Summary “Caribbean mystery”

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 under Moscow” Vorobyov in brief

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

Summary Poor Lisa Karamzin

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

“Warrior” Leskov in brief summary

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,

Summary of “Clarissa”

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

Summary Theresa Raken

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

The summary of “Duhlessa”

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

Hunting for sheep

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

Summary “Venus in the furs” Zaher-Masoch

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

Summary Kangaroo Yuz Aleshkovsky

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
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