A certain Mr. McCarthy was found dead in the Boscom Valley. The largest landowner in the area is Mr. John Tener, who earned his capital in Australia and returned to his homeland a few years ago. He gave one of his farms to his longtime friend, Mr. McCarthy, who also came from Australia. McCarthy has … Read more
Sinclair Lewis Main Street A young girl, Carol Milford, graduates from Blodget College in St. Paul and thinks about what kind of noble occupation for her to devote her life to. She intends to achieve significant results in any business, no matter what she does. At first she worked for a year in Chicago, in … Read more
The action takes place in the USSR in the summer of 1928. Vladimir I. Persikov, Professor of Zoology at the IV State University and Director of the Moscow Zoo Institute, quite unexpectedly makes a scientific discovery of enormous importance: in the eyepiece of the microscope, with a random motion of a mirror and lens, he … Read more
In 1813, Adelbert von Chamisso fell into the hands of a notebook – a diary of his friend, Peter Schlemel. He was brought early in the morning by a strange man with a long gray beard, dressed in a worn black Hungarian. Here is its content. After a long voyage, I arrived in Hamburg with … Read more
In 1458, the merchant Afanasii Nikitin allegedly departs from his native Tver to the Shirvan land. He has his travel documents from the Grand Duke of Tver, Mikhail Borisovich, and from Archbishop Gennady of Tver. Merchants are still with him-they all go on two ships. They move along the Volga, past the Klyazminsky Monastery, Uglich … Read more
Part 1. In the rear Svejk is a former soldier who left the service a few years ago because of his idiocy. Now Ċ vejk lives in Prague, trades with the sale of dogs and, in addition to idiocy, suffers from rheumatism. The novel begins in June 1914, after the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand. This … Read more
According to the laws of the genre picaresque, the novel begins with a description of the hero’s childhood years. Pablos’s parents – a witch mother, a thief-father – are always arguing, whose profession is better. “Theft, son, this is not a simple craft, but an elegant art,” assures the father. But the boy already cherishes … Read more
Tom Stoppard Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead “Two people, in Elizabethan costumes, spend their time in a place devoid of any characteristic features.” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are playing toss; Guildenstern takes a coin from the purse, tosses it, and Rosencrantz, looking as she fell, pronounces an “eagle” and drops the coin into her purse. Guildenstern’s … Read more
The seventieth years of this century. Professor Sevilla. has long and successfully studied dolphins. Truly amazing abilities of these animals, and most importantly – their minds, are of general interest – both from curious public and from various departments. In the United States, where Professor Sevilla lives and works, five hundred million dollars are spent … Read more
The story of Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin “Olesya” was written in 1898. For the first time the work was published in the newspaper “Kievlyanin”. The leading theme of the story “Olesya” is the tragic love of the panitch of Ivan Timofeevich and the young girl Olesya. In the image of the protagonist Kuprin embodied the type … Read more