse me, … Read more
F. A. Abramov. The house of Mikhail Pryaslin came from Moscow, he visited Tatiana’s sister there. As in communism I visited. The dacha is two-story, the apartment has five rooms, a car… Arrived – and he began to wait for guests from the city, the brothers Peter and Gregory. I showed them my new house: … Read more
V. V. Nabokov Gift The hero of the novel is Fedor Konstantinovich Godunov-Cherdyntsev, a Russian emigre, the son of a famous entomologist, the scion of an aristocratic family. He is poor in Berlin in the second half of the 1920s, earning private lessons and publishing nostalgic twelve books about childhood in Russia in Russian newspapers. … Read more
The action takes place in Italy in the 16th century, when Pope Clement VIII is sitting on the papal throne. Count Cenci, a wealthy Roman nobleman, head of a large family, was famous for his disingenuousness and heinous atrocities, which he does not even consider it necessary to hide. He is sure of his impunity, … Read more
1878. Krakowskie suburb of Warsaw. The hosiery shop “Ya. Mintsel and son” is run by the clerk Ignacy Zhetsky – a lonely, grumpy, crystal-honest old man who has worked for forty years at the firm; he is an ardent Bonapartist, in 1848-1849. fought for the freedom of Hungary and is still loyal to the heroic … Read more
JH Updike Centaur Action takes place during several January days in 1947 in the town of Olinger, Pennsylvania The first chapter The novel begins with the words “Caldwell turned away, and at the same moment an ankle was pierced by an arrow.” The class laughs, and Caldwell-centaur, meanwhile, is not up to laughter, he feels … Read more
In the provincial town of S. lives the educated and talented, according to local residents, the Turkin family. The head of the family, Ivan Petrovich Turkin, “a full, handsome brunette with beacons, arranged amateur theatricals for a charitable purpose, played the old generals himself and at the same time he coughed very funny.” He knew … Read more
Ivan Ivanych and Burkin spend the night in Alekhin’s mansion, In the morning at breakfast Alekhin tells the guests the story of his love. He settled in Sofia after graduating from university. The estate had big debts, since Alekhine’s father spent a lot of money to educate his son. Alyokhin decided that he would not … Read more
About the work Daniel Defoe’s novel “Robinson Crusoe” was first published in April 1719. The work gave rise to the development of the classic English novel, made the pseudo-documentary direction of artistic prose popular. The plot of “Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” is based on the real story of the boatswain Alexander Selkir, who lived on … Read more
The plot unfolds near the Lake Geneva in the Chillon Castle, which served as a prison. The story is conducted on behalf of the prisoner, the eldest of six brothers. Five of his close relatives have already died, two of whom could not stand the conclusion in the underground chamber, which was in the castle … Read more