Brecht’s Threepenny Opera in brief
Prologue. London. Soho. Fair. The street singer sings a ballad about the Mackey knife: “The shark has teeth-wedges / All stick out like a show.” And Mackey only has a knife, / And that’s
“Pushkin” Tynianov in brief summary
Sergey Lvovich Pushkin had a son, whom he named in memory of his grandfather Alexander. After the christening in Pushkin’s house on German street in Moscow a modest “kurtag” is arranged: in addition to
“My Life” Chekhov in brief
The story is from the first person. A narrator named Misail Poloznev, along with his father-architect and sister, Cleopatra, live in a provincial town. Their mother died. Father raised children in severity and, when
“Poltava” by Pushkin in a brief summary
“Kochubei is rich and glorious, / His meadows are boundless,” he owns many treasures, but the main wealth of Kochubei is his daughter Maria, who is equal in all Poltava. Maria is not the
“Adventures of Neznaika and his friends” Nosov in brief
Shorty lived in one fantastic city. They were called short men because they were very small. Each short man was a small cucumber. “Babies and babies: Dunno, Znayka, Dr. Pilyulkin, mechanic Vintik and his
“Music Lessons” by Petrushevskaya in a short summary
In a poorly furnished apartment Gavrilovy returned from prison Ivanov, a roommate of the thirty-eight-year-old Frontier. He says that he wants to see his newly born daughter Galya and live a quiet family life.
“Diamond my crown” Kataeva in brief summary
This book is not a novel, not a story, not a lyric diary and no memoirs. Chronological connections are replaced here by associative, and the search for beauty – by searching for authenticity, no
“Eric XIV” Strindberg in summary
King Eric is a strange and eccentric figure, he is extremely suspicious and inclined to unexpected decisions. Outraged by the courtyard, he settled in his Stockholm palace a mistress – a soldier’s daughter Karin,
“Cities and Years” Fedin in brief summary
In the autumn of 1919 Andrey Startsov came from the city of Mordovia in Semidol to Petrograd. He was mobilized in the army and arrived at the duty station. But instead of the expected
Summary Homo Faber
Max Frish Homo Faber The events unfold in 1957. Walter Faber, a fifty-year-old engineer of Swiss descent, works at UNESCO and is engaged in setting up production equipment in industrially backward countries. At work