The story “Dog Heart” Bulgakov wrote in 1925. At that time, ideas of improving human breed with the help of advanced scientific achievements were very popular. The hero of Bulgakov, a professor with the
Ch. T. Aitmatov Jamila She was the third year of the war. There were no adult healthy men in the village, and therefore the wife of my elder brother Sadyk (he was also at
Hans Fallada Everyone dies alone Germany, Berlin, World War II. On the day of the capitulation of France, the postman brings to the home of carpenter-cabinetmaker Otto Kvanglja the news that their son has
In the mountains of Odenwald in southern Germany stood the castle of Baron von Landshort. He fell into decay, but his owner – a proud descendant of the ancient genus Katsenelenbogen – tried to
C. de Troyes Evaine, or Knight with a Lion. At the Trinity, in the chambers of the noble and kind King Arthur, a brilliant nobleman is feasting. Knights lead a pleasant conversation with the
On the eastern shore of the Hudson, in the depths of one of the bays, there is a village, not far from it there is a hollow, which for its quiet and serenity, and
Stendal Parma Convent Fabrizio, the youngest son of the Marquis of Valserra del Dongo, spends his childhood in the family castle of Griante built in the 15th century over the beautiful Lake Como. He
The theme of the village, like the theme of the war, Astafyev devoted a lot of his works, and “The Last Bow” is one of them. It is written in the form of a
Nezhdanoff gets a home teacher from the Sipyagins at a time when he is in great need of money, even more in changing the situation. Now he can rest and gather strength, most importantly
VG Popov Life was a success. It is a tragic fare, a grotesque tale consisting of dozens of oral novels. The author himself tells it this way: “Three friends, who have met at the