Tired of the London bustle and crowded, noisy resorts, Mr. Lockwood decided to spend some time in the country wilderness, away from the turmoil and people. He rented an old landlord’s house, the Mind of Skvortsov. The house stood on the outskirts, surrounded by hilly moors and swamps in the north of England. The owner … Read more
The author came to the village for a wedding. Bride Galya almost impossible to see – so she rushes around the house: a lot of work. In the village she was considered one of the best brides. The merits of her – a suburban, undemanding, not strong – is that she is a very hardworking … Read more
The plot of the novel is based on the story of a truly beloved king Louis XIII conspiracy in 1642, the Marquis of Saint-Marr against the all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu. 1639. Young Henri d’Affia, the Marquis de Saint-Mar, goes to serve the king – he goes to the siege of the captured Perpignan by the Spanish … Read more
Petersburg Day is slipping towards evening, and everyone who usually gathers at the card table, by this hour begin to bring themselves into the appropriate form. Two friends – Boris Pavlovich Raisky and Ivan Ivanovich Ayanov – are to meet again in the house of the Pakhotins, where the owner himself lives, Nikolai Vasilyevich, his … Read more
Henry James Europeans Brother and sister – Felix Young and Baroness Eugenia Munster – for the first time in their life come to their mother’s homeland in America. They grew up in Europe, feel Europeans and anxiously await a meeting with the Wentworth family – uncles, cousins and cousins. Felix is the first to get … Read more
The action takes place in the modern writer of Silesia. In the estate of Krause appears Alfred Lot, he would like to see the master of engineer. Frau Krause – a screaming peasant woman, appreciating the modest look and rustic clothes of a stranger, takes him for a petitioner and drives away. Hoffmann is petitioned … Read more
The play is constructed in the form of a chain of paintings that outline the individual episodes from the life of the signatory of the second Finnish regiment. Markitants called traders who accompanied the troops in campaigns. Mother Kurazh has no illusions about the ideological background of the war and treats it extremely pragmatically – … Read more
Two young people – lieutenant Pirogov and artist Piskarev – are hustling in the evening for single women walking along Nevsky Prospekt. The artist follows the brunette, cherishing the most romantic love for her. They reach Liteiny and, rising to the top floor of a brightly lit four-story house, find themselves in a room where … Read more
Part one Nineteen-year-old Arthur Burton spends much time with his confessor Lorenzo Montanelli, rector of the seminary. Arthur idolizes the padre (as he calls the Catholic priest). A year ago the mother of the young man died, Gladys. Now Arthur lives in Pisa with half-brothers. The young man is very handsome: “Everything was as elegant … Read more
Donkeyhide The poetic tale begins with a description of the happy life of the brilliant king, his beautiful and faithful wife and their lovely baby daughter. They lived in a magnificent palace, in a rich and flourishing country. In the royal stables next to the fast horses, “a well-fed donkey hung out his ears peacefully.” … Read more