The whole book is built on the boundary of the analytical, grotesque essay and satirical narrative. So what kind of creature is this – a Tashkenter – and what does she crave? She longs for only one thing: “To eat!”. Whatever it was, at the cost of anything. And Tashkent is turning into a country … Read more
The basis of the plot of the drama was a historical event – the uprising of the Silesian weavers of 1844. House of Drayciger, the owner of the paper factory in Peterswaldau. In a special room, the weavers hand over the finished fabric, the receiver Pfeifer controls, and the cashier Neiman counts the money. Poorly … Read more
The protagonist of the story is the 12-year-old boy Vanya Solntsev. He lived in one of the Russian villages. Vanya’s father was killed in the war, and his mother was killed by the Germans. Soon his sister and grandmother died of starvation, and Vanya was left alone. When he asked for charity in the village, … Read more
In the guerrilla camp there was no special room for the prisoners, so the caught Styopka Tolkach was sitting in a well prepared pit. The arrested person recalled everything that had happened in the last days. From the very beginning of the service, Stepan was not completely trusted in the camp, and in this connection … Read more
The scene of the tragedy occurs in XI. in Scotland and England. I talk three witches about when they will meet again, and agree that after the victory of one of the parties. In a military camp near Forres, the Scottish king Duncan receives the joyful news that Macbeth, the cousin of the king, defeated … Read more
Charles Dickens Big Hope In the neighborhood of Rochester, an ancient town southeast of London, lived a seven-year-old boy, nicknamed Pip. He was left without parents, and his “own hands” was brought up by an older sister who “had a rare ability to turn purity into something more uncomfortable and unpleasant than any dirt.” With … Read more
V. A. Zhukovsky Svetlana Once a Epiphany Evening The girls guessed: The slipper, Forgetting the foot, was thrown out of the gate. They tried to find out their destiny, their destiny. Among the girls only Svetlana is silent and sad, she does not sing, does not guess. Her dear is far away, and already a … Read more
Between the husband and wife a quarrel breaks out because of the fact that she suspects him of treason. The angry husband leaves, and the wife complains to the neigbour. She promises her friend to find out whether her fears are justified. They have a ripened plan: when the husband returns home, the wife will … Read more
The action takes place in Naples in the rich house of the fifty-two-year-old Don Domenico Soriano, a successful entrepreneur. In the room are himself Don Domenico, Donna Filumena Marturano, the woman with whom he lived for the last twenty years, Donna Rosalia Solimene, a seventy-five-year old woman who shared the most grievous moments in the … Read more
Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy Hell On the half-way of life I – Dante – got lost in a dense forest. Scary, wild animals all around – allegories of vices; to go nowhere. And here is a ghost that turned out to be the shadow of my beloved ancient Roman poet Virgil. I ask him … Read more