The protagonist of the novel, Kolen, a very nice young man of twenty-two years, who so often smiles with an infantish smile that from this on his chin he even had a dimple, is preparing for the arrival of his friend Shik. Nicholas, his cook, conjures in the kitchen, creating masterpieces of culinary art. Shik … Read more
Jonathan Swift Gulliver’s Travels Travel to some distant land of light by Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships “Gulliver’s Travels” – a work written at the crossroads of genres: it’s an exciting, purely novel narrative, a novel-journey (by no means, not “sentimental”, which in 1768 will describe Lawrence Stern); … Read more
Jonathan Swift The tale of the barrel “The Tale of the Barrel” is one of the first pamphlets written by Jonathan Swift, however, unlike the “Battle of Books” that was created around the same period, where it was mainly about subjects of literary character, “Tale of the Barrel”, with its relatively small volume, it contains, … Read more
Alzest shocked all loved ones with their behavior and beliefs. Not much time has passed, and Alzestre disavows even his friend Philint, with whom he had been friends for so long. He accuses Filint of being too friendly with a man whose name he could not remember. Alzest believes that this is a sign of … Read more
On the northern islands lived the Tribes of the Goddess Danu, who comprehended magic, charms and secret knowledge. They possessed four greatest treasures: Lug’s spear, Nuad’s sword, Dagda’s cauldron, and the stone of Lia Fall, who screamed under everyone who was destined to rule Ireland. The tribes of the Goddess sailed on a multitude of … Read more
Ovsyannikov was a full, high-born, 70-year-old, with a face resembling Krylov’s face. With his clothes and manner of holding, he was like a well-to-do merchant. His importance, intelligence, laziness, perseverance and directness, he reminded me of the Russian boyars of pre-Petrine times. It was one of the last people of the old age. All the … Read more
The novel covers 1711-1720. The epistolary form of the work and the extra spicy material from the life of Persian harems, a peculiar construction with exotic details, full of bright wit and ironic description, accurate characteristics enabled the author to interest the most diverse audience to court circles inclusive. During the author’s lifetime, “Persian Letters” … Read more
Fedor Fomich Kuzkin, nicknamed in the village of Zhivy, had to leave the collective farm. And it was not Fomich, the collective farm forwarder, who was the last person in the Prudki: he extracted bags for the farm, then the tubs, then harnesses, and carts. And Avdotya’s wife worked as tirelessly. And earned sixty-two kilos … Read more
William Shakespeare the Venetian merchant The Venetian merchant Antonio is tormented by causeless grief. His friends, Salarino and Salanio, try to explain it by worrying about ships with goods or unhappy love. But Antonio rejects both explanations. In the company of Graziano and Lorenzo, a relative and closest friend of Antonio Bassanio appears. Salarino and … Read more
AS Pushkin The Captain’s Daughter The novel is based on the memoirs of Pyotr Andreevich Grinev, fifty years old, written by him during the reign of Emperor Alexander and dedicated to the “Pugachev”, in which the seventeen-year-old officer Petr Grinev took an involuntary part in the “strange cohesion of circumstances.” Pyotr Andreevich recalls with mild … Read more