In “Rabbits and boas” F. Iskander showed a totalitarian social system, demonstrated the mechanism of its action. The fairy tale is a detailed metaphor of the social order, in which there are three levels of hierarchy: boas headed by the Great Python swallowing rabbits; rabbits; natives who grow vegetables. The world of rabbits and boas … Read more
The famous writer Ariadne Oliver invites the famous detective Hercule Poirot to a holiday in the estate of the Stubbs family, located in a small village near the tourist center. Owner of the estate, George Stubbs, wealthy plebeian, and, according to Mrs. Oliver, a man of limited, but in the business of the dock, lives … Read more
Henry James Female Portrait Mr. Tachit and his son Ralph live in his Gardencloth manor about forty miles from London. Mrs. Tachit travels a lot and happens in her husband’s house only a month a year. She spent the winter in her homeland, in America, met there with her niece and wrote to her husband … Read more
George Orwell Animal Farm Mr. Jones owns Manor Farm near Willingdon, England. The old boar, the Major gathers at night in a large barn of all the animals that live here. He says that they live in slavery and poverty, because man appropriates the fruits of their labor, and calls for an uprising: one must … Read more
The protagonist, sitting in a cafe and listening, in his opinion, the ugly music of a local orchestra, gets acquainted with a mysterious person. He agrees to drink with him, having previously learned, not whether he is a Berliner or whether he composes music. The protagonist negatively answers the first question, on the second he … Read more
SILENT DON Opera in four acts (six scenes) Libretto by LI Dzerzhinsky Characters: Pantelei Melekhov Ilyinichna, his wife Gregory Petro Dasha, wife of Peter Lukinichna Natalia, her daughter Mitka, her son Aksinya General Listnitsky Eugene, his son Mishuk, Comrade Gregory Sashka, coachman Listnitskikh Crazy Soldier Esaul Tenor (characteristic) Mezzo soprano Dramatic tenor Bass The dramatic … Read more
King As soon as the wedding ceremony was over, everyone began to prepare for the wedding dinner. At this time, to Bene Krik, a Moldovan raider nicknamed King, an unfamiliar young man approached and said that a new bailiff had arrived in the city and was preparing a raid on Benya. Benyu answered that they … Read more
The narrative is conducted on behalf of a young man named Frederick Clegg, who serves as a clerk in the Town Hall. The action takes place not far from London. Frederick’s story is a love story, but over time the reader understands that the expression of this love in the hero is not quite healthy. … Read more
THE TALE OF THE TROUSER GENTLE OF MONASTERY-the legendary tale of the marriage of the great prince of Tver, Yaroslav Yaroslavich (died 1271), and the foundation of the Tverskoi Otroch monastery. Created in the 2nd floor. XVII century. in Tver, perhaps in the Otroch monastery, P. came to us in 18 lists, transmitting three versions … Read more
With the titan Prometheus, the benefactor of humanity, we have already met in Hesiod’s poem “Theogony”. There he is an intelligent cunning, who arranges the sharing of sacrificial bull meat between people and gods so that the best part gets to people’s food. And then, when the angry Zeus does not want people to cook … Read more
Magha Killing Sisupala A poem borrowing one of the plots of the Mahabharata In Dvaraka, the capital of the Yadav family, is the divine sage Narada and transmits to Krishna, the leader of the Yadavas and the earthly incarnation of the god Vishnu, a message from the king of the gods of Indra with a … Read more
In the house of the godmother Miss Barberry, where the childhood of Esther Summerston passes, the girl feels alone. She seeks to know the secret of her birth, asks the godfather to tell her something about her mother, but to no avail. One day, after returning from school, the girl finds an unfamiliar master at … Read more
Action develops in Athens. Everything begins with the monologue of the slave Lava; the host of his friend Geta, the young Antiphones marries for love and under quite ordinary circumstances. After giving Goethe to return the debt: it took money for a gift to the young. As we can see, the tradition of such gifts … Read more
The poem “Son of the artilleryman” Simonov can be divided into five parts. The first is devoted to the description of the friendship of the two majors, Deyev and Petrov. Both fought together in the Civil War with the Whites, then served in the artillery regiment. Petrov had a son, Lyonka, who became Deyev’s favorite, … Read more
In his address to the reader, the author says that, while creating his work, he was guided by what he liked most in the works of Plutarch, Apuleius, Aesop, Homer, or Barkley. Trying to combine such different properties in one text, Gracian begins his novel, consisting of the main “crises” so. On the sea route … Read more
Trouble There once was a Little Baba Yaga – that is, a witch – and she was only one hundred and twenty-seven years old. For the real Baba-Yaga this, of course, is not age! We can say that this Baba Yaga was still a girl. She lived in a tiny hut, standing alone in the … Read more
The action takes place in the provincial Swiss town of Güllen in the 50’s. XX century. In the town comes the old multimillionaire Clara Tsakhanassyan, a nee Vesher, a former resident of Gullen. At one time several industrial enterprises worked in the town, but one by one they went bankrupt, and the town came to … Read more
