Summary of the “Gulag Archipelago” Solzhenitsyn
The Gulag archipelago is a system of camps spread all over the country. The “aborigines” of this archipelago were people who had gone through arrest and an unjust trial. People were arrested, mostly at
Summary “Fight Club” Palahniuk
First-person narrative. The real name of the narrator, provisionally called Jack, is not mentioned in the novel. Jack is on the roof of a New York skyscraper with a gun in his mouth. The
Summary of the Cynics A. Mariengof
A. Mariengof Cynics In 1918 Vladimir brought his beloved Olga a bouquet of asters. At this time, they give their loved ones mainly flour and millet, and bags, like corpses, lie under beds of
Summary of Dumas A
Alexander Dumas was born in 1802 in the family of General Tom-Alexandre Dumas and Maria-Louise Laboure, who lived in the small town of Ville Cotre. His childhood, adolescence and youth Dumas spent in his
“Tatar desert” Buzzati in brief summary
The action takes place at an indefinite time, most reminiscent of the beginning of this century, and the unknown state depicted on its pages is very similar to Italy. It is a novel about
“Orwell’s Animal Farm” in brief summary
Mr. Jones owns Manor Farm near Willingdon, England. The old boar, the Major gathers at night in a large barn of all the animals that live here. He says that they live in slavery
“The tragic story of Dr. Faust” Marlo in brief
The choir enters the stage and tells the story of Faust: he was born in the German city of Roda, studied in Wittenberg, received his doctorate. “Then, full of daring conceit, / He rushed
Summary of the Gypsy girl
EA Boratynskyi Gypsy The action of the “story” (as the author calls it “Gipsy”) takes place in Moscow. Drunken guests disperse on an early summer morning. The owner, Eletskaya, “with a grimy eye” looks
“Liberated Jerusalem” by Tasso in brief
Lord Almighty from his heavenly throne turned all-seeing eyes on Syria, where the camp was a crusading army. For the sixth year, the warriors of Christ have fought in the East, many cities and
Summary of “Carols”
The last day before Christmas passed. Winter, a clear night arrived. The stars looked. A month stately rose to heaven to shine the good people and the whole world, so that everyone would have