“The criminal mother” Beaumarchais in summary
Paris, the end of 1790 From the conversation of Figaro, the valet of the Spanish nobleman, Count Almaviva, and his wife Suzanne, the Countess’s first maid, it is clear that since the eldest son
“Profession of Mrs. Warren” Show in brief summary
Characters Mrs. Warren is a brothel owner, about forty-five years old. Miss Vivi Warren is her daughter of twenty-two. Mr. Pride is an architect, a friend of Mrs. Warren, fifty years old. Sir George
“Paris Secrets” Xu in brief summary
Mid-30’s. the last century, the slums of Paris, where gangsters and murderers are leading their black businesses, but honest poor people are struggling for existence. Prince of Gerolstein Rodolphe, a thirty-seven-year-old handsome man with
“Theogony, or the Origin of the Gods” by Hesiod in brief
Everybody knows: Greek mythology is first of all a lot of names. This is for us; and for the Greeks themselves there were even more. Almost every town or village had its own local
“Tartuffe” by Moliere in brief
In the house of the venerable Orgon, at the invitation of the host, a certain Mr. Tartuffe settled. Orgon of the soul in him did not count, considering an incomparable model of righteousness and
Summary Obid Vasily Shukshin
VM Shukshin Resentment Sashka Yermolayev was offended. On Saturday morning, he gathered empty bottles of milk and said to his little daughter: “Masha, will you come with me?” – “Where? The gas shop?” –
“Yuri Miloslavsky, or the Russians in 1612,” Zagoskin’s summary
Never before had Russia been in such a distressed situation as at the beginning of the 17th century: external enemies, internecine strife, confusion of the boyars threatened to ruin the Russian land. Moscow is
Summary Durochka Lope de Vega
Lope de Vega Durochka The noble nobleman Liseo, accompanied by the servant Turin, comes from the province to Madrid: Liceo expects a joyful event – a wedding. His future wife Phineus – the daughter
Shot of Pushkin
In an unknown place is a quartered army regiment. Everything in the life of an army man is on the same order, but once officers get acquainted with Silvio, who lives in. He is
“Death of Wazir Mukhtar” by Tynyanov in brief
March 14, 1828 a cannon shot from the Peter and Paul Fortress, the inhabitants of the capital were informed of the conclusion of peace with Persia. A treatise on peace was brought from the