In 1815, the bishop of the city of Dina was Charles-Francois Míriel, nicknamed for good deeds by Zhelanný – Bienvenu. This unusual man in his youth had a lot of love adventures and led a secular life – but the Revolution has broken everything. Mr. Míriel went to Italy, from where he returned as a … Read more
With a heavy heart, I proceed to the last lines of these memories, telling of the extraordinary talents of my friend Sherlock Holmes. In an incoherent and – I feel it myself – in an entirely inappropriate manner, I tried to tell about the amazing adventures that I had to experience side by side with … Read more
Alfred Deblin Berlin – Alexanderplatz Franz Biberkopf, a former cementer and loader, has just been released from a Berlin prison in Tegel, where he stayed for four years for the murder of his girlfriend. Franz stands on a busy street, amidst a noisy crowd and sparkling shop windows. This strong and broad-shouldered man, just over … Read more
After many hard, but also bloody feats, Dobrynya Nikitich was spun from repentance. He turned to his mother with bitter words of reproach: it would be better if you did not give birth to me, I would not kill innocent souls then, did not orphan small children, did not shed blood in vain. Mother answered … Read more
Pekashinsky muzhik Stepan Andreyevitch Stavrov cut down the house on the slope of the mountain, in the cool twilight of a huge larch. Yes, not a house – a two-story house with a small side shelter in addition. There was a war. In Pekashino there were old people, children and women. Without a look in … Read more
In Russian history, there are events, gold burning on the tables of her military glory. And one of them – the Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942-2 February 1943), which became the Cannams of the XX century. Giant in scale battle WWII unfolded in the second half of 1942 on the banks of the Volga. … Read more
In 1918-1920 Bunin recorded in the form of diary notes his immediate observations and impressions of events in Russia. 1918 he called “damned”, and from the future expected something even more terrible. Bunin writes ironically about the introduction of a new style. He mentions “the Germans started attacking us,” which everyone welcomes, and describes the … Read more
John Hoyer Updike (born January 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) is a famous American writer, author of 28 novels and 45 other books: collections of short stories, poems, essays. Born in Redding, he lived in Schillington, the same state of Pennsylvania until age 13. Father – school teacher, mother wrote stories. In 1954 he … Read more
Osip Ivanovich Dymov, titular counselor and doctor of thirty-one years, serves in two hospitals at the same time: an intern and a draftor. From nine o’clock in the morning until noon he takes the sick, then goes to open the corpses. But his income is barely enough to cover the costs of his wife – … Read more
N. Chernyshevsky Russian man on rendezvous “The Russian man on rendez-vous” refers to the journalism and has a subtitle “Reflections on reading the story of Turgenev” Asya. “At the same time Chernyshevsky gives a broader picture related to the contemporary Russian society, namely -. with the image of “positive hero” stories and novels, which in … Read more