AR Belyaev Head of Professor Dowell Marie Laurent, a young doctor, receives an offer to go to work in the laboratory of Professor Kern. The office in which Kern takes it, produces a very gloomy impression. But much more gloomy is the visit to the laboratory: where Marie sees a human head separated from the … Read more
Schavinsky, an employee of a large Petersburg newspaper, met Rybnikov in the company of well-known St. Petersburg reporters. The miserable and miserable staff captain spoke, thundering a mediocre command and extolling – with some affectation – a Russian soldier. After observing him, Schavinsky noticed some ambiguity in his appearance. At first glance, he had an … Read more
VT Narezhny Russian Zhilbaz, or The Adventures of Prince Gavrila Simonovich Chistyakov A small village at the turn of the Oryol and Kursk Gubernias is the estate of Ivan Efremovich Prostakov, who lives with his wife and daughters, Katerina and Elizaveta. It is here that the author presents us the main character. Prince Gavrilo Simonovich … Read more
N. Machiavelli Mandragora The action takes place in Florence. Constriction is the conversation of Kallimako with his servant Shiro, addressed, in fact, to the audience. The young man explains why he returned to his native city from Paris, where he was taken away at the age of ten. In a friendly company, the French and … Read more
In a deserted mountainous area, not far from the court of the Polish king, Rosaura, a noble lady dressed in a man’s dress, and her servant, lost their way. The night is approaching, and there is no light around. Suddenly travelers distinguish in the twilight a tower, from behind the walls of which they hear … Read more
One morning the old Water Rat leaned out of the hole. The duck taught her children to stand upside down in the pond. Water Rat: “Love is certainly a good thing, but friendship is much more sublime… A faithful friend must be betrayed to me.” Then Linnet began the story of a Faithful Friend. Once … Read more
I. Death of the gods Cappadocia. The Roman tribune condemned wanted to curry favor with his boss. To do this, he is going to kill two children – cousins of the current Constantinople emperor Constantius. Constantius is the son of Constantine the Great, who began his reign by killing many of his relatives, including his … Read more
Spacious and comfortable kitchen. There is no one, only at the burning hearth warms the Cat. A tired passer-by comes in the house. This is Lancelot. He calls someone from the hosts, but there is no answer. Then he turns to the Cat and finds out that the owners – the archivist Charlemagne and his … Read more
SICILY EVENING Opera in five acts (six scenes) Libretto by E. Scribe in S. Duverie Characters: Guy de Montfort, Governor of Sicily Arrigo, young Sicilian Sire de Bétun, French officer Count de Vaudemont, French officer Giovanni di Procida, a Sicilian physician Danieli, Sicilian Thibaut, French soldier Robert, the French soldier Manfredo, Sicilian Princess Elena Ninetta, … Read more
Francois Fenelon (de Salignac, Marquis de la Mothe Fenelon, August 6, 1651 – January 7, 1715) – the famous French writer; was born in Perigord, in an ancient noble family. Until the age of 12, the boy lived in his ancestral castle, and did not devote much time to studies because of poor health; then … Read more