IS Turgenev On the eve On one of the hottest days of 1853, two young people were lying on the shores of the Moscow River in the shade of a blooming linden tree. The
It all started with Saratov, where the troupe came on tour and where the actors were accommodated in a bad hotel. It’s hot, director Sergei Leonidovich flew to Moscow, leaving instead of assistant Smurny.
Torquato Tasso Liberated Jerusalem Lord Almighty from his heavenly throne drew an all-seeing gaze upon Syria, where the camp was a crusading host. For the sixth year, the warriors of Christ have fought in
It is always difficult to talk about any one poem in the work of any poet: he expressed himself in everything he wrote. But even more difficult to talk about a poet who was
Lope de Vega Dance teacher Aldemaro, a young nobleman from a noble but impoverished family, comes to the city of Tudela with his cousin Ricaredo for the wedding of Feliciana, the daughter of one
The great Alexander Bussar d’Esparvieu, vice-president of the state council under the July government, left his heirs a three-story mansion and a rich library. René d’Esparvieux, a worthy grandson of the famous grandfather, added
Chapters I-LIX Frank Algernon Cowperwood has been attracted to the world of finance since childhood. At the age of 14 he turns the first commercial adventure – he buys and resells the soap. Already
In Rome, in the temple of Accord, Caesar delivers a speech. He fought a lot and finally returned to Rome. Rome is mighty, it inspires fear of all nations. For the greater glory of
About forty years ago, in St. Petersburg on Vasilevsky Island, there lived a male housekeeper. Among the thirty or forty children who studied in that boarding house, there was one boy named Alesha, who
V. Mayakovsky Klop The play takes place in Tambov: the first three paintings – in 1929, the remaining six paintings – in 1979. Former worker, former party member Ivan Prisypkin, who renamed himself for