Volume One The book begins in the summer of 1805 in St. Petersburg. At the evening, the maid of honor Scherer is present among other guests Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a wealthy
A. de Musset Confession of the Son of the Century “In order to write the history of your life, you must first live this life, that’s why I do not write about myself” –
Events take place in July, in Lucerne, one of the most romantic cities in Switzerland. Travelers of all nations, and especially the English, in Lucerne – an abyss. Under their tastes the city is
Edgar Allan Poe Frog In one state there lived a king who liked to joke. Therefore, all his seven ministers were famous jokers. But the king also had a real dwarf-jester, whom everyone called
DN Mamin-Sibiryak Winter on the Student In the winterhouse on the river Studenova lives an old hunter Eleska with the dog Muzgarka. The grandfather’s family died of cholera, the bear injured Elesk himself, but
Anna Seghers, real name and surname Netty Radvanyi, born Reiling, November 19, 1900, Mainz – June 3, 1983, Berlin) is a German writer. Zegers was born into a Jewish family, her father an antiquarian
The story “Garnet Bracelet” Kuprin, written in 1910, occupies a significant place in the writer’s work and in Russian literature. The history of love of the petty official to the married princess Paustovsky was
Yu. P. Kazakov In a dream, you wept bitterly There was one of the warm summer days… My comrade and I stood and talked near our house. You walked among us, among the flowers
Ramesses understands: without money he will perish. But Hiram, secretly coming to Ramesses, promises to lend him a huge sum if the pharaoh allows the Phoenicians to connect the canal between the Mediterranean and
The county small Anfim Barybu is called an “iron”. He has heavy iron jaws, a broad quadrangular mouth and a narrow forehead. Yes, and the entire Baryba of hard straight and corners. And out