Characters The foreman; Ivanushka, his son; The brigade leader; Adviser; The counselor, his wife; Sophia, the daughter of a councilor; Dobrolyubov, the lover of Sophia; The servant is a counselor. The action takes place in the village of the adviser, to which, when driving from St. Petersburg home, the brigadier drove with his wife and … Read more
T. Tvardovsky Terkin in the next world Murdered in battle, Terkin is to the next world. It’s clean, it looks like a subway. The commandant orders Terkin to get formalized. Account table, check table, table. At Turkin they demand a certificate, they require a photo card, a certificate from a doctor. Terkin undergoes medical treatment. … Read more
A. de Saint-Exupery Little Prince At six years old the boy read about how a boa constrictor swallows his victim, and painted a snake that swallowed an elephant. It was a drawing of a boa constrictor outside, but adults claimed that it was a hat. Adults always need to explain everything, so the boy made … Read more
Beginning the narrative, the author declares that his main goal is to show the general character of the epoch, its mores, concepts, beliefs, and therefore he allowed the deviation from history in detail – and concludes that his most important feeling was indignation: not so in John, as a society that is not indignant at … Read more
LA Kassil Cheremysh, brother of the hero A successful attempt to create a novel about the new school was the book “Cheremish – brother of the hero” (1938), which survived many publications. In it, the writer seeks to solve the social and moral problems that are relevant to the younger generation of that time, concerning … Read more
Shudraka Clay wagon Late in the evening on Ujjaini Samsthanak street, ignorant, rude and cowardly brother-in-law of the king of Palaka, pursues the rich geteru beauty Vasantasen. Taking advantage of the darkness, Vasantasena eludes him through an unlocked gate into the courtyard of one of the houses. By chance, it turned out that this is … Read more
William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing The action takes place in the city of Messina in Sicily. The messenger informs the Governor Leonato about the arrival in the city after the victorious end of the war of Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, with his retinue. Talking about the battle, the messenger mentions distinguished on the … Read more
The first book. Kurymushka. In Yelets, my hometown, all the old merchants’ surnames were double. Our first family name, Prishvin, was generic, official, and the second, “street”, was the Alpatovs. I was born in 1873 in the village of Khrushchev, Solovyov volost, Yelets county, Orel province. The village of Khrushchev was a small village with … Read more
VO Pelevin Omon Ra Omon Ra has absorbed all the merits inherent in Pelevin’s works: unpredictable plot, deep meaning and originality of the symbolism. This novel, like most Pelevin books, leaves the reader with a wide field for finding interpretations. Omon Ra is the story of the Soviet boy Omone Krivomazov, who dreamed of the … Read more
The most powerful king in the last generation of Greek heroes was Agamemnon, ruler of Argos. This he commanded all the Greek troops in the Trojan War, quarreled and reconciled with Achilles in the Iliad, and then defeated and ravaged Troy. But his fate was terrible, and the fate of his son Orestes is even … Read more