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Auguste Saint-Claire was not loved in the so-called “big world”; the main reason was that he tried to please only those who were to his heart. He walked one by himself and carefully avoided
Summary Days of the Turbins M. A. Bulgakov
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Summary “Insulted and Injured” by Dostoevsky
Ivan Petrovich, a twenty-four-year-old novice writer, in search of a new apartment, meets on a Petersburg street a strange old man with a dog. Unable to be thin, in rags, he has the habit
A summary of the “Roads of Flanders”
For the first time with the heroes of the novel, the author introduces us on the eve of how they retreat as part of the French troops fighting the fascist conquerors in Flanders, are
About Brave New World
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Summary of “Love of Life” in London
Two tired people, weighed down by heavy bales and rifles, limp down to the river. One of the men regrets that they do not have two cartridges hidden in a hiding place. Having entered
Summary of Maupassant’s “Dust”
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“Letters to Mrs. Calandrini” by S. Aissé in summary form
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Summary “A dawn here are quiet” Vasilyeva
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Summary of the story “Singers” IS Turgenev
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