Summary of “Comedians”

Smith feels his utter helplessness to change something in this country. Later, the hero receives an offer from Jones to become a companion in his scam, but discreetly refuses, and at night, Jones, who has suffered a complete fiasco, comes to the hero to ask for protection. They ask the captain of Medea to take … Read more

Summary “Dog of the Baskervilles” Doyle

In the beginning of the story, the detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson are talking with their visitor – the physician James Mortimer. He reads Sherlock Holmes and Watson a legend about the curse of the Baskervilles. His suddenly dead patient Charles Baskerville was very serious about this legend. In the past, one … Read more

A brief summary of the novel by A. Tolstoy “Peter I”

The novel opens with a description of real historical events. In 1675 Fedor Alexeyevich entered the throne. But after his death, the struggle for power begins. After Peter’s childhood, the state was governed by his sister, Tsarevna Sophia. In an effort to retain power, she rebukes the army of Strelets to revolt, but Peter escapes. … Read more

Summary of Giuseppe Verdi. Falstaff

FALSTAF Lyrical comedy in three acts Libretto by A. Boito Characters: Sir John Falstaff Ford, Alice’s husband Fenton Dr. Caius Baritone Baritone Tenor Tenor Tenor Bass Soprano Soprano Mezzo soprano Mezzo soprano Bardolph Pistol } Servants of Falstaff Mistriss Alice Ford Nannette, Alice’s daughter Mistress Meg Pejd Mistriss Kvikli The owner of the tavern “Garter” … Read more

Summary of “Freken Julia”

The action takes place in Sweden, in the count’s, a manor in the kitchen on the night of Ivan Kupala, when, according to folk tradition, among all who celebrate this religious and magical holiday all the class boundaries are temporarily canceled. Christina, a cook of thirty-five years, is standing by the stove, preparing a potion … Read more

“The burden of human passions” Maugham in summary

The action takes place at the beginning of the XX century. Nine-year-old Philip Carey remains an orphan, and he is sent for education to his uncle-priest in Blackstable. The priest does not feel affection for his nephew, but in his house Philip finds many books that help him forget about loneliness. At school, where the … Read more

Insidiousness and Love Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller Deceit and Love The action takes place in Germany in the eighteenth century, at the court of one of the German Dukes. The son of President von Walther is in love with the daughter of a simple musician, Louise Miller. Her father treats this with disbelief, since the marriage of an aristocrat with … Read more

The book of mournful hymns

G. Narekatsi Book of Lamentations Vardapet Grigor, a scholar monk Narekskogo monastery mystic and poet, author of the interpretation of the biblical “Song of Songs” and hymnographic writings and words of praise of the Cross, the Virgin Mary and the saints, in the “Book of Lamentations” humbly turn to God “… together with the oppressed … Read more