On the golden morning of the hot, stuffy, dusty Trinity, the day goes along the road to the glorious village of Tselebeyev Daryalsky, well, the very one who had been renting Fyodorov’s house for two years, and often went to his fellow-villager, Schmidt, who had spent days and nights reading philosophical books. Now in the … Read more
S. Zheromsky Ashes The time of the novel is 1797-1812, fifteen years after the failed uprising of Tadeusz Kosciuszko and the third (1795) partition of Poland between Prussia, Austria and Russia. In the center of the narrative is the young Rafal Olbromsky, the son of a poor old nobleman. At the carnival in the house … Read more
In the old Moscow apartment lives Klavdia Vasilyevna Savina. She has four children, all live with her. Senior Fedor – a chemist, Ph. D., recently married. His wife’s name is Lena. Daughter Tatiana – she is nineteen years old – is studying at the institute. Eighteen-year-old Nikolai works in repair shops. The youngest – Oleg … Read more
Maxim Gorky The Blue Life Meshchanin Konstantin Mironov lives in a remote provincial town. When he was a child, his parents drank and often scandalized. At the same time, the mother was a religious man and went on a pilgrimage to the monastery. My father was an oddball. For example, he amused himself by attaching … Read more
The story takes place in Switzerland, where the main character lives, the Englishman Alfred Jones, on whose behalf the narrative is conducted. Jones tells us about his acquaintance with Dr. Fischer and his daughter, Anne-Louise. The meeting between Jones and Anne-Louise was absolutely random, because in fact they were separated by a whole world. Anna … Read more
During the Great Patriotic War, the writer as an artilleryman went a long way from Stalingrad to Czechoslovakia. Among Yuri Bondarev’s books on the war, “Hot Snow” occupies a special place, opening up new approaches to solving moral and psychological problems posed in his first novels – “Battalions Ask for Fire” and “The Last Salvoes.” … Read more
Mikula Selyaninovich – one of the most popular epic heroes, is not just a hero, but a hero-plowman, beloved by the “damp earth”. Bylin begins with a story about the life of the prince’s son Volgi Svyatoslavovich. Svyatoslav lived ninety years, Once upon a time Svyatoslav resigned. Remained from him a child sweet, Young Volga … Read more
OD Forsh Dressed in stone The main heroes of the novel are the first revolutionary terrorists of the 60s of the XIX century. “Dressed as a stone for Empress Catherine II.” The inscription on the Trubetskoi bastion Part I I and Vera Lