The text of the play is preceded by the author’s dedication to the Duke of Orleans, the King’s only brother. The brothers Sganarelle and Arist are unsuccessfully trying to convince each other of the need to change. Sganarelle, always morose and unsociable, condemning the whims of fashion, chides his older brother for levity and panache: … Read more
Colon – a place to the north of Athens. There was a sacred grove of goddesses Evmenid, terrible guardians of the truth – those about which Aeschylus wrote in “Oresteia”. Among this grove stood an altar in honor of the hero Oedipus: it was believed that this Theban hero is buried here and protects this … Read more
Colleen Fenwick orphaned at eleven years – first his mother died, and a few days later and his father died in a car crash; It was taken to him by unmarried cousins of father Viren and Dolly Talbo. Virena is the richest woman in town: she owns a pharmacy, a ready-made dress shop, a gas … Read more
The novel takes place in the early 1850’s. in USA. He opens the conversation with the “good” planter Shelby with slave-dealer Gayley, whom he wants to sell his best nigger to Uncle Tom in payment of debts. Speaking about humanism, understood in a very peculiar way, Gayley expresses the point of view of many slavers: … Read more
Fen Chunyu became famous as a brave warrior. He was generous, hospitable, but obstinate. Yes, and did not shy away from wine. Therefore, he was demoted from the post of deputy commander of the Huainan region. And he does not care at all: he settled in his own house, which is near the old-old ash … Read more
Jean Giraudou Siegfried and Limousin The narrative is conducted on behalf of the narrator, whose name is Jean. In January 1922, he looks through German newspapers to find at least one kind word about France, and suddenly stumbles upon an article signed with the initials of “ZFK”, where the words from his friend Forestier’s story … Read more
Gorodovoy Ivan Akidinich Bergamotov for many years held a post on the Pushkarnaya street of the provincial town of Orel. In the area he was listed as “badge number 20”, but the gunners – residents of Pushkarnaya street – called him Bargamot. With a gentle and delicate pear bergamot, Ivan Akidinich had nothing in common. … Read more
During the siege of Leningrad Anna Andreevna Akhmatova “was on duty as an ordinary air-defense fighter, she sewed sandbags, which shewed trenches – shelters in the garden… A fountain house, under a maple, sung to her in” Poem Without a Hero, “which was written quarter from 1940 to 1965. During these years, the poetess not … Read more
Romantic night by the sea, a bonfire burns, an old gypsy Makar Chudra tells the writer a story about free gypsies. To his young interlocutor Makar says: “You chose a glorious share for yourself, falcon… go and look, seen enough, lie down and die – that’s all!” Makar advises to be careful of love, for … Read more
Honore de Balzac (Honoré de Balzac [? N?? ed? Bal? Zak], May 20, 1799, Tour – August 18, 1850, Paris) is a French writer. Has no relation to the French writer Jean-Louis Gues de Balzac (1597-1654). The name at birth is Honore Balzac; particle “de”, meaning belonging to the noble family, began to use around … Read more