Summary “The House of the Seven Gables”
In the warning, the author writes that all his characters are fictitious and he would like his work to be read as “a fantastic story, where clouds reflected over the Essex district, but not
Briefly about M. Yu. Lermontov
Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov was born in 1814. Relations between his parents were not formed, and the education of a small Misha was engaged in his grandmother – Elizabeth Arsenyev. Lermontov graduated from a noble
“Naples – the city of millionaires” Filippo in brief summary
The action takes place in 1942, at the end of the second year of the war in Italy. The Jovine family, consisting of 50-year-old Gennaro Jovine, his wife Amalia, a beautiful thirty-seven-year-old woman, their
“Queen Margot” by A. Dumas in brief summary
1570, the era of civil wars in France, the bloody clashes of Catholics and Huguenots. In the previous ten years, the leaders of the warring parties perished. In Saint Germain there is a world
“Choice of Gods” by Simak in a brief summary
The main events of the novel unfold on the American continent in the eighth millennium of our era. On Earth live a few tribes of Indians, several thousand robots, created at the beginning of
Summary Students
N. G. Garin-Mikhailovsky Students Preparations for departure to the capital begins the third part of the trilogy. The main character – Kartashev’s theme is full of dreams about how he “will become serious, will
Summary “My First Friend is My Priceless Friend” Nagibina
The story is autobiographical. The narration is from the first person. The author tells about his half-starved post-war childhood, which, despite the objective difficulties, was brightly illuminated by the happiness of the first true
“Gulliver’s Travels” Swift in short summary
Traveling to some distant lands of the world of Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships “Gulliver’s Travels” is a work written at the crossroads of genres: it’s an
“The player” of Dostoevsky in brief summary
Alexey Ivanovich, a 25-year-old home teacher, along with the family of the elderly general Zagoryansky – stepdaughter Polina and two young children – lives in a luxury hotel in the German resort of Roulettenburg.
Summary “Signal” Garshin
Semyon Ivanov serves as a watchman on the railway. He is a seasoned man, but not too lucky. Nine years ago, in 1878, visited the war, fought with the Turks. He was not wounded,