Brief summary “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin” Rustaveli

This epic poem of the most famous Georgian poet was written in the XII century. Studying the theme “Shota Rustaveli” The Knight in the Panther’s Skin “: a short summary”, it should be noted that in its authentic form the ancient work did not reach contemporaries. The poem has undergone various additions and changes, that … Read more

Rasputin’s “Fire” in brief

The village is burning, the native is burning… From the folk song A third-person narrative. A lot of general comments, reasonings of a publicistic nature. The narrative is also interrupted by memories. March. Ivan Petrovich is a driver. He just returned from work, tired. His wife meets Alain. Suddenly he hears people cry: a fire. … Read more

Summary of “Penthesilea”

The tragedy was created at the beginning of the XVIII century, based on the version of the myth of Achilles and Pentesilee. The action takes place on the battlefield near Troy. Odysseus with Antilochus and Diomedes are talking about Penthesilea, the queen of the Amazons, who led her troops to remove the Trojan siege. Odysseus … Read more

“US” Dos Passos in brief summary

The trilogy included novels “42 parallel”, “1919” and “Big Money”. They give a general picture of America’s life in the first three decades of the twentieth century: “42 parallel” – the rise of the labor movement in the United States; “1919” – the First World War and the impact of the October Revolution; “Big money” … Read more

Summary Pugachev

SA Esenin Pugachev Dreaming of the will of the peasant and warrior Pugachev after long wanderings comes to Yaik and in conversation with the Cossack watchman learns that the men are waiting for a new king – peasant. Such a king is the murdered Peter III – he would have given the people a free … Read more

Summary “Extracts from the journal Masha” Odoevsky

January 8, 1833 Masha writes that she is ten years old. Her mom said that she was old enough to keep a diary, write down everything that happened in the day. Mom gave the girl a beautiful book in morocco bind, and my father gave a pretty inkwell with a bell. January 9 Masha showed … Read more

Summary Mashenka Vladimir Nabokov

VV Nabokov Mashenka Spring 1924 Lev Glebovich Ganin lives in a Russian boarding school in Berlin. In addition to Ganin, there is a mathematician Aleksey Ivanovich Alferov, a man with a liquid beard and a brilliant plump nose, an old Russian poet Anton Sergeevich Podtyagin, Clara – a “full-breasted woman, all in black silk, a … Read more

Summary of “Jamil” Aitmanov

It was the third year of the war. There were no adult healthy men in the village, and therefore the wife of my elder brother Sadyk (he was also at the front), Jamil, the brigadier sent to a purely male job – to transport grain to the station. And so that the elders did not … Read more