Summary “Cloud in Pants” by Mayakovsky
The poet – a handsome, twenty-two-year-old – teases a philistine, softened thought with a bloody patch of his heart. There is no old tenderness in his soul, but he can turn himself inside out
“Royal Road” Malraux in brief
The action takes place in Southeast Asia a few years after the First World War. The young Frenchman Claude Vannek goes to Siam in search of ancient Khmer bas-reliefs. In Europe, there was a
“Count of Monte Cristo” by A. Dumas in brief summary
February 27, 1815 in Marseille from the next voyage returns three-masted ship “Pharaoh”. Captain LeClair was not destined to set foot on his native land: he died of fever in the open sea. The
Summary The nightmares of Stork Marabu
Irwin Welch Nightmares of Stork Marabu Roy Strang is in a coma, but his mind is full of memories. Some are more real – about the life of the Edinburgh outskirts – and passed
Summary Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. Boris Godunov
BORIS GODUNOV Opera in four acts (eight scenes) with a prologue (of two paintings) Libretto by M. P. Mussorgsky Characters: Boris Godunov Baritone Fedor Ksenia } Children of Boris Mezzo soprano Soprano Mamma Ksenia
Summary “The Birth of the World”
Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, was born from the Blessed Virgin Mary in the reign of Emperor Augustus (Octavius) in the city of Bethlehem. Augustus ordered the nationwide census to
“Eugene Onegin” by Pushkin in brief summary
A young nobleman Eugene Onegin travels from St. Petersburg to the village to his dying rich uncle, annoyed at the impending boredom. Twenty-four-year-old Eugene received as a child a home education, he was brought
Summary Kristin, daughter of Lawrence
Sigrid Unsett Christine, daughter of Lawrence The trilogy covers the period from 1310 to 1349, when the plague devastated Europe reached Norway. Father Christine came from a Swedish family, known as the Sons of
Summary Hercules
Euripides Hercules The name “Hercules” means “Glory to the goddess Hera”. This name sounded ironic. The goddess Hera was the heavenly queen, the wife of the supreme Zeus the Thunderer. And Hercules was the
Summary “Raspberry water” Turgenev
On a hot August day, I happened to be on the hunt. With difficulty I reached the key called “Raspberry Water”, striking from the high bank of Ista, got drunk and lay down in