The main events take place in the boarding house of “mother” Voke. At the end of November 1819, seven permanent “spongers” are found here: on the second floor – the young young lady Quiz Tyfer with a distant relative of Madame Couture; on the third – a retired officer Poiret and a mysterious middle-aged man … Read more
VP Aksenov Crimea Island An accidental shot from a ship’s gun made by the English lieutenant Bailey Land prevented the capture of the Crimea by units of the Red Army in 1920. And now, under the rule of Brezhnev, Crimea has become a prosperous democratic state. Russian capitalism has proved superior to Soviet socialism. Impressive … Read more
About the hero: the public took it with annoyance. Some because they are set as an example of such an immoral person, others because the author allegedly drew his not very attractive portrait. The hero of our time is a portrait, but not one person, but a portrait composed of the vices of our time. … Read more
Oscar Wilde Unusual story happened to the firework patron All were preparing for the wedding of the prince and the beautiful princess, who was brought from faraway Russia. The Court Engineer at the far end of the garden prepared everything for fireworks (the Russian beauty never saw fireworks). Petarda, the Roman Candle and the Fiery … Read more
She wrote her romantic poem in twelve songs “to the cause of broad and liberating morality”, to the ideas of freedom and justice. The poem is written in the so-called Spencer’s stanza. During the thunderstorm raging above the earth, the poet suddenly opens up among the clouds a lumen of heavenly azure, and against this … Read more
“Do you know that you are sleeping since yesterday morning?” – entering the room to the student Don Cleophas, one of his friends asked. Cleophas opened his eyes, and his first thought was that the amazing adventures that he had endured last night were nothing more than a dream. However, very soon he was convinced … Read more
The story that happened with Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin begins with the story of his birth and his bizarre name, and proceeds to the narrative of his service as a titular adviser. Many young officials, laughing, fixing him with bothers, showering him with papers, pushing him by the hand, and only when he is unbearable, he … Read more
On a rainy summer night in 1912, on one of the docks of the Amur, the steamer leaves a young man alone. This is the German Otto Meisner, master of philosophy, a pet at the University of Konigsberg. The vague feeling that he once was here is stored in his soul. It seems to him … Read more
Italy of the thirties of this century, the working margin of Turin. In these dim scenery unfolds a sad story of the first love of the young girl Ginia to the artist Guido. Ginia works in the studio and leads the company with the factory workers and the neighborhood guys. Once she meets Amelia. About … Read more
Although Terence wrote in Latin for the Roman spectator, his characters carry Greek names and it is assumed that the action often takes place in Hellas. So in this case. Severe old man Menedemos so cursed his son Kliniya for his hobby of a poor neighbor’s girl that he was forced to flee from his … Read more