Summary “Cuckoo” Bunin
A retired soldier was not dubbed “Cuckoo” for nothing – he has neither a home nor any relatives. After many years of endless walks with an outstretched hand, finally, he was put into this
Summary of the “Rite of the House of the Musgraves” Doyle
To still unknown detective Sherlock Holmes, his colleague in college Reginald Maysgrave, a scion of one of the most ancient families of the kingdom, turns. Reginald lives in an ancient castle, which is built
Summary of Georges Bizet
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Summary Boris Vasilyev And the dawns here are quiet
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Summary of Rene, or Consequences of Passions
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Summary of The Forsyte Saga by Galsworthy
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The summary of the story of N. S. Leskov “Toupey artist”
The narrator talks about what many people understand by the word “artists”, and then reports on the master who was in Russia. His little brother was nursed by old Lyubov Onisimovna, an actress of
Summary Buyer and Shoemaker
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“The Secret Person” Platonov in brief
“Foma Pukhov is not gifted with sensitivity: he cut his boiled sausage on the coffin of his wife, starving because of the absence of the hostess.” After the burial of his wife, Pukhov goes
“Space Odyssey 2001” by Clark in brief summary
Planet Earth, Pleistocene, savannah equatorial Africa. A small tribe of Pithecanthropus is on the verge of extinction. Nature did not endow them with powerful fangs, no sharp claws, no fast legs, but in their