Summary of “Tamango” Merimee

“Tamango” by Prosper Merimee is a story not only about how clever, cruel and heartless the whites bought and secretly transported slaves, but also about how intimidated, disenfranchised, unarmed Negroes managed to capture the

Nosov’s arched fox-tree in brief summary

In the middle of summer, the hayfields began to boil over the Desna. Immediately on the shore we mowed out a clearing for the brigade camp, weaved from the lozenge low show booths, each

Summary of the Hobbit, or There and Back

JRR Tolkien Hobbit, or There and Back The hobbits are cheerful, but at the same time a solid little fellow. They are just like people, only half the size of us, and their legs

Summary “Thirteenth feat of Hercules” by Iskander

Mathematician Kharlampi Diogenovich differed noticeably from his slovenly colleagues. With his appearance in the class, strict discipline was established. The lessons were so quiet that the principal could not believe that the students were

Summary Posthumous notes of the Pickwick Club

Charles Dickens Posthumous notes of the Pickwick Club May 12, 1827, at a meeting of the Pickwick Club, dedicated to the message of Samuel Pickwick, Esq., Entitled “Reflections on the origins of the Hamsted

“Dreams of Chang” Bunin in brief summary

Chang slumbers, recalls how six years ago in China he met his current master, the captain. During this time, their fate changed abruptly: they no longer swim, live in the attic, in a large

Summary Barbus A

Henri Barbusse (born 17 May 1873 – August 30, 1935, Moscow) is a French writer, journalist and public figure in the international communist movement. Foreign Honorary Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1933).

The “Invisible Man” by Wells in a brief summary

In the tavern “The coachman and horses”, owned by Mrs. Hall and her henpecked husband, in early February, there appears a mysterious stranger wrapped from head to foot. To get a guest on a

Summary “The Planet of Men” of Saint-Exupery

The book is written in the first person. Exupery dedicated it to one of his fellow pilots – Henri Guillaume. A person reveals himself in the fight against obstacles. The pilot is like a

A Brief History of the History of Vasilii Koriotsky

Basil the Coriot, being the son of an impoverished nobleman, asks his father to let him go to the service so that he can help the family by sending part of his salary to
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