To Princess Zizi in society are treated with prejudice. Her name was often repeated in the living room of my guardian. Aunt’s companion, a poor widow, Maria Ivanovna, told her story. Princess Zizi lived with her mother and elder sister Lydia. The old princess was ill all the time, And the princess in letters to … Read more
Mariamna, the wife of Herod the Great, king of Judea, belonged to the royal family of the Maccabees, Herod’s enemies, and was killed by him in 37. Herod and his two sons from Mariamna, Alexander and Aristobulus, were killed. The people of Judah regarded the king of Herod as a despot and stranger: he was … Read more
The action takes place in the estate of Petr Nikolaevich Sorin. His sister, Irina Nikolaevna Arkadina, is an actress, she is on his estate with her son, Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev, and Boris Alekseevich Trigorin, a novelist, quite famous, although he is not yet forty. They speak of him as a clever, simple man, somewhat melancholy … Read more
IV Goethe Selective Affinity In an ancient castle on the shore of the lake live a baron and a baroness. Fortunately, there seems to be no limit, especially since they found it already in adulthood. Edward loved Charlotte from his youth, but he had to marry a wealthy woman, who was much older than him, … Read more
Chapter 1 Russian Emperor Alexander Pavlovich after the Vienna Council, which summed up the war of 1812 with Napoleon, travels to Europe. Everywhere he was shown different curiosities, which the emperor admired. But Don Ataman Platov, who was with him on a trip, did not share the views of the tsar. He believed that the … Read more
Mom was going to drink a cold with a cup of tea. An old man looked in, and always had a fairy tale ready for him. When a fairy tale suddenly came to the old man, from under the lid of the kettle appeared branches of elderberry, and of them a smiling old lady, the … Read more
Main characters: Harita Ignatyevna Ogudalova – middle-aged widow. Larisa Dmitrievna is her daughter. Moky Parmenich Knurov is a big businessman, an elderly man with a huge fortune. Vasily Danilych Vozhevatov is one of the representatives of a rich trading company. Julius Kapitonych Karandyshev is a poor official. Sergei Sergeevich Paratov is a brilliant gentleman from … Read more
BOHDAN KHMELNYTSKY Opera in four acts Libretto by VL Vasilevskaya and AE Korneichuk Characters: Hetman of Ukraine Bogdan Khmelnitsky Ambassador of Great Russia Colonel Krivonos Colonel Bohun Colonel Ganja Varvara Solomy Gehlen Diak Gavrila Tour Niva Zhurba Lisogub Koshevoy Casing Shaitan Ataman of the Don Cossacks The centurion 1st fugitive 2nd fugitive Pototsky Kalinowski Lentovsky … Read more
Homer Iliad Myths of most peoples are myths primarily about the gods. Myths of Ancient Greece – an exception: in the greater and better part of them is told not about the gods, but about the heroes. Heroes are the sons, grandsons and great-grandsons of the gods from mortal women; they performed feats, cleared the … Read more
Bolesław Prus Doll 1878. Krakowskie suburb of Warsaw. The hosiery shop “Ya. Mintsel and son” is run by the clerk Ignacy Zhetsky – a lonely, grumpy, crystal-honest old man who has worked for forty years at the firm; he is an ardent Bonapartist, in 1848-1849. fought for the freedom of Hungary and is still loyal … Read more