The novel takes place in the 18th century. Not far from the English city of Bristol in the tavern “Admiral Benbow” settles mysterious stranger. This is Billy Bons, an elderly man with a noticeable saber scar on his cheek. He asks Jim, the son of the owners of the inn, to watch closely whether a … Read more
Sh. L. de Montesquieu On the spirit of laws In the preface, the author says that he derives his principles from the very nature of things. The infinite variety of laws and morals is due not to arbitrary arbitrariness: private cases are subject to common principles, and the history of every nation follows from them … Read more
In the center of Alexin’s story “The division of property” – the family. At first glance it seems that this is an ideal family, love reigns in it. All the concerns of adults are directed towards Verochka, who has a birth trauma. In the end, the girl recovered. And after that, the family disappeared. Mom … Read more
David Copperfield was born half-orphaned – six months after the death of his father. It so happened that when he was born, his father’s aunt, Miss Betsey Trotwood, was present-her marriage was so unfortunate that she became a muzhinenavistnitsey, returned to the girl’s name and settled in the wilderness. Before the nephew’s marriage, she was … Read more
VPP. Kataev The lonely sail grows white. The dacha season is over, and Vasili Petrovich Bachey with his sons Petya and Pavlik was returning to Odessa. Petya for the last time looked around the endless marine space, glowing with a gentle blue glow. The lines came to mind: “The solitary sail grows white In the … Read more
USSR, 30-ies. After her husband’s death, Sofya Petrovna entered the typing course to obtain a specialty and to be able to support herself and her son Kolya. Being literate and accurate and having received the highest qualification, she easily gets a job in a large Leningrad publishing house and soon becomes head of a typewritten … Read more
Guy de Maupassant Dear friend Georges Duroy, the son of well-to-do peasants, the keepers of the courgette, is endowed with a happy appearance on the whim of nature. He is slender, tall, blond, he has a wonderful mustache… He really likes women, and he is in Paris. But he has three francs in his pocket, … Read more
Ostrovsky’s play “The Storm” was written in 1859. The idea of the work appeared in the writer in the middle of summer, and on October 9, 1859 the work was already finished. This is not a classic, but a realistic play. Conflict is a clash of the “dark kingdom” with the need for a new … Read more
AN Arbuzov Brutal games The action takes place in the late 70’s. our century. Moscow. House on Tverskoi Boulevard. Kai Leonidov lives in a spacious three-room apartment. His mother with his stepfather abroad, they left for several years, so he lives alone. One day a girl Nelya comes to his apartment. She is nineteen years … Read more
Falling asleep, I hear everything, like rustling on the piece of iron behind the window, tapping sleepily, gently – this spring, promising – cap-drip. It’s not a boring rain, as it would, for a week, charge, it’s a merry March drop. It causes the sun. Now everywhere drops: Under the pine – cap. Under the … Read more