Miss Marple, an elderly lady, is resting in a hotel on the Caribbean coast. Her interlocutor, Major Palgrave, babbling about all sorts of trifles. Among other things, he talks about a serial killer who killed his wives. Accidentally, the major in the wallet is a picture of the criminal. Looking for a picture, the major … Read more
The company of the Kremlin cadets goes to the front. The action takes place in November 1941; the front is approaching Moscow. On the way the cadets are met by a special detachment of NKVD troops; when the company comes under the control of an infantry regiment from Moscow militia, it turns out that there … Read more
N. M. Karamzin Poor Liza The author discusses how good the neighborhood of Moscow is, but best of all about the Gothic towers of the C… new monastery, hence the whole of Moscow with an abundance of houses and churches, a multitude of groves and pastures on the other side, “more dense greenery of ancient … Read more
The lace-maker Domna Platonovna, well-known to the storyteller, “has the most immense and versatile acquaintance” and is sure that she owes this to one simplicity and “goodness”. People, in the opinion of Domna Platonovna, are mean and generally “bastard,” and one can not believe anyone, which is confirmed by the frequent cases when Domna Platonovna … Read more
Pamela, barely fifteen children, the daughter of a poor but virtuous married couple Andrews, informs in a letter to her parents that the noble lady, in whose service she spent the last few years of her life, died from a serious illness. Her nobility and kind attitude towards Pamela was expressed not only in the … Read more
Emile Zola Teresa Raken Roman begins with a description of a small haberdashery in the Parisian arcade, which contains Teresa Raken and her aunt of 60 years – Mrs. Raken. They live in the same building, on the upper floors. Before, Ms. Raken traded fancy goods in Vernon, but then, after her husband’s death, closed … Read more
Thanks to such pictures as this, one can not help thinking about the spiritual values of life, ideally inherent in all decent people. Perseverance of a person does not always have no boundaries, and some trials, prepared by fate, are almost impossible to survive. Hands fall, and there is no strength left for further struggle, … Read more
H. Murakami Hunting for sheep From this book, the author’s success in Russia began. The protagonist – a grown-up hippie (Alter ego himself Murakami) is toiling in the small advertising business. His wife left him. Suddenly, he is summoned to a powerful advertising concern and is asked to explain where he got the photograph of … Read more
Venus has a cold. Speaking about the coldness of Europe and Europeans, she constantly sneezes and wraps her marble shoulders in dark sable fur. “The more rude a woman will treat a man, the more she will be loved and worshiped by them.” Pleasant companion! However, we must wake up – Severin is already waiting … Read more
Yuz Aleshkovsky Kangaroo The hero of the story appeals to his drinking companion: “Come on, Kolya, let’s start in order, although it’s not at all clear to me how in this whole absurd history there can be order.” One day, in 1949, the hero gives a phone call. The lieutenant-colonel of Kyshalla’s state security is … Read more