Summary of the novel April 1861 Plantation Tara, stretching twenty-five miles from Atlanta, Georgia. Twins Tarlton, Stewart and Brent, in love with the charming daughter of the owner of Tara, sixteen-year-old Scarlet, give her two news. First, the war between the North and the South is about to begin. Secondly, Ashley Wilkes marries Melanie Hamilton, … Read more
The novel is a collection of notebooks, found in the papers of the thirty-year-old historian Antoine Rokanten. The records were started in the early days of January 1932. The hero begins to keep a diary in order to understand what has changed in the surrounding world and almost immediately comes to the conclusion that he … Read more
Eugene Ionesco, Eugene Ionescu, Eugene Ionescu, November 26, 1909, Slatina, Romania – March 28, 1994, Paris) is a Romanian playwright, one of the founders of the aesthetic current of absurdism. Member of the French Academy (1970). Ionesco was born on November 26, 1909 in Slatina (Romania). His parents took him to Paris, and his first … Read more
The retired Major Von Tellheim lives in a Berlin hotel with his faithful servant Just, with no means of subsistence. The owner of the hotel moves him from a decent room to a miserable little room. The last two months, Tellheym did not pay bills, but the room needed a “visiting person”, a young and … Read more
Kobo Abe Man-box The box – man, sitting in his drawer, starts notes on the man-box. He describes in detail which box is suitable for a box man, how to equip it, so that it is convenient to be in any weather, what things are needed for a box man. The box of corrugated cardboard … Read more
Bears were riding on a bicycle. And behind them the cat Backwards. And behind it are mosquitoes On a balloon. And behind them are crayfish On a lame dog. Wolves on a mare, Lions in a car. Bunnies in the tram Toad on the broom… They go and laugh, when suddenly a terrible giant climbs … Read more
Once there lived in friendship two scientists – Tu and Guan. And they married sisters. True, very different characters: Guan had the most stringent rules, and Tu thoughtless, even unchecked. And they brought up their wives in accordance with their own views. At first, both families lived together, and then quarreled. We divided the estate … Read more
The book “Last Bow” by Soviet writer Viktor Astafyev is a story in stories that is of a national character, consisting of compassion, conscience, duty and beauty. The story involves many heroes, but the main ones are the grandmother and her grandson. The orphan boy Vitya lives with her grandmother Katerina Petrovna, who became the … Read more
AR Lesage The Adventures of Gilles Blas of Santillana “I was impressed by the amazing variety of adventures noted in the features of your face,” Gill Blasu once said to a casual counter-one of the many people with whom the hero brought fate and whose confession he was able to hear. Yes, the adventures that … Read more
A person’s talent is to turn all environmental signals into meaningful information. This allowed us to create a scientific method, to philosophize about the nature of being and to invent complex mathematical models. Our ability to reflect on and manage the world does not at all mean that we are good at it. We tend … Read more