Makar Alekseevich Devushkin is a titular counselor for forty-seven years, rewriting for a small salary of paper in one of the St. Petersburg departments. He has just moved to a new apartment in the “capital” house near Fontanka. Along the long corridor are the doors of the rooms for the tenants; The hero himself is … Read more
Agatha Christie Riddle of Endhouse England, early thirties. Hercule Poirot with his old friend and assistant captain Hastings come to the seaside resort of Saint-Loup in the south of England. Near the hotel “Majestic”, in which they stopped, they meet a young girl. Nick Buckley. In conversation for a cocktail it turns out that she … Read more
The narrator, Ivan Timofeevich, tells how, while relaxing on vacation in the village, he heard of a local witch. Intrigued, he finds in the forest the dwelling of an old witch and gets to know her granddaughter Olesya. Ivan finds Olesya interesting in communication with a girl and begins to meet with her. He is … Read more
AI Kuprin The White Poodle This day was not particularly successful for the wandering circus performers – the grandfather Martyn Lodyzhkin (on the shoulder – the old “unhealthy” hurdy-gurdy), the boy Sergei (taken by the grandfather “for hire” from the zabuldygy who soon died) and poodle Artaud: they were expelled from many Miskhor dachas, only … Read more
Moonstone is a huge diamond of yellow color. For centuries he sparkled in the forehead of the god of the moon, whose statue was in the temple of the sacred city of Somnaut in India. In the eleventh century, three brahmins hid it in Benares from the conquerors. Then the night before the Brahmins appeared … Read more
V. V. Bykov of the Oblast The action takes place in the Belarusian village in the mid-thirties. Collectivization has already taken place, a collective farm has been created, so-called kulaks have been dekulakized and deported to immense places, and in fact – strong masters. One of them, Fyodor Rovba, once believed in the revolutionary ideals … Read more
In the winter forest the wolf talks with a crow, the squirrels play with a hare in the burners. They are seen by the stepdaughter, who came to the forest for brushwood and firewood (she was sent by her cruel stepmother). The stepdaughter meets the Soldier in the forest, tells him about the game of … Read more
One man lived in one village of La Mancha. He was about 50 years old, and his appearance was very decrepit. He had almost nothing, and called him either Kohan or Quesada, and it does not matter, because the main thing is that he calls himself Don Quixote and considers himself a knight. And all … Read more
The author of the first part of the poem – Guillaume de Lorris, the second – Jean de Men First part The poet sees in a dream how he, walking in the early May morning, goes out of town to listen to the singing of a nightingale and a lark, and faces the impregnable walls … Read more
ALEXANDER AFANASYEVICH SPENDIAROV 1871-1928 Spendiarov is one of the founders of Armenian classical music, a talented composer, prominent music and public figure, youth educator, conductor. According to his own words, he drew material for creativity from folk tunes, Armenian poetry, literature, history, etc. He combined fidelity to the traditions of Armenian folk music with the … Read more