VG Rasputin Live and remember It happened that in the last war year a local resident Andrei Guskov returned to a distant village on the Angara secretly from the war. The deserter does not think that in his father’s house he will be greeted with open arms, but he believes and does not deceive his … Read more
The story of Leo Tolstoy was written in 1872 and refers to the literary realism direction. The title of the work refers the reader to A. Pushkin’s poem “The Caucasian Prisoner”. However, unlike his predecessor, Tolstoy in his story depicted not a romantic, idealized character, but the usual Russian officer Zhilin – a brave, industrious … Read more
Aibolit Good Doctor Aibolit sits under a tree and treats animals. Everyone comes with their diseases to Aibolit, and no one refuses a good doctor. He helps both the fox bitten by the evil wasp and the watchdog, which the chicken pecked in the nose. Bunny, who cut the legs of the tram, Aibolit sews … Read more
The action takes place in the land of the Berendeys in mythical times. The end of winter comes – the leshy hides in a hollow. On the Red Hill near Berendeyev, the village, the capital of King Berendey, spring comes, and birds return with it: cranes, swans – the retinue of Spring. Cold country meets … Read more
Joseph Bedier Tristan and Isolde the Queen, the wife of Meliadouk, King Loonua, was released from the burden by a boy and died just before kissing her son and calling him Tristan (born with a sad – sad), for he was born in sorrow. The baby was entrusted to the Governor by the King, and … Read more
F. de Quevedo A life story of a scumbag named Don Pablos, an example of vagabonds and a mirror of scammers According to the laws of the genre picaresque, the novel begins with a description of the hero’s childhood years. Pablos’s parents – a witch mother, a thief-father – are always arguing, whose profession is … Read more
Captain-Lieutenant Ilya Petrovich Pravin was in love for the first time and with all possible passion. In vain are the anxieties and warnings of friends, and more of all comrade in the naval corps, and now the first lieutenant of his frigate Neil Pavlovich Kakorin. In vain are the intricate medical advice of a ship’s … Read more
Jean Racine Athalia The action takes place in the kingdom of Judea, in the temple of Jerusalem. Joram, the seventh king of the Jews of the dynasty of David, married to Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, who ruled over the kingdom of Israel. Athaliah, like her parents, an idolater who inclined her husband … Read more
The story “Nose” by NV Gogol was written in 1832 – 1833. For the first time the work was published in 1836 in the journal Sovremennik. The story is one of the brightest satirical absurdist works of Russian literature. Main characters Platon Kuzmich Kovalev – “maior”, collegiate assessor, who served in the Caucasus. I always … Read more
Iosif Yefimovich Aleshkovsky, better known as Yuz Aleshkovsky (born September 21, 1929, Krasnoyarsk, RSFSR) is a Russian writer, poet and bard. He emigrated from the USSR in 1979, he lives mainly in the United States. The winner of the Pushkin Prize (2001). Joseph Aleshkovsky was born on September 21, 1929 in Krasnoyarsk. Soon the family … Read more
The action takes place in a county town, in the house of merchant Tortsov, during Svyatok. Action first Day. A small steward’s room. In the depths of the door, to the left there is a window, near the window there is a table and a chair, in the corner there is a bed with a … Read more
Jack London The Hearts of Three Francis Morgan, the wealthy heir of the owner of large enterprises, Richard Henry Morgan, ponders what to do in lazy idleness. At this time, the former rival of the late RG Morgan in exchange games, Sir Thomas Regan, learns from Alvarez Torres that he knows the location of the … Read more
Artist of the original genre Pavel Durov spends the night in the penalty area of the traffic police of a provincial town. The bumper of his “Zhiguli” is broken by “ZIL” – polowalk, he can not be sheltered at night. Reflecting on why he travels all over the country for no apparent purpose, Durov feels … Read more
Kansas City, a hot summer evening. Two adults and four children sing psalms and give out brochures of religious content. The older boy clearly does not like what he is forced to do, but his parents are passionately devoted to the work of saving lost souls, which, however, brings them only moral satisfaction. Ace Griffiths, … Read more
March 1966; Thirty -four – year-old engineer Konstantin Platonovich Zorin remembers how he, a native of the village, was humiliated by city bureaucrats and how he once hated all the village. And now he is pulling back into his native village, so he came here on leave for twenty-four days, and he wants to heat … Read more
On how Wang Xinzhi’s death saved his whole family During the time of the Southern Song Dynasty, many were honored with sovereigns. But it happened more than once that worthy men never met with a happy fate. The rich man Wang Shizhong got sued for murder, but somehow got out. He had a younger brother, … Read more
The protagonist and narrator of this story, a poet who worked in the editorial office of a youth newspaper right after the institute and because of his free-thinking was dismissed. He was not upset, said good-bye to his friends and through Moscow he went home to Abkhazia, the city of Mukhus. In Moscow, he still … Read more
