At an early age, Jane Eyre remained an orphan and lived in her aunt’s house, Mrs. Reed. The nature of Mrs. Reed was heavy, which significantly aggravated the already bleak life of Jane. Aunt was the widow of the brother of the girl’s mother, and therefore it was not necessary to talk about kinship feelings … Read more
AV Sukhovo-Kobylin Wedding of Krechinsky For a few months, the landlord Pyotr Konstantinovich Muromsky, having entrusted the village to the manager, lives with his daughter Lidochka and her elderly aunt Anna Antonova Atueva in Moscow. He has extensive land in the Yaroslavl province and as many as 1,500 serfs – a serious state. Of course, … Read more
“Bears were riding / On a bicycle. / And behind them a cat / Back in front. / And behind him are mosquitoes / On a balloon. / And behind them are crayfish / On a lame dog. / Wolves on a mare, / Lions in a car. / Bunnies in a tram / Toad … Read more
After a serious investigation, the great detective Sherlock Holmes needs rest, and Dr. Watson brings a friend to the estate of his patient Colonel Heather near Reiget. On the day of arrival, it turns out that the local squire Mr. Acton was robbed. Thieves rummaged through the library, took a volume of Homer, a couple … Read more
Modern Ibsen Norway. A cozy and inexpensive furnished apartment of lawyer Torvald Helmer and his wife Nora. Christmas Eve. Nora enters the house from the street, she brings with her many boxes – these are gifts for the Christmas tree for children and Torvalda. The husband lovingly fusses around his wife and jokingly accuses her … Read more
Yu. K. Olesha Envy “He sings in the morning in a closet.” You can imagine what a cheerful, healthy person he is. ” Without this textbook, which has become a volatile phrase, with which Olesha’s novel begins, it is indispensable. And it is about a former revolutionary, a member of the Politkotorzhan Society, now a … Read more
The meaning of life for Albert for three months is the patient’s many hours waiting for his beloved Anna. They agreed that every day, from three to seven o’clock, he would wait for her, and he patiently waits, every time for hours, and often – in vain. Anna does not dare to leave home if … Read more
I Galileo demonstrates the boy Andrea Sarti, the son of his housekeeper and future student, on simple examples of the Copernican model of the solar system. Galileo says that the time comes for new knowledge, the time for revising all the old truths and the birth of new ones. The Ptolemaic system regarded the earth … Read more
IS Turgenev Month in the village The appearance of a new person in the village is always an event. When in the summer of 184 … a new home teacher appeared in the rich estate of the Islaevs, the already established balance was somehow disturbed or, at least, shaken. From the very first day, Alexey … Read more
A 25-year-old young man, a graduate of the Institute of Railway Transport, appears before the reader, for whom “what for fourteen years he strove with a risk of many thousands to fall through” happened. After graduation, Kartashev wants to find a job “where they do not take bribes.” Full of such noble and utopian dreams, … Read more