Record 1-st The author gives an announcement in the newspaper about the completion of the construction of the first Integral, which is designed to unite the cosmic worlds under the rule of the One State. From the enthusiastic comment of the author it follows that the Unified State is the state of the future, encompassing … Read more
Several years have passed since the Arseniev family moved to Kiev. During this time, there were many events: Nikić died; Alexander Dmitrievich was arrested, having convicted him for ten years of solitary confinement in Samara, followed by a lifelong exile; With the outbreak of the First World War, Vasily, the groom of Mouse, went to … Read more
A novel dedicated to the history of the Lashkovs’ working class. The book consists of seven parts, each of which is called by the days of the week and tells about one of the Lashkovs. The action is, apparently, in the 60’s, but the memories cover episodes from previous decades. In the novel there are … Read more
England, the beginning of the XIX century. Europe is at war with Napoleon, but this does not prevent a lot of people, possessed by ambition, to pursue the pursuit of worldly goods – status, titles, ranks. Vanity Fair, the Bazaar of everyday life Fusses day and night… Two young girls leave the boarding house Miss … Read more
One lord offered his knights to perform the feat – to jump from the mountain behind the royal cup. Candidates were not given special conditions, their courage could be tried both by a noble warrior and a simple soldier. The main thing is that the cup thrown by the king was found with a sea … Read more
In 1938, the narrator accidentally met the knight of the Order of Maria Theresa Anton Hofmiller, who told him about what happened to him a quarter of a century ago when he was twenty-five years old. The narrator wrote down his story, changing only the names in it and some small details, allowing to guess … Read more
Voltaire Candide, or optimism Candide, a pure and sincere youth, is brought up in the impoverished castle of a beggar, but a vain Westphalian baron, along with his son and daughter. Their home teacher, Dr. Panglass, a homegrown philosopher-metaphysician, taught the children that they live in the best of the worlds, where everything has a … Read more
The play takes place in London. In the summer evening, the rain pours like a bucket. Passersby run to the Covent Garden Market and to the portico of the cathedral of St. Pavel, where several people have already taken refuge, including an elderly lady with a daughter, they are in the evening toilets, waiting for … Read more
The beginning of the 20-ies. Petersburg, painted “in greenish color, shimmering and blinking, color awful, phosphorous.” Appearing in the preface, the author ends his opening speech with the words: “I do not like Petersburg, my dream is over.” The hero of the novel, Teptyolkin, “mysterious creature” – long, thin, with graying dry hair, eternally immersed … Read more
In everyday life this work Defoe is called briefly: “Moll Flanders”, and with the subtitle title is even longer: “who was twelve years old woman, five times married, twelve years old thief, eight years exiled in Virginia, but at the end of her life became rich.” Based on the fact that the story of her … Read more