KK Vaginov Goat song The beginning of the 20-ies. Petersburg, painted “in greenish color, shimmering and blinking, color awful, phosphorous.” Appearing in the preface, the author ends his opening speech with the words: “I do not like Petersburg, my dream is over.” The hero of the novel, Teptyolkin, “mysterious creature” – long, thin, with graying … Read more
Ali-Banu was not just rich, he was very rich. To all other virtues, he was Sheikh of Alexandria, and that already means something. But for all that, he was still the most unhappy man in the whole world. His beloved son Kairam was taken away by the Franks, and the Sheikh did not receive any … Read more
I Oblomov was shining as he walked home. There he was waiting for Tarantiev. He asked Oblomov why he did not look at his kuma’s apartment. Oblomov replied that he would never move there. Tarantiev recalled the contract for the year, signed by Oblomov, about the money for six months ahead. Oblomov said that there … Read more
Early XVIII century. England, along with Austria, Prussia and other countries, leads an endless and exhausting war for the Spanish inheritance against the Franco-Spanish coalition. England is ruled by a weak-willed and compliant Queen Anne, who does not make decisions without consulting with those around her. In fact, the reins of government – in the … Read more
The poem “The Bronze Horseman” is a narrative about the tragic fate of a simple inhabitant of St. Petersburg who lost his beloved girl during the flood, and along with it all dreams and hopes for a future life. In “The Bronze Horseman” Pushkin raises the theme of “little man” and the theme of the … Read more
From the end of 1811, the increased armament and concentration of forces of Western Europe began, and in 1812 millions of people, counting those who transported and fed the army, moved from the West to the East, to the borders of Russia, to which they also contracted from the 11th year forces of Russia. “For … Read more
Inspector Stanley Hopkins seeks help from Sherlock Holmes. He was at a loss when investigating the murder of Mr. Willoughby Smith. Smith was the secretary of Professor Coram, who lives in a country house. Corem – an old sick man, he is lying in bed, then hobbling with a wand around the house, then he … Read more
The action takes place in the 1850s. On the Texas prairie there are vans going – it’s moving from Louisiana to Texas ruined planter Woodley Poindexter. He is accompanied by Henry’s son, daughter Louise and nephew, retired captain Cassius Colhoun. Suddenly they lose track – before them scorched prairie. The path of the caravan is … Read more
A. T. Averchenko Slepts The royal garden was open at this time of the day, and the young writer Ave entered there, wandered along the paths and sat down on a bench on which an elderly gentleman with a friendly face was already sitting. He turned to Ave and affably asked who he was. He … Read more
Performed in picturesque contrasts, the color of “Giaura” is distinguished also by the following Byron’s work of the “eastern” cycle – the more extensive poem “The Corsair” written with heroic couplets. In a short prosaic introduction to a poem dedicated to the writer’s fellow author and fellow thinker Thomas Moore, the author cautions against the … Read more