Summary of Kuprin’s Garnet Bracelet
A messenger with a small jewel case in the name of Princess Vera Nikolaevna Sheina was delivered by a messenger through a maid. Princess pronounced it, but Dasha said that the messenger immediately ran
Summary Gold pot
E. T. A. Hoffmann The Golden Pot On the Feast of the Ascension, at three o’clock in the afternoon, at the Black Gate in Dresden, the student Anselm overturns an enormous basket of apples
Summary of Caesar and Cleopatra
JB Shaw Caesar and Cleopatra The events of the play unfold in Egypt, in the city of Alexandria, at the end of the reign of the XIII dynasty, in 48 BC. The legions of
“Embrace me of water to my soul” Oe in brief summary
One Japanese industrialist, under the influence of American fashion, decided to start building individual nuclear shelters, but the mass production could not be established, and the only constructed shelter was abandoned. Five years later,
Summary Corinne, or Italy
Madame de Stal Corinne, or Italy Lord Oswald Nelvil is going to spend the winter in Italy and at the end of 1794 leaves Edinburgh. Handsome, with a noble appearance, he is endowed with
Summary of “Doctor Zhivago” Pasternak
After the death of her mother, Nikolai Nikolaevich Vedenyapin, his uncle, is engaged in the fate of the 10-year-old Yura Zhivago. The father of the boy, having squandered the millionth state of the family,
Summary Satyricon
Petronius Satyricon The text of the first known adventure novel (or picaresque) in the world literature was only fragmented: excerpts from the 15th, 16th and, presumably, the 14th chapter. There is no beginning, there
Summary “Billiards at half past nine”
September 6, 1958 This day one of the main characters of the novel, the architect Henry Femel, turns eighty years old. The anniversary is a good occasion to evaluate the life you have lived
“Caucasian Captive” Tolstoy in brief
Officer Zhilin served in the Caucasus. He received a letter from his mother, and he decided to go on vacation home. But along the way, and another Russian officer, Kostylin was captured by the
Summary The life of Marianne, or The Adventures of the Countess de ***
Pierre de Marivo Life of Marianne, or The Adventures of the Countess de Marianne, departing from the world, on the advice of a friend takes up her pen. True, she is afraid that her