The founders of the genus Buendía José Arcadio and Ursula were cousins and sisters. Parents were afraid that they would give birth to a child with a pig’s tail. Ursula knows about the danger of incestuous marriage, and José Arcadio does not want to take into account such nonsense. Throughout one and a half years … Read more
She changed, Darya Sergeyevna reported to her father, she did not become so zealous in prayer, and, most importantly, everything with this Marya Ivanovna is secluded, But Marco Danilych waved his hand at warnings and even let Dunia and Marya Ivanovna go to her relatives’ house near Ryazan. In the steppe wilderness, on the upper … Read more
One autumn, Ermolai and I hunted woodcocks in an abandoned linden garden, many in Orel province. It turned out that this garden belongs to the landowner Radilov. He invited me to dinner, and I had no choice but to agree. Radilov led me through the kitchen garden to an old, gray house with a narrow … Read more
The novel is a scrap of Harry Haller, found in the room where he lived, and the nephew of the mistress of the house in which he was renting a room. On behalf of the nephew of the mistress, a preface to these notes is also written. It describes the lifestyle of Haller, gives his … Read more
Thomas Mayne Reed Osceola, leader of the Seminoles The action takes place in Florida in the early 1830s, before and during the so-called Second Seminol War. The protagonist George Randolph is the son of an impoverished planter who moved from Virginia to Florida. In his veins there is an admixture of Indian blood, which is … Read more
The novel, written in the first person, is partly autobiographical, it resurrects the events of 1886 in Christiania, when Hamsun was on the verge of starving to death. The narrator huddles in a pathetic little room in the attic, he is constantly tormented by the throes of hunger. A novice writer tries to earn money … Read more
The “Pentateuch” is a world-famous collection of Indian tales, fables, stories and parables. Inserted stories “Panchatantra” (about 100 in different versions), penetrated into the literature and folklore of many peoples, are united by framework stories that have one or another didactic installation King Amarashakti had three stupid and lazy sons. To awaken their intelligence, the … Read more
In Alexandria, the triumvir Marc Anthony is entangled in the silk nets of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra and gives himself up to love and revelry. Supporters of Antony grumble: “One of the main three pillars of the universe / On the position of the woman’s buffoon”. Yet Anthony decides to leave Egypt after learning that … Read more
William Shakespeare Richard III When Richard was born, a storm ravaged the trees. Foreshadowing timelessness, the owl screamed and the owl wept, the dogs howled, the crows crowed ominously and the magpies chattered. In the most difficult births there was born a formless ball, from which his own mother recoiled in horror. The baby was … Read more
Ignatich is the protagonist of the novel. This fellow is respected by fellow villagers for being always happy to help with advice and deed, for skill in fishing, for intelligence and sharpness. This is the most prosperous person in the village, everything does “okay” and is reasonable. Often he helps people, but in his actions … Read more