Summary “Wuthering Heights” Bronte

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

“Vologda wedding” Yashin in brief

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

“Saint-Mar, or Conspiracy in the Times of Louis XIII” Vigny in brief summary

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

Goncharov’s “Gap” in a brief summary

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

Summary Europeans Henry James

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

“Before sunrise” Hauptmann in brief summary

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,

Summary “Mother Courage and Her Children” Brecht

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

“Nevsky Prospekt” by Gogol in brief summary

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.

Summary of the “Gadfly” of Voynich

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

“Fairy tales of Mother Goose” Perrault in short summary

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
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