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A typical business Yankee of the late nineteenth century, who knows how to do any thing in the world, gets a scrap on the skull during a skirmish in his factory, gets from the
Summary of “Ernani”
Spain, 1519. Palace of the Duke of Rui Gomez de Silva in Zaragoza. Late evening. The old man is not at home. Dona Sol, his niece and bride, is waiting for her lover Ernani
Summary Gold
DN Mamin-Sibiryak Gold Rodion Potapych Zykov – “the oldest master” (mining master, who is in charge of mine work) “in all the Balchugov goldfields” of the Urals. He directs the prospecting works on the
“Woman in the Sands” K. Abe in brief summary
One day in August a person goes on a three-day vacation to replenish his collection of insects with rare species found in the sands. He gets on the train to station S, transits to
Summary Engaged
A. Manzoni Engaged Don Abbondio, the priest of a small village located in that part of Lake Como, where it wraps south between two mountain ranges and is all riddled with protrusions and bays,
Summary Persian Letters
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Summary Death of Wazir Mukhtar
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“His Battalion” Bykov in brief summary
The trench is shallow, dry and dusty – hastily dug out overnight in the thaw that has just thawed from winter frosts, but already well dried. In order not to protrude, Voloshin stood bent
Summary “The Good Man from Sichuan” Brecht
The main city of Sichuan Province, which summarizes all the places on the globe and any time in which a person exploits a person, is the place and time of the play. Prologue. For
Summary Green Henry
Gottfried Keller Green Henry The action takes place at the beginning of the last century in Switzerland. One fine day in the village of Glattfelden, which is located somewhere in the north of Switzerland,