AN Tolstoy’s Golden Key, or The Adventures of Pinocchio Once upon a time in a small town on the shores of the Mediterranean, the carpenter Giuseppe gives his friend Carlo the organ-grinder a talking log, which, you see, does not want to be heaped. In a poor little room under the stairs, where even the … Read more
The Tsar leaves, and during his absence the Tsarina had a daughter. But the queen dies, as soon as her husband returns. The king grieves for a long time, but a year passes, and a new queen appears in the palace. This woman is very beautiful, but her temper is heavy: she is envious, cruel … Read more
In the introductory essay to the novel tells of the author’s native city – Salem, his ancestors – puritan fanatics, his work in the Seyme customs and the people he had to face there. “Neither the ceremonial, nor the back door of customs does not lead to paradise,” and the service in this institution does … Read more
In the first short chapter, the two parts are divided by sharpness, they are given the most expressive strokes of Russian life: they describe foolishness and holy fools, but also Russian craftsmen and artisans. “Beggars, pimples, pobroshy, volobotshebniki, lazari, stranniki, miserable, empty saints, wicked, prophets, fools, fools, holy fools are unequivocal names of pretzels of … Read more
The old man is fishing alone in the sea. For eighty-four days, he has not yet caught a single fish. In the first forty days a boy was fishing with him. Then the parents sent him to work for another, more “lucky” boat. The old man looks thin, emaciated and very old. Young at it … Read more
The time of the novel is 1797-1812, fifteen years after the failed uprising of Tadeusz Kosciuszko and the third partition of Poland between Prussia, Austria and Russia. In the center of the narrative is the young Rafal Olbromsky, the son of a poor old nobleman. At the carnival in the house of his father, he … Read more
December 24, the house of the Stahlbaum Advisor of Medicine. Everyone is getting ready for Christmas, and the children – Fritz and Marie – are guessing what this time they will be presented as a gift by an inventor and godfather, a senior court adviser Drosselmeyer, who often repaired watches in the house of Stalbaums. … Read more
The holy Mother of God wanted to pray to God, so that the archangel Michael told her about the heavenly and earthly flour. Then Michael came down from heaven and with him four hundred angels. The Virgin and the Archangel greeted each other. Archangel Michael said that not to list all the pains that exist. … Read more
If you go from Porto-Vecchio to the depths of Corsica, you can go to the vast thickets of poppies – the homeland of shepherds and anyone who is at odds with justice. Corsican farmers burn part of the forest and from this land receive a harvest. The roots of the trees left in the ground … Read more
Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice “Remember, if our sorrows stem from Pride and Prejudice, then we are also exempt from them from Pride and Prejudice, for good and evil are so wonderfully balanced in the world.” These words, and in fact, fully reveal the design of the novel by Jane Austen. The provincial family, as … Read more