Eighteen-year-old Caleb William, timid and well-read, after the death of his parents, poor peasants who lived in the possessions of the wealthy squire Ferdinand Fokland, becomes his secretary. The strange behavior of Falkland, who leads a closed life and often falls into a gloomy reverie, followed by outbursts of anger, leads the young man to … Read more
The lyric “I”, on whose behalf the story is narrated, is a “mimic”, an unnamed engineer who serves Mima – a machine that reproduces sensual images captured from the remotest corners of the universe. Mimorob and Mima, along with eight thousand passengers and crew, are aboard the Anhara “Goldonder”, making an ordinary trip from Doris … Read more
The most long-awaited event for the seminary is vacancies when bursaks are dismissed to their homes. Groups they are sent from Kiev along the high road, earning livelihood with a spiritual hymn to well-to-do farms. Three bursaks: the theologian Freebies, the philosopher Homa Brutus and the rhetorician Tiberius Horobets, – straying into the night from … Read more
B. Sh. Okudzhava Poor Avrosimov Petersburg, January 1826. Ivan Evdokimovich Avrosimov works as a clerk in the highest approved commission, recording the testimony of the rebel participants on the Senate Square. In the commission, this shy provincial turned out to be thanks to the patronage of his uncle, the retired staff captain Artamon Mikhailovich Avrosimov, … Read more
Henry Fielding The life story of the late Jonathan Wilde the Great Coming to the story of the life of his hero, whom the author regards as “great people”, he seeks to convince the reader that greatness – contrary to the widespread misconception – is incompatible with kindness. The author considers absurd and absurd the … Read more
The action takes place in Mexico in the late XVIII – early XIX century. The novel opens with a description of the holiday in honor of the day of St. John in the small Mexican town of San Ildefonso. Here all the layers of society are having fun. Among the aristocrats stands Catalina de Cruces, … Read more
The ancient Greeks today are considered teachers of the whole Old World. They laid the foundations of science, sport, democratic state system, art and literature. Many of their knowledge came to us through ancient myths, which explained the universe and the order of things, coincidence of circumstances and other inexplicable facts. Very interesting is the … Read more
On May 12, 1827, at a meeting of the Pickwick Club, devoted to the communication of Samuel Pickwick, Esq., Entitled “Reflections on the origins of the Hamsted Ponds with the addition of some observations on the theory of stickleback”, a new department was established under the name of the Correspondent Society of the Pickwick Club, … Read more
The patriarch is the central character of the novel, representing a generalized image of the Latin American dictator. Deprived of specific features, the maximally generalized image of P. turns out to be the embodiment of the very idea of power, its magical effect on human consciousness. The real characteristics of the president are reduced to … Read more
In the prologue the Alien inquires from the Nobleman who composed a comedy that is about to be played: several names are called, and then the Nobleman announces that the play was written by Pietro Aretino. It tells of two tricks committed in Rome – and this city lives in a different manner than Athens, … Read more