“Eugenie de France” of the Garden in brief summary
“To move a man to correct morals, pointing out the proper way to him,” is the reason that prompted the author to create this woeful tale. Rich and noble Franval, corrupted by his education
Summary Epifan Gateways of the Platons
AP Platonov Epiphany sluices English engineer William Perry, generously awarded by the Russian Tsar Peter for diligence in arranging locks on the Voronezh River, with a letter calling to Russia his brother Bertrand for
Summary “Two winters and three summers”
Mishka Pryaslin did not have long to live at home. From autumn to spring – on logging, then rafting, then suffering, then again the forest. And how will appear in Pekashina – women are
Summary Miner Serafimovich
A. Serafimovich The Little Miner The father-miner sends his 12-year-old son to work at the mine on the weekend of Christmas days. The boy “stubbornly and tearfully” tries to resist, but it is useless.
Summary of “Volga and Mikula Selyaninovich”
The story of “Volga and Mikula Selyaninovich” belongs to the Novgorod cycle of epic tales. The brief content of the work allows the reader to compare two different images: the prince’s nephew and a
“Life views of the Cat Murra” Hoffmann in brief
In preparing for the publication of the notes of Murra, the descendant of the celebrated Hinz von Ginzenfeld, the publishers drew attention to the presence in the manuscript of apparently extraneous fragments – excerpts
Summary Kashcheev’s chain Prishvin
MM Prishvin Kashcheev’s chain The first book. Kurymushka. In Yelets, my hometown, all the old merchants’ surnames were double. Our first family name, Prishvin, was generic, official, and the second, “street”, was the Alpatovs.
“Sixty candles” by Tendryakov in brief
Nikolai Stepanovich Echevin marks his sixtieth birthday. He worked as a teacher for forty years, and his anniversary was an event for the whole city of Karasin: his portrait was printed in a local
Summary “Brothers Robbers” by Pushkin
Like a pack of ravens “on piles of smoldering bones,” a gang of bandits flies to the Volga. Here people of different “tribes, dialects, states” – fugitives from the Don, long-haired Jewish outcasts, steppe
Summary Furious Roland
L. Ariosto Furious Roland This unusual poem is a continuation poem. It begins almost with a half-word, picking up someone else’s plot. The beginning of it was written by the poet Matteo Boyardo –