The novel is preceded by two epigraphs. The first is taken from the book “Being reasonable, or Moral view of the dignity of life.” “Every minute swears to fate in preserving a deep silence about our lot, even up to the time when it merges with the course of life, and then when the future … Read more
A. Bestuzhev Test “Listen, Valerian,” said the hussar lieutenant colonel Gremin to his friend Major Strelinsky, “do you remember that black-eyed lady who drove all the young people crazy at the ball with the French envoy three years ago?” This conversation took place in 182 … on the day of winter Nikola, not far from … Read more
Yu. V. Davydov The deaf time of the fall leaf Yablonsky (the secret agent of the secret police) comes to Petersburg; he meets with Sudeikin, the inspector of the secret police. Recently in Kharkov Yablonsky gave the police to Vera Figner (she was arrested, brought to Petersburg and “shown” to the director of the police … Read more
The play unfolds throughout the day in London, in the mansion of the couple of Chilterns and in the apartment of Lord Goring, in the early 1890’s. A party in the octagonal hall of the baronet of Sir Robert Chiltern, occupying the responsible post of Comrade Foreign Minister, is one of the most exquisite rides … Read more
Prince Leo Nikolayevich Myshkin arrives in St. Petersburg from Switzerland. He is twenty-six years old, he is the last of the noble noble family, he was orphaned early, as a child he fell ill with a severe nervous illness and was placed by his guardian and benefactor Pavlishchev in a Swiss sanatorium. There he lived … Read more
JV Jensen The Fall of the King The Danish King Christian II (or, according to the starodat form of this name, Kristiern II) is a fairly vivid personality in the history of Scandinavia. He ruled Denmark and Norway in 1513-1523. and Sweden in 1520-1523, another nine years struggled for power, allowed in 1532 to deceive … Read more
“It was at a time when people revered frivolity for virtue, and life has not yet been overshadowed, as in our days, severe hardship.” It was an age of idleness… “People went for everything for the sake of beauty, without stopping to cover their body tattooed. Among fans of such jewelry were not only porters, … Read more
T. Smollett The Journey of Humphrey Clinker “Journey of Humphrey Clinker” – the last work of an English writer: the novel was published a few months before his death in Livorno, where Smollet voluntarily went to a kind of “exile.” The novel is written in an epistolary style, which was not an innovation for English … Read more
Sergei Yesenin is one of the most vivid and original poets of the 20th century. In his lyrics, feelings and words, images and thoughts merge. The poet’s talent lies in the fact that he could catch and convey the most gentle shades of emotions and moods that arose in his soul. Such harmony is permeated … Read more
Nikita Sapykhon-Shchedrin Poshekhonskaya antiquity Life of Nikanor the Prehistoric, the posthekhon nobleman Preceding the story of his past, Nikanor Sapatozny, the heir of the ancient Poshekhon noble family, informs that in the present work the reader will not find a complete account of all the events of his life, but only a series of episodes, … Read more