It is in this part of the narrative that the main circle of the main character’s friends and common interests form. The initial confrontation between the two most respected and respected students in the classroom grows into rapprochement between them, and then into real friendship, despite the ongoing disputes “decisively about everything.” At the same … Read more
Counselor Zhang Tian-jiao and his daughter Cui-luan go “on vacation” in Jiangzhou. Crossing Huaihe, he did not heed the advice and did not bring the victims to the spirit of the river. The ferry rolled over, the storm swept away the travelers. Saved by the coastal guard Cui-luan adopted a fisherman Cui Wen-yuan. The father … Read more
O. de Balzac Gobsek History of the usurer of the Hobsek solicitor Dervil tells in the cabin of the viscountess de Grandlieu – one of the most noble and wealthy ladies in the aristocratic Saint-Germain suburb. Once in the winter of 1829-30, two guests sat by her: the young handsome Count Ernest de Resto and … Read more
Lope de Vega Fuente Ovejuna The Commander of the Order of Calatrava, Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, arrives at Almagro for the Order’s master, Don Rodrigo Télès-Chiron. The master was young for years and only recently inherited this high post from his father. Therefore, the commander, crowned with military glory, treats him with some mistrust and … Read more
TRAVIATE Opera in three acts (four scenes) 1 Libretto by F. Piave Characters: Violetta Valerie Flora Bervois, her friend Annina, maid Violetta Alfred Germont Georges Germont, his father Gaston, Viscount de Litorières Baron Dufoule The Marquis of Aubigny Dr. Grenville Joseph, the servant of Violetta Servant of Flora The commission agent Soprano Mezzo soprano Soprano … Read more
Gustav Ashenbach on a warm spring evening 19 … left his Munich apartment and went on a long walk. Excited by day labor, the writer hoped that his walk would reassure him. Coming back, he was tired and decided to take the tram at the Northern Cemetery. At the bus stop and near her there … Read more
Mednyk Christopher Sly falls asleep drunken sleep at the threshold of the inn. The lord rejoins with the huntsmen and servants and, finding the sleeper, decides to play a joke with him. His servants include Sli in a luxurious bed, washed in fragrant water, dress in an expensive dress. When Sly wakes up, he is … Read more
E. S. Wentzel On tests Once in the summer of 1952 a crew of eight people went to a small regional center of Likharevka for military tests. Among them – Major General Siver, clever and erudite; Major Skvortsov, an officer appointed to be in charge of the flight, a dandy, a merry fellow and a … Read more
Nick Carraway was from a wealthy and respectable family who lived in one of the towns in the Midwest. In 1915, he graduated from Yale University, then fought in Europe. Returning to his town after the war, he could not settle in it and went to New York, to study the credit business. Settled in … Read more
Professor of Medicine Nikolai Stepanovich – a scientist who has reached the heights of his science, enjoying universal respect and gratitude; his name is known to every literate person in Russia. He who wears this name, that is himself, is an old man, incurably sick, to live according to his own diagnosis, there are not … Read more