“The Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Tolstoy in a brief summary

During a break in the meeting, the members of the Trial Chamber are informed from the newspaper about the death of Ivan Ilyich Golovin, which followed on February 4, 1882, after several weeks of

Summary of Ghosts

Henrik Ibsen Ghosts The action takes place in the modern Ibsen of Norway in the Fru Alwing Manor on the west coast of the country. There is a fine rain. With a rustle of

Summary of “Chudik” Shukshin

The protagonist of the story – Chudik, with whom something happens all the time – is going to the Urals, to his brother, whom he has not seen for twelve years. Collected things, the

Summary of Odyssey

Homer the Odyssey The Trojan War was started by the gods in order to end the heroes’ time and the present, human, iron age came. Who did not die near the walls of Troy,

Summary The ghost-ghost

V. Irving The ghost-ghost 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

Summary of “Woe from Wit” by Griboedov

The narrative begins in the early morning, when the maid Lisa knocks on the bedroom door of Sofya Famusova. Sophia is not alone – she spent the whole night talking with the secretary of

Summary Planet of people

A. de Saint-Exupery The Planet of Men The book is written in the first person. Exupery dedicated it to one of his fellow pilots – Henri Guillaume. A person reveals himself in the fight

Summary My Angel

S.-G. Colette My angel She is almost fifty, he – half as many, their relationship lasts for seven years. She calls him an Angel. He is going to marry: his mother found him a

Summary “Unconquered”

Two German soldiers – Hans and Willy – went to the French farm to ask how to drive to Soissons (one of the counties of France). The door was opened by a young girl

Summary of Joyce’s Ulysses

The novel tells of one day of the sixteenth day of June 1904 from the life of a 34-year-old Dublin Jew Leopold Bloom and twenty-two-year-old Stephen Daedalus. Three parts of a huge book, divided
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