The author hears this story from the nurse of his younger brother Lyubov Onisimovna, in the past the beauty of the actress of the Oryol Theater Count Kamensky. At the Trinity, she leads the
Since childhood, the narrator is distinguished by meekness of temper and love for animals. Early marriage, the narrator is happy to find in his wife similar features, and especially – the love of animals.
Several people suspected of murder give testimony to the investigator, who are listed in the order in which they were shot. We do not hear the questions of the investigator, but we reconstruct them
America, Texas, 1946 The old man is dying the owner of the ranching ranch. His thirty-six-year-old daughter intends to sell the land – she does not bring income, and life in the outskirts definitely
Black Sea. Crimea. The white waves are rolling under the very terrace of a cozy house with a tiled roof and green shutters. Here in the cottage settlement of Armatluk, near Koktebel, the old
Once Sarah, earning her living with shorthand, had dinner at the Schulenberg restaurant. Seeing that the menu is written by hand is very illegible, she reprinted it on the typewriter and brought it to
In 1843, in one of the harbors of the Pacific Ocean, a young sailor – it is easy to recognize the hero of the novel “Taipi” continuing his journey home – enters the American
After false reports of victory, Earl of Northumberland finally learns that his son Hotsper was killed in the Battle of Shrewsbury and that the Royal Army, led by the second son of King John
Ruler Rumah Faylakus, returning from a distant hike home, noticed on the road a newly born baby. The mother of the baby died during childbirth. Failakus ordered to bury her, he took the newborn
Alyosha went to Kazan. The young man wanted to go to university, dreamed of learning. However, everything turned out differently. Upon arrival in the city, the hero began to understand that he would not