William Shakespeare Windsor Mockers In this play again appear fat knight Falstaff and some other comic characters “Henry IV” – Judge Shellow, pompous fighter Pistol, mischievous page Falstaff drunkard Bardolph. The action takes place in the city of Windsor and is frankly farcical. In front of Page’s house, a rich Windsor town dweller, Judge Schellow, … Read more
Part one. Fugitives Pioneer detachment was encamped near the estate of Count Karagaev. Komsomolets, who led the detachment, went to serve in the army, and in his place appointed Misha Polyakov. His leading work began with an emergency: two guys fled to Spain to beat the fascists. About this Misha learned, after returning from Moscow, … Read more
A. A. Block Nightingale Garden The hero of the poem – it is written in the first person – a worker; he comes at a low tide to the sea, in order to earn a living by working hard – pounding clods and scraps with layered rocks. The extracted stone on the donkey is taken … Read more
During the flood I fell ill with malaria, or, as it is called in Siberia, a freckle. My grandmother whispered a prayer for all sorrows and ailments, splashed me with holy water, used herbs before she started tearing me, powder came from the city-it did not help. Then my grandmother led me up the Fokine … Read more
The story takes place on the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk during the Great Fish-woman, the progenitor of the human race. Mythological motives are organically woven into the general outline of the plot, so a simple story about the fate of human beings turns into a parable. The history describes the life of a … Read more
Land surveyor Gleb Gavrilovich Smirnov came to the station Gnilushki. He was summoned to General Khokhotov’s estate for surveying. Smirnov was about thirty miles from the place of destination. At his request for postal horses, the station gendarme only spread his hands: “You can not find a track dog for a hundred miles, but not … Read more
In one house there lived two girls – the Handyman yes Lenivitsa, and with them the nurse. The needlewoman was a clever girl: she got up early, she put on clothes herself, without nurse, she was accepted for work: the stove was sinking, she kneaded the bread, she chalked the house, the cock crowed, and … Read more
VM Shukshin Mother’s Heart Vitka Borzenkov went to the bazaar in the regional city, sold bacon for a hundred and fifty rubles (he was going to marry, desperately needed money) and went to the wine stall to “smear” a glass or two red. A young girl came up and asked: “Let me have a light.” … Read more
A. P. Chekhov Anna on the neck “After the wedding, there was not even a light snack.” An 18-year-old girl, Anya, married a 52-year-old official Modest Alekseich. After the wedding they go to the monastery, on a pilgrimage. On the train, Modest Alexeyich, smiling, recalls one instance: “When Kosorotov received the Order of St. Anne … Read more
Spring of the 45th found us in Serpukhov. After all that was on the front, the hospital whiteness and silence seemed to us somewhat improbable. Budapest was fallen, Vienna was taken. The ward radio did not turn off even at night. “In the war as in chess,” said Sely Sivanov, lying in the far corner, … Read more