Carlo Gozzi Love for Three Oranges Silvio, King of Clubs, is extremely excited and extremely dejected by the illness of his only son, Prince Tartaglia. The best doctors determined the ailment of the Crown Prince as the result of the deepest hypochondria and amicably renounced the unfortunate one. There was only one last resort not … Read more
André Gidee Counterfeiters The scene of action is Paris and the Swiss village of Saas-Fee. Time is deliberately not specified. In the center of the narrative are three families – Profitandie, Molyneux and Aziza-Wedeli. They are closely associated with the old music teacher Lalerus, as well as two writers – Count Robert de Passavan and … Read more
Characters Love Yarovaya is a teacher. Mikhail Yarovoi is her husband, a white officer. Pavel Petrovna Panova is a typist. Roman Koshkin is a commissar. Shvandya is a sailor. Khrushch, Groznoy, Mazukhin – assistants to Koshkin. Maxim Gornostaev is a professor. Elena Gornostayeva is his wife. Malinin, Kutov – colonels. Arkady Yelisatov – the leader … Read more
Kalidasa The birth of the Kumara Poem, which is believed to have been left unfinished and augmented later by the powerful Tarak demon, who for his ascetic deeds of Brahma at one time bestowed unquenchable power, frightens and humiliates the heavenly gods, so that even their king Indra is forced to pay tribute. The gods … Read more
Two young artists, rented an apartment on the top floor in the Greenwich Village, in New York. The girls were called Sue and Johnsy. In one autumn month, namely in November, Johnsy becomes ill, the doctor discovers her pneumonia and says that if the girl wants to stay alive, she will become healthy. But the … Read more
In 1834 the story of Vladimir Fedorovich Odoevsky “Gorodok in snuff-box” was published. The summary of the work, which the reader will find in this article, will help you quickly get acquainted with an interesting story. Odoyevsky wrote his story for children, but it will be interesting for adults. Papa and Misha The story begins … Read more
Dreaming of the will of the peasant and warrior Pugachev after long wanderings comes to Yaik and in conversation with the Cossack watchman learns that the men are waiting for a new king – peasant. Such a king is the murdered Peter III – he would have given the people a free will. This thought … Read more
A protagonist, a young man, who knows nothing, even a name, tells about his wanderings through foreign lands. It is only known that England was the starting point of his journey. Here he decided to return to his homeland, and a passenger on a ship went from London to Russia. And so, at the exit … Read more
The story “Chekhov’s Ionich” tells about the life of a village doctor, Dmitry Ionych Startsev, who came to Dyalizh for medical practice. In the city of S., which is located a few versts from the village, the doctor gets acquainted with the family of the Turkins, intelligent, educated people, and falls in love with their … Read more
Russian military steam clipper “Zabiyaka” quickly goes to the south. Sailors cleaned, washed, scrubbed and cleaned the deck: a military ship begins the day. Suddenly there was a loud, alarming cry from the sentry: “A man in the sea!”. All rushed to the deck and saw among the waves a fragment of the mast and … Read more