Edmond Rostan Cyrano de Bergerac In the theater – the premiere, in the main role – a mediocre actor Monfleri. But the poet and the Brater, the Gascon of Cyrano de Bergerac, forbade this “foolish clown” to appear on the stage, and, scarcely in the back of the terrible voice of Cyrano, the actor runs … Read more
In anticipation of the return of an obese peasant Ananiya Yakovleva, a man from the soul of a proud, peculiar, hardworking and economic man, in the festively cleaned hut, with an earnest look from the earnings from St. Petersburg, two old women, Spiridonievna and Matryona, the mother of Lizaveta, Anania’s wife, in the absence of … Read more
JR Kipling And dug a hole Mr. Hawkins Mumrath, an official of Her Majesty’s Bengali civil service, went to bed to die of typhoid fever. The newspapers have already published obituaries concerning his forthcoming death, the ministry ordered a funeral (dug a grave, ordered a coffin, a monument, etc.). But Mumrat recovered, and all this … Read more
I. Prometheus and Zeus Chained to the rocks of the Caucasus Titan Prometheus asks Zeus to release him. But no, the punishment is not enough: after all, Prometheus not only stole Zeus’ fire and gave it to people, but he also created a woman! Therefore, heavy chains and the eagle, daily devouring Prometeev’s liver, which … Read more
F. B. Garth Gabriel Conroy For the first time we get to know the heroes in March 1848 in the Californian Sierra, when they almost die of starvation, as they have long since lost their way into a snowstorm and set up camp in some canyon. Two of them, Philip Ashley, a young man of … Read more
The estate of the landlord Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya. Spring, cherry trees bloom. But a beautiful garden should soon be sold for debts. For the past five years, Ranevskaya and her seventeen-year-old daughter Ana have lived abroad. On the estate remained brother Ranevskaya Leonid Andreevich Gayev and her adopted daughter, twenty-four-year-old Varya. Ranevskaya’s affairs are bad, … Read more
FK Sologub. The Legend. Part One. Drops of blood The eyes of the fiery serpent are falling on the river Skoroden and the naked virgins bathing there. They are the sisters Elisaveta and Elena, the daughters of the rich landowner Rameyev. They are discussing with curiosity the appearance in the city of the privat-docent, doctor … Read more
Edgar Allan Poe The mystery of Marie Roger Unveiling the mystery of the tragic death of Madame D’Espané and her daughter (Murders on Morgue Street), Auguste Dupin again plunges into her melancholy meditations. However, Dupin’s role in the drama on Morgue Street earned him the glory of the seer from the Parisian police, and the … Read more
Here are the evidences of the past years about when the first mention is made of what the name “Russian land” comes from and who starts to reign in Kiev before – we will tell about this story. About the Slavs After the flood and death of Noah, his three sons divide the Earth among … Read more
The Tsar’s Bride Opera in four acts Libretto by I. Tyumenev Characters: Vasily Stepanovich Sobakin, Novgorod merchant Martha, his daughter Bass Soprano Grigory Gryaznoi Malyuta Skuratov } Oprichniks Baritone Bass Boyarin Ivan Sergeevich Lykov Lubasha Elisha Bomelius, the king’s physician Domna Ivanovna Saburova, the merchant’s wife Dunyasha, her daughter, the girlfriend of Martha Petrovna, the … Read more