G. Senkevich Crusaders The events addressed by Senkevich in the novel “The Crusaders” were of great importance both for the history of Poland and for the Slavic and Baltic peoples neighboring it, which became the object of German feudal aggression. This is the decisive stage in the struggle against the Teutonic Order, when the famous … Read more
On the table lie cartridges, a ram’s bone, a field map, a brief, a bridle, a crust of bread. At the table sits Nikolka Koshevoy, squadron commander, he fills out the questionnaire. “A rusty sheet says sparingly: Nikolai Koshevoi, squadron commander, a surveyor, a member of the RCYU, age 18 years.” He looked like a … Read more
VA Kaverin Scandalist, or Evenings on the Vasilievsky Island Professor Stepan Stepanovich Lozhkin, who had been doing his literary works of heresy and sects of the XV-XVI centuries all his life, suddenly began to visit “dangerous thought”. His existence: lecturing, working on manuscripts, relations with his wife – seems to him monotonous and “automatic.” Malvina … Read more
May 5, 1679 in the quiet wilderness of Upper Ward Clydesdale, a place in Scotland, all the new members come to the annual review. Dressed ladies and gentlemen, a motley crowd of onlookers. The picture is quite peaceful. But it only seems so. The Privy Council, the supreme executive authority in Scotland, ruthlessly punished those … Read more
A. G. Bitov Pushkin House The life of Lyova Odoevtseva, the descendant of Odoevtsev’s princes, proceeds without special shocks. The thread of his life is flowing out of someone’s divine hands. He feels more like a surname than a descendant of his glorious ancestors. Grandfather Lyova was arrested and spent his life in camps and … Read more
The action takes place after the First World War in a large German city. In the mansion of the seventy-year-old Matthias Clausen, a sleek gentleman, the secret commerce of an adviser, his anniversary is celebrated. There is a festive atmosphere in the house, many guests came. The Adviser by right enjoys the respect of the … Read more
Andrei Vasilyevich Kovrin, a master, works a lot, sleeps a little, smokes and, at last, is frustrated with his nerves. The doctor advises him to spend the summer in the village. He goes to Pesotsky – Yegor Semenovich, his former guardian and tutor, and his daughter Tanya to the village of Borisovka. Pesotsky is the … Read more
Three friends – Alexei Maksimov, Vladislav Karpov and Alexander Zelenin – graduated from the Leningrad Medical Institute. The guys are friends from the first year, despite the difference in character and temperament: Maximov – sharp, ironic, internally vulnerable and therefore “closed”, Karpov – cheerful, favorite girls, Zelenin – a little funny, impetuous, honest and polite. … Read more
The young man-narrator, whom “fate threw for six months in a remote village Perebrod Volyn province, on the outskirts of Polissya,” intolerably misses. His only entertainment is hunting with the servant Yarmola and trying to teach him the last reading and writing. One day, during a terrible blizzard, the hero learns from the usually inconsiderate … Read more
Guys, the chanterelle in the fable is flattering and very tricky, but not at all bad, it can not even be called simple. Willingness and ingenuity do not take her. But the crow on the contrary was a bit stupid, that she believed in the persuasions of the fox and croaked in all her throat, … Read more
I Stolz was a German only for his father, his mother was Russian. Stolz grew up and brought up in the village of Verklev, where his father was the manager. Since childhood, Stolz has been accustomed to the sciences. But Andrei loved and fooled, so he often broke that nose, then the eye. The father … Read more
Tatyana Borisovna – a woman of about 50, with large gray eyes, bulging, ruddy cheeks and a double chin, her face breathes with affection. Widowed, she settled permanently in her little estate. She was born in a poor family and did not receive any upbringing. Despite this, she is not infected with the usual ailments … Read more
In a brief introduction, the author says that this book was written with the aim of shedding light on a very peculiar sphere of life activity in which everything is so dark and vague that every novice pompadour needs explications and interpretations. Well, for example, a boss coming to a new place should know how … Read more
Part one Nikolai Petrovich Pluzhnikov was awarded a military rank, gave out the lieutenant’s uniform and a heavy TT. The most beautiful evening has begun. He did not have any girls, and he invited Zoya, the librarian. Then all the guys went on vacation, and Kolya was asked to help in the school. He had … Read more
Forty-two-year-old Leonid Soshnin, a former criminal investigation operative, returns home from the local publishing house, to an empty apartment, in the worst of spirits. The manuscript of his first book, “The Life of the Most Expensive” after five years of waiting is finally accepted for production, but this news does not please Soshnin. The conversation … Read more
Silvio, King of Clubs, is extremely agitated and extremely dejected by the illness of his only son, Prince Tartaglia. The best doctors determined the ailment of the Crown Prince as the result of the deepest hypochondria and amicably renounced the unfortunate one. There was only one last resort not to give Tartaglia the color of … Read more
One of the most famous works of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov in humorous form shows the depth of ignorance and the strength of prejudices of people who have power and position in society. An important person, a retired official and general, Alexei Buldeev, turns out to be no less superstitious and far from a rational solution … Read more
The Trojan War was started by the gods to end the heroes’ time and the present, human, iron age came. Who did not die near the walls of Troy, he had to die on the way back. Most of the surviving Greek leaders sailed to their homeland, as they sailed to Troy – a common … Read more
Menippus tells the Friend of his extraordinary journey, striking the interlocutor with precise data on the distance from the Earth to the Moon, to the Sun and, finally, to the very sky – the dwelling of the Olympian gods. It turns out that Menippus only returned to Earth today; he stayed with Zeus. A friend … Read more
Once upon a time there was Tsar Berendey, he was married for three years, but there were no children. The Tsar somehow inspected his state, said goodbye to the queen and spent eight months in absence. The ninth month was running out when he approached the capital and decided to rest. I wanted to drink, … Read more
W. M. Thackeray Newcome In the Overture, which is a prologue to the narrative, the representatives of English society are compared to the heroes of fables who are old as the world – cowards and braggarts, offenders and their victims, rogues and simpletons. Good and evil are mixed, and the poor man is not necessarily … Read more
IV Goethe Years of the Teaching of Wilhelm Meister We meet a young hero when they have two passions – to the theater and Mariana, and he is full of happy enthusiasm and enthusiastic plans. His father, a respectable burgher, created his initial capital by selling a collection of father’s paintings, and then made his … Read more
The beginning of the XIX century. The city of Kalinov, standing on the steep bank of the Volga. In the first act of the play, the reader sees a public urban garden. Here the clerk of the merchant Wild Kudryash, the self-taught mechanic Kuligin and the philistine Shapkin are talking to each other. It’s about … Read more
KOSCHEI THE IMMORTAL (Autumn Fairy Tale) Opera in one act (three pictures, going without interruption) Characters: Koschei the Immortal Unreal beauty Ivan the King’s son Kashcheyevna Storm-bogatyr – the wind Tenor Soprano Baritone Mezzo soprano Bass Invisible voices (backstage choruses). The action takes place in the kingdom of Kashchei and in the Thirtieth Kingdom. HISTORY … Read more
The main character – a young man named Werther, he is inclined to poetry and painting. A young man settles in a small town, wishing to be alone. Here he communicates with ordinary people, enjoys nature, draws and reads Homer. Werther is invited to a youth country ball where he meets a certain Charlotte S., … Read more
A. Strindberg Father Events unfold during one day in the living room of the military’s house in the 80’s. XIX century. The Captain and the Pastor are dealing with the case of Private Noida. He received a complaint – he does not want to give money for the maintenance of his illegitimate child. Noid excuses … Read more
SP Zalygin On the Irtysh River March was the month of nine hundred and thirty-one. In the village of Steep Luki, the windows of the collective farm office were burning late, the board was sitting, then the peasants simply converged and judged without end, they talked about their affairs. Spring was approaching. Sowing. Just now … Read more
T. Wilder Bridge of King Louis of the Holy On the twentieth of July, 1714, the most beautiful bridge in Peru collapsed, dropping five travelers into the abyss. The catastrophe struck Peruvians tremendously: the bridge of King Louis of Saint saw something unshakable, existing forever. But although everything was shocked, only one person, Brother Uniiper, … Read more
The play, based on the motifs of the myth about Edil, unfolds in ancient Greece. The Queen of Thebes of Jocasta, in order to prevent the oracle’s prediction that her son, when he grows up, will kill his father, King of Leah, the king of Thebes, seventeen years ago ordered the servant to injure the … Read more
VN Voinovich Life and extraordinary adventures of the soldier Ivan Chonkin It happened before the war, either at the end of May or at the beginning of June 1941. The postman Nyurka Belyashev from the village of Krasnoye, peeling potatoes in the vegetable garden, glanced at the sky – dinner? – and saw a huge … Read more
Thirty-three-year-old hero-narrator Philippe Marlo, who previously worked in the district attorney’s office of Los Angeles, has now become a private detective and is investigating cases in which his clients are not interested in publicity. He is at the home of the millionaire Guy Sternwood, who informs Marlo that a certain Geiger blackmails his youngest daughter … Read more
LI Dobychin City En I go to the patronal feast in the prison church together with Maman and Alexandra Lvovna Ley. Here we meet “mademazel” Gorshkov and her little students. I read about the city of En, about Chichikov and Manilov. We go for a walk with the nurse Cecilia, she leads me to the … Read more
In the province of Madrid comes noble nobleman Liseo along with his servant Turin. Liceu will have a wedding. Phineas, his future wife is the daughter of a respected and well-known nobleman Octavio. Octavio has one more daughter – Nisa, who in her district is famous for a very uncommon mind and the same education. … Read more