G. H. Andersen Ugly Duckling Ducks have hatched ducks. One of them was late, and outwardly failed. The old duck frightened her mother that it was a turkey, not otherwise, but he swam better than other ducklings. All the inhabitants of the bird’s dvor attacked the ugly duckling, even the poultryman pushed away from the … Read more
Irwin Shaw The rich man, the poor man 1945. The unusual family of Jordahs lives in the city of Port-Philippe. Nobody loves anyone in this family. Father, Axel Jordah, works in his own bakery and hates this work, and this country. His wife believes that he ruined her life and her dreams. Raised in strict … Read more
Sherlock Holmes proceeds to investigate the murder of Colonel James Barclay in Oldershot, where the military unit is quartered. James was a brave soldier, for which he was promoted to officer. His wife was Nancy, the daughter of a sergeant of her regiment. They lived for 30 years. The couple did not have children. Mrs. … Read more
A provincial town, a local hospital, an outbuilding for the mentally ill… The condition of this building, and of the hospital itself, is extremely miserable-everything old, half ruined, in the courtyard and in the rooms there is an unbearable stench. In such conditions, there are five residents of Chamber No. 6, the only one in … Read more
In the Overture, which is a prologue to the narrative, the representatives of English society are compared to the heroes of fables, who are old as the world – cowards and braggarts, offenders and their victims, rogues and simpletons. Good and evil are mixed, and the poor man is not necessarily honest, but the rich … Read more
GNVladimov Verny Ruslan The watchdog Ruslan heard how something out of the night outside exhaled, lanterns shook with a gnash. Calmed down only by morning. The master came and took him to the service. But when the door opened, a white bright light suddenly poured into his eyes. Snow – that’s what it got out … Read more
The action takes place in Germany in the eighteenth century, at the court of one of the German Dukes. The son of President von Walther is in love with the daughter of a simple musician, Louise Miller. Her father treats this with disbelief, since the marriage of an aristocrat with a petty bourgeois is impossible. … Read more
My homeland is a small estate of the Orel province. There, after listening to arguments at religious and philosophical meetings in St. Petersburg, I decided to go to look around, to find out what the wise forest elders think. So began my journey to the invisible city. Spring. Nightingales sing in a black garden. Peasants … Read more
“Russia is dying,” “Russia is no more,” “the eternal memory of Russia” – I hear around me. But before me is Russia: the one that our great writers saw in awesome and prophetic dreams. Russia is a storm. Russia is destined to endure torment, humiliation, division; but it will come out of these humiliations new … Read more
Somehow the fortuneteller predicted the future wife of the Han emperor a great destiny. She really gave birth to a son who became the sovereign of the Udi. Since childhood, the boy was a clear mind, able to draw his heart. At first the son of concubine Li was considered to be the heir, but … Read more