Summary “The Disappearance of Lady Francis Carfax”

To Sherlock Holmes appeals for the help of Miss Dobney with the request to find her ward lady Frances. Once every two weeks, Lady Francis writes to her old governess, but for five weeks

Summary “The myth of Perseus”

Once it was predicted to the king of Argos Akrisia that his daughter Danai would have a son, from whose hand he was destined to perish. To avoid the fulfillment of the prediction, then

“A little sun in cold water” F. Sagan in brief

The journalist Gilles Lantier, now thirty-five, is depressed. Almost every day he wakes up at dawn, and his heart pounding from what he calls fear of life. He has an attractive appearance, an interesting

“Caspar Hauser” Wasserman in summary

The main character of the novel “Kaspar Hauser” was a prototype – a real person, about whom much was written and spoken throughout Europe. He suddenly appeared in 1828 in Nuremberg, this young stranger

Summary Search for a genre

VP Aksenov The search for the genre The artist of the original genre Pavel Durov spends the night in the penalty area of ​​the traffic police of a provincial town. The bumper of his

Summary of “All the Summer in a Day” Bradbury

It constantly rains on Venus, and the sun appears every seven years only for two hours. Thousands of days filled with rain, entirely composed of rain; rumble and shower, crystal waterfalls of hail, violent

“In the maze” of Rob-Griye in summary

The place of action is a small town on the eve of the arrival of enemy troops in it. According to the author’s words, the events described in the novel are strictly real, that

“The Vasawadatta,” which has been warmed, “in a brief summary

King Udayana, the ruler of the country of Watts, was defeated in battle and lost half of the kingdom. His wise minister Yauhandharayana understands that it is possible to restore the lost only with

Summary “Svyatogor bogatyr”

A long epic is considered by many to be fiction, comparing it with fairy tales. However, epic, that is, byl, differs significantly from folk fantasy. Of course, the events described in the stories are

Summary of Chekhov’s Complaint Book

They say that there are no rules without exception, and any exception just confirms the rule. Maybe that’s the way it is. However, this statement, apparently, has nothing to do with the genius of
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