“Three hundred novellas” by Sacchetti in brief
In the preface to his book, the author confesses that he wrote it, following “the example of the excellent Florentine poet, Messer Giovanni Boccaccio.” “I, the Florentine Franco Sacchetti, an ignorant and rude man,
Summary of Leo Tolstoy’s story “Two Hussars”
“The times of Miloradovichs, Davydovs, Pushkins” … In the provincial city of K. there are congresses of landowners and gentry elections. In the best hotel of the city comes a young hussar officer, Count
“Invitation to the execution” of Nabokov in brief summary
“In accordance with the law, Cincinnatus C. declared a death sentence in a whisper.” Unforgivable Cincinnatus wine – in its “impenetrability”, “opacity” for the rest, to the horror of similar, “transparent friend for friend
Summary of Carlson and the Kid Lindgren
Of course, even the most “richest” collection of books that only exists in the world, the most valuable for most children born in the Soviet and Russian epochs, is the “immortal” work about Baby
Summary Wild landowner ME Saltykov-Shchedrin
ME Saltykov-Shchedrin Wild landowner In a certain kingdom, in a certain state, there lived a landowner, “and everything he had was enough: peasants, and bread, and livestock, and lands, and gardens.” He was stupid,
A brief summary of Leo Tolstoy’s novel “Anna Karenina”
In the Moscow house of Oblonsky, where “everything was mixed up” at the end of the winter of 1873, the host’s sister, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina, was waiting. The reason for the family frustration was
Summary Fedor Alexandrovich Abramov
ABRAMOV, FEDOR ALEXANDROVICH (1920-1983), Russian writer. He was born on February 29, 1920 in with. Verkola Arkhangelsk region in the peasant family. During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, a student at the Philological
“Portrait of Dorian Gray” Wilde in brief summary
On a sunny summer day, the talented painter Basil Hallward takes in his workshop an old friend of Lord Henry Wotton – the epicurean esthete, the “Prince of Paradox”, by definition of one of
“The Saga of Egil” in the summary
Salbiarg, daughter of Kari, becomes the wife of Ulva, nicknamed Kveldulv. They have two sons – Thorolf and Grim. Harald, nicknamed Shaggy defeated the neighboring konungs and became the sole king of Norway. At
Summary of Gioacchino Rossini
JOAKKINO ROSSINI 1792-1868 Rossini – an outstanding Italian composer of the last century, whose work was marked by the flowering of national opera. He was able to breathe new life into the traditional for