Leni Pfeiffer, nee Grüten, German. She is forty-eight years old, she is still beautiful – and in her youth was a true beauty: a blonde, with a beautiful stately figure. Does not work, lives almost in poverty; she may be evicted from the apartment, or rather, from a house that once belonged to her and … Read more
The play takes place in Moscow in the 20’s. our century. Semen Semenovich Podsekalnikov, unemployed, awakens his wife Marya Lukyanovna at night and complains to her that he is hungry. Marya Lukyanovna, indignant that her husband does not allow her to sleep, although she works all day “like a horse or an ant”, nevertheless offers … Read more
Henry Fielding The story of Tom Jones, a foundling In the house of the wealthy squire Olverti, where he lives with his sister Bridget, throw up the baby. Squire, a few years ago, lost his wife and children, decides to raise a child as a son. Soon he manages to find the mother of the … Read more
“Prayer”. Like many other works of ancient Russian literature, it is devoid of narrative about events. The whole text is the appeal of Daniel the Exile to the prince, asking him for mercy. The main thing that Daniel is supposed to rely on in life is his own mind. “I have scant clothes, but I … Read more
Robin Hood – one of the few, together with King Arthur, the legendary hero of English ballads, who went beyond the framework of folklore and became an important cultural reality – on the topic of ballads about him are written secondary literary works, include performances, numerous films and the like. A noble robber lived with … Read more
Daniel Defoe Life and the amazing adventures of Robinson Crusoe This novel is known to everyone. Even those who did not read it (which it is difficult to imagine) remember: a young sailor goes on a long voyage and, after a shipwreck, gets on an uninhabited island. He spends there about twenty-eight years. That, in … Read more
In one state there lived a king who loved 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 to arrange a masquerade … Read more
Yu. N. Tynyanov Kuhlya Wilhelm graduated with honors from the boarding school. Relatives decide to identify him in the newly founded Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. At a reception with Minister Razumovsky, he meets with Misha Yakovlev, Vanya Pushchin, Anton Delvig. Vasily Lvovich Pushkin brings his nephew Sasha there. On October 19, 1811, in the presence of … Read more
The poor coal miner from the Black Forest, Peter Munch, “a small clever man”, began to be uneasy with the low-profit and, it seems, not at all an honorable craft inherited from his father. However, from all ideas, when suddenly he got a lot of money, he did not like any one. Remembering the old … Read more
A fable is a work intended to convey a certain meaning in its content. This kind of creativity is known to the inhabitants of Russia on the imperishable poems of Ivan Andreevich Krylov, because he introduced our country to the common truths of human life more than 150 years ago, and they continue to be … Read more