Part one For all his life Kolya Pluzhnikov did not meet so many pleasant surprises, how many had fallen in the last three weeks. The order for conferring on him, Nikolai Petrovich Pluzhnikov, was waiting for the military rank for a long time, but unexpected surprises sprang up after him. Kolya woke up at night … Read more
In November 1932 Gustav Opperman turns fifty. He is the senior owner of a furniture manufacturing company, owner of a solid current account in a bank and a beautiful mansion in Berlin, built and furnished to his own taste. The work attracts him a little, he appreciates his worthy, informative leisure more. A passionate bibliophile, … Read more
The play takes place at the beginning of the XIX century. in the Dutch village of Guizum, near Utrecht, in January. The scene of action is the court room. Adam, the village judge, is sitting and bandaging his leg. Likht comes in, the scribe, and sees that Adam has a face full of bruises, a … Read more
The action takes place in a provincial town. Victor Alexandrovich Zilov wakes up a phone call. With difficulty waking up, he picks up the phone, but there is silence. He slowly gets up, touching his jaw, opens the window, it’s raining outside. Zilov drinks beer and with a bottle in his hands begins fizzaryadku. Again … Read more
The protagonist of the novel is Yegor Tashevsky, a special forces soldier fighting in Chechnya. A platoon of special forces from the Russian town of Saint Spas comes to a business trip to Grozny. Spetsnazovtsy eighty people, commander Semyonitch, zamkvvzvoda Yazva, platoon Neck – so their names are subordinates. The platoon passes through the ruined … Read more
Hippolytus, the son of the Athenian Tsar Theseus, goes in search of his father, who has been traveling somewhere for six months. Hippolytus is the son of the Amazon. The new wife of Theseus Fedra disliked him, as everyone thinks, and he wants to leave Athens. Phaedra is also sick with an incomprehensible disease and … Read more
Main characters: Ranevskaya Lyubov Andreevna, landowner. Anya, her daughter, is 17 years old. Varya, her adopted daughter, 24 years old. Gayev Leonid Andreevich, brother Ranevskaya. Lopakhin Ermolai Alekseevich, merchant. Trofimov Pyotr Sergeevich, the student. Simeonov-Pischik Boris Nikolaevich, the landowner. Charlotte Ivanovna, governess. Epihodov Semen Panteleevich, clerk. Dunyasha, the maid. Firs, lackey, the old man is … Read more
Once upon a time in Moscow, the capital of Russian lands, a nobleman of noble bloods named Dimitri. He was distinguished by a good temper and mercy, for which God gave him a beautiful son, whom he called Alexander. The boy was easily given science, but he prefers entertainment to teaching. And somehow, when he … Read more
The first act. Apartment Turbine. Evening. Elena worries about how long her husband is gone so long. Nikolka and Alexei-her brothers-comfort her. Comes all the frozen Myshlaevsky. They help him undress, lead to the fireplace, give him a drink of vodka, Lena prepares a bath for him. He says that in a snowstorm and frost … Read more
Undertaker Adrian Prokhorov moved from Basmannaya Street to Nikitskaya Street in a long-liked cottage, but does not feel joy, as the novelty frightens him a little. But soon the order in the new dwelling is established, a sign is attached above the gate, Adrian sits at the window and orders to serve the samovar. Drinking … Read more
Euripides Hippolytus In ancient Athens, King of Theseus ruled. Like Hercules, he had two fathers – earthly, the king of Aegeus, and heavenly, the god of Poseidon. His main feat he committed on the island of Crete: he killed in the labyrinth of the monstrous Minotaur and freed Athens from the tribute to him. Assistant … Read more
The play takes place in Tambov: the first three paintings – in 1929, the remaining six paintings – in 1979. Former worker, former party member Ivan Prisypkin, who renamed himself for euphony in Pierre Skripkin, is going to marry Elzevir Davidovna Renaissance – a hairdresser’s daughter, a cashier of a hairdresser and a manicurist. With … Read more
In the vicinity of Moscow, near the Simonov Monastery once lived a young girl Liza with her old mother. After the death of Lisa’s father, a fairly well-to-do villager, his wife and daughter became impoverished. The widow became weaker day by day, and could not work. Liza alone, sparing her tender youth and rare beauty, … Read more
The out-of-court adviser Podkolesin, lying on the couch with a pipe and thinking that it would not hurt to still marry, calls on Stepan’s servant, who asks about whether the matchmaker did not go in, and about visiting a tailor, about the quality of the cloth worn and not asked the tailor why the gentleman … Read more
The story of Andreev’s “Kusaka” narrates about the hard share of the stray dog. The summary will help the reader to learn the plot, to get acquainted with the main characters in less than 5 minutes. Who is Kusaka? Previously, this dog had no name. The author acquaints the reader with the homeless animal. His … Read more
The tale of how the twins killed the clerk While all the people were jumping from one service to another, Bartholomew Korotkov, a gentle, quiet blond was firmly serving in the Glavtsentrbaspispate as a clerk and served in it for 11 months. On September 20, 1921, the cashier of Spimat covered himself with his nasty … Read more
On the evening of July 1689, the abbe de Cercabon was walking with his sister along the seashore in his little prior in Lower Brittany, and was reflecting on the bitter fate of his brother and his wife, who had sailed from that very shore to Canada and disappeared there for twenty years. At that … Read more
At the end of November, a train approaches St. Petersburg Station. In one of the carriages of the third class, two passengers sit opposite each other. “One of them was short, about twenty-seven years old, curly and almost black-haired, with gray small but fiery eyes, his nose was wide and flattened, his face was bilious, … Read more
The brilliant poetess Sappho, glorified throughout Hellas, returns to his house from the Olympic competitions crowned with a laurel wreath. The people, servants and slaves with delight and glee, flowers and music meet their mistress. With a gold lyre in her hands, in festive clothes, she descends from a chariot drawn by white horses. Next … Read more
Denis Diderot The Nun The story is written in the form of notes of the heroine addressed to the Marquise de Croamar, whom she asks for help and for this purpose tells him the story of her misfortunes. The heroine’s name is Maria-Suzanne Simonen. Her father is a lawyer, he has a great fortune. She … Read more
Vitaly Kartsev, a Russian emigrant writer who lived in Munich, in June 1982 had the opportunity to be in Moscow in 2042. Preparing for the trip, Kartsev met his classmate Leszek Bukashev. Bukashev made a career in the USSR along the lines of the KGB. It seemed that the meeting was not accidental and that … Read more
I. In the direction of Swann (Du cote de chez Swann) Time elapses in a brief moment between sleep and awakening. Within a few seconds, the narrator Marcel seems to have turned into what he read the day before. The mind is determined to locate the sleeping room. Is this the grandfather’s house in Combra, … Read more
PITCHES FROM THE FOUNDED MANKOPISY – The Story (1904) “For the first time I felt it when we were walking along the Ensk road – we walked ten hours continuously, without slowing down the course, picking up the fallen and leaving them to the enemy who was moving behind us and after three or four … Read more
Notes on Xiaolian One powerful person, nicknamed Lilanzhong, bought something like a slave girl thirteen years old. It turned out that she was not inclined to music, nor to homework, so he decided to return her to her former mistress. The girl begged not to do this, promised to thank him and in time not … Read more
AS Pushkin Dubrovsky Volume One In one of his estates lives Kirila Petrovich Troekurov, a rich noble gentleman, arrogant tyrant. Neighbors cater to all and are afraid of him. Troyekurov himself respects only his poor neighbor Andrei Gavrilovich Dubrovsky, who was in the past his comrade in the service. Troekurov and Dubrovsky are both widowers. … Read more
GK Chesterton Napoleon of Nottinghill In our times, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the prophets divorced so much that, one by one, you will inadvertently fulfill someone’s prediction. Yes, just spit somewhere – and it turns out that you spit in the prophecy! And yet the majority of mankind, consisting of normal people … Read more
The novel is a testimony of an eyewitness who survived the plague epidemic that erupted in 194 … in the city of Oran, a typical French prefecture on the Algerian coast. The narration is conducted on behalf of Dr. Bernard Rie, who led anti-plague activities in the contaminated city. The plague comes to this city, … Read more
SHEET SMITH 1824-1884 Sour cream is called the father of new Czech music, Czech Glinka. In his work, the musical genius of the Czech people flourished magnificently, the pictures of Czechia’s history, people’s life and nature revived, the rhythms of folk dances, the melodies of Czech songs captivating in beauty and freshness sounded. The legacy … Read more
Nestor, the monk of the monastery of the Monastery of Pechersky, a tale of why the monastery was nicknamed Pechersky During the reign of Vladimir Svyatoslavich in Lyubech lived a pious husband who wanted to become a monk. He came to the Holy Mount Athos and in one of the monasteries there he took monastic … Read more
Princess Trubetskaya In the winter night of 1826, Princess Ekaterina Trubetskaya went after her decembrist husband to Siberia. The old Count, the father of Catherine Ivanovna, with tears strews a bearish cavity into the carriage, which must be taken away for ever from the house by his daughter. Princess mentally says goodbye not only to … Read more
The name “Lysistrata” means “The Destroyer of War.” Such a name gave Aristophanes the heroine of her fantastic play about how women, with their feminine means, achieved what men could not, put an end to a great war. The war was between Athens and Sparta, it lasted ten years, Aristophanes was speaking against her in … Read more
Julio Cortázar Winnings The action takes place in the 1950s. In the cafe on one of the central streets of the Argentine capital, the winners of the happy prizes of the Tourist Lottery, who are waiting for a free sea cruise, gather. Among the first to come are colleagues – teachers of the state college … Read more
The book begins with the memory of the boy Kohli about his teacher Anna Nikolaevna. She taught her students not only school lessons, but also life lessons. And meanwhile there was a war, there was 1945, spring. The narrator, without a year and two months, was no less than a graduate of an elementary school. … Read more