Summary “Crane and heron”

“Crane and heron” – a fairy tale, which is an example of Russian folk art. Today we will retell her story, and also try to understand what the main idea was put into this

“Notes of the Hunter” Turgenev in brief

The cycle consists of 25 short stories, which are sketches of the life of the landlords and petty nobility of the first half of the XIX century. Chor and Kalinych The difference between the

Summary Sign of four

AK Doyle The Sign of Four The events of the novel The Sign of Four unfold in London in 1888. During the forced idleness associated with the lack of orders, the famous detective consultant

“The History of Eternity” Borges in brief

The works included in the cycle “The History of Eternity” are united primarily by the author’s interest, they are distinguished by their own characteristics, a certain cyclicity, the frequency of events in time, isolation…

Summary “Childhood” Gorky

The action of the story is transmitted on behalf of the main character – Alesha Peshkov. He lived in Astrakhan, where his father, a master cabinetmaker, was instructed to build a triumphal gate for

“Island of penguins” Frans in brief summary

In the foreword the author reports that the only purpose of his life is to write the history of penguins. For this he studied many sources, and above all the chronicle of the greatest

Summary of “War and Peace” by Tolstoy

1805 year, St. Petersburg. At the invited party in the house of the maid of honor Scherer all the nobility of Petersburg gathered. During the general conversation, it comes to Napoleon, and all the

Summary Protection of Luzhin

VV Nabokov Protection of Luzhin Parents of the ten-year-old Luzhin by the end of the summer finally decide to tell their son that after returning from the village to Petersburg he will go to

“The Beggar’s Opera” Gaea in brief summary

In the introduction, the author – Beggar – says that if poverty is a patent for poetry, then no one doubts that he is a poet. He is in the company of beggars and

A brief summary of the tragedy of Alexander Pushkin “The Stone Guest”

At the gates of Madrid sit Don Guan and his servant Leporello. They are going to wait here for the night to enter the city under its cover. Careless Don Guan believes that he
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