Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov “Woe from Wit” brought worldwide fame. In this comedy, the mores of the Moscow nobility of the 19th century are presented in a satirical vein. The main conflict erupts between Chatsky, the representative of a new generation of nobles, and the society of Famusov, in which it is customary to value not … Read more
The name “Hercules” means “Glory to the goddess Hera”. This name sounded ironic. The goddess Hera was the heavenly queen, the wife of the supreme Zeus the Thunderer. And Hercules was the last of the earthly sons of Zeus: Zeus descended to many mortal women, but after Alkmena, mother of Hercules, – already to no … Read more
S. T. Aksakov Alenkiy tsvetochek Once upon a time there was a rich merchant and he had 3 beautiful daughters, and the smaller one was the most beloved of all. He began to gather on commercial matters for the sea. He called his daughters and asked: “What to bring to you as a gift?” The … Read more
“Remember, if our sorrows stem from Pride and Prejudice, then we are also exempt from them Pride and Prejudice, for good and evil are so miraculously balanced in the world.” These words, and in fact, fully reveal the design of the novel by Jane Austen. The provincial family, as they say, of the “middle hand”: … Read more
“I would advise readers who are looking for real people and places under fictitious names and names to look around themselves and look into their own souls, since this novel tells what is happening today almost all over America.” On a golden April morning, Ethan Allen Hawley wakes up in a beautiful family mansion in … Read more
The action takes place in Flanders. The plot is well known and was repeatedly subjected to Goethe poetic processing. The generalizations contained in the text make it possible to attach the plot to many times. On the holiday, Troitsyn day, the bestial king Nobel gathers his subjects. He did not come to the court only … Read more
AF Pisemsky Thousand souls The action takes place in the mid-40’s. XIX century. in the county town of Zn-sk. The schoolmaster Pyotr Mikhailovich Godnev resigns with the pension, and in his place a certain Kalinovich, a young man who graduated from the law faculty of Moscow University as a candidate, was identified. Godezdin is a … Read more
IA Bunin Brothers The road from Colombo goes along the ocean. On the surface of the water, primitive pies swing, on silk sands, in paradise nakedness, black-haired adolescents are lying around. It would seem, what for to this forest people of Ceylon city, cents, rupees? Do not they all give them a forest, an ocean, … Read more
F. A. Iskander Rabbits and boas Events take place many years ago in a distant African country. Boas tirelessly hunt for rabbits, and monkeys and elephants observe neutrality. Despite the fact that rabbits usually run very fast, at the sight of boas they seem to fall into a stupor. Boas do not choke rabbits, but … Read more
Herbert Wells The Island of Dr. Moreau On February 1, 1887, the ship “Lady Vane” crashed. One of his passengers, Charles Edward Prendic, who was all believed dead, was picked up in the sea on the boat after eleven months and four days. He claimed that he had spent all this time on the island, … Read more