Marya Aleksandrovna Moskaleva, thanks to her unrivaled ability to throw dust into her eyes, “kill” her opponent with a sharp word and cleverly fired gossip, is recognized as the “first lady” of the provincial
Bela The author travels from Tiflis to the shifted ones and on the way gets acquainted with the captain-captain Maxim Maksimych. Men stop in the village to spend the night, and between them a
LN Andreev Angelka Sashka, the hero of Andreev’s “Christmas story,” possessed an unruly and courageous soul, could not calmly take to evil and took revenge on life. For this purpose, he beat his comrades,
AG Bitov The Flying Monks Door In the late evening the boy is waiting for his beloved woman – then in the arch of the courtyard, then in the front house, where she should
Action first On the street, at the bus stop, waiting for transportation is Tanya, a girl of 19 years, reading posters. Student of the last course Nikolai Kolesov, a young man of 24 years
The narrator is Mizoguchi. the son of a poor provincial priest. Even as a child, his father told him about the Golden Temple – Kinka-kuji – in the old capital of Japan, Kyoto. According
Once in the city of Ensk, on the bank of the river, a dead mailman and a bag with letters were found. Aunt Dasha read each day aloud to her neighbors one letter each.
The author of the first part of the poem is Guillaume de Lorris (circa 1230-1240), the second is Jean de Men (circa 1250-1305) The poet sees in a dream how he, walking in the
“After the wedding, there was not even a light snack.” An 18-year-old girl, Anya, married a 52-year-old official Modest Alekseich. After the wedding they go to the monastery, on a pilgrimage. On the train,
Lord Stratte, a wealthy aristocrat whose family has long owned enormous wealth, a parish priest and cunning attorney are persuaded to bequeath his entire estate to his cousin, Philip Baboon. To the cruel disappointment