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 nobleman, and Prince Andrei Bolkonsky. The conversation is about Napoleon, and both friends are trying to protect the great man from … Read more
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” – these are the opening words of the author, who conceived with his story to recover from the “monstrous moral illness,” the … Read more
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 adjusted: old houses have broken, on a place of the old bridge have made straight, as a stick, quay. It may … Read more
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 the Frog. The frog together with the girl Tripteto was presented to the king by one general. Once the king decided … Read more
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 the familiar merchants arranged a cripple for the winter hut, where he beat a bird, sable, caught fish – that’s why … Read more
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 and an art expert. She studied at the Universities of Cologne and Heidelberg. In 1925 Seghers married a Hungarian writer and … Read more
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 called one of the most fragrant and tormenting tales of love. Real, eternal, a rare gift of love – the theme … Read more
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 and grass that you had on your shoulders, and your face did not leave an indefinite half-smile, which I tried in … Read more
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 Red Seas. The priests, of course, are against, afraid that the channel would enrich the pharaoh. Soon Hiram introduces Ramesses … Read more
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 of all this comes some terrible harmony. The guys-riders are afraid of Baryba: the beast, he will kill him with a … Read more