Summary “The Legend of the Einspiegel” by Costner

The legend of Ulenspiegel and Lamm Gudzak, their adventures of the brave, amusing and glorious in Flanders and other countries. The book is preceded by the “Foreword of the Owl”, which gives a double

Summary One day of Ivan Denisovich Solzhenitsyn

AI Solzhenitsyn One day of Ivan Denisovich The peasant and front-line soldier Ivan Denisovich Shukhov turned out to be a “state criminal”, a “spy” and got into one of Stalin’s camps, like millions of

“Shepherd and King” Lafontaine in brief summary

Our whole life is owned by two demons, to which weak human hearts are subordinated. One of them is called Love, and the second – Ambition. Possessions of the second are wider – in

Summary of Chekhov’s Surgery

In the Zemsky hospital there is a reception. The doctor left to marry, that’s why the patient receives a paramedic named Kuryatin. He is about forty years old, dressed simply and untidy. In the

Summary of “Tamir and Selim”

Tamir and Selim. Otd. ed. St. Petersburg. 1750. Written on the “verbal decree” of Elizabeth, who ordered “the professors Trediakovsky and Lomonosov to compose according to the tragedy.” The report of the “one-third of

“The History of Sir Charles Grandison” Richardson in brief

The work is preceded by the preface of the publisher, reminiscent of the heroes of previously published novels. “Pamela” – a certificate of the benefits of virtue; “Clarissa” is an instruction to those parents

Summary of Fiestas Seneca

LA Seneca Fiest The heroes of this tragedy are two evil czars from the city of Argos, Atreus and Fiest. The son of this Atreus was the famous leader of the Greeks in the

Summary of “How to put matters in order”

This book is aimed at making a person more organized, teaching him to correctly manage his time, effectively setting goals and objectives, the ability to prioritize, not to overwork from excessive workload. This book

“St. John’s wort, or Cooper’s First Path of War” in summary

Having defeated a barely passable forest thicket, two young men came to the shore of a dazzlingly shining mountain lake. The first of the travelers is the stalwart strongman and the bouncer Harry March,

Brief Evening on a Farm near Dikanka

NV Gogol Evenings on a farm near Dikanka “Evenings…”, consisting of 8 stories, are divided into exactly 2 parts, and each is preceded by the foreword of the imaginary publisher. In the first, describing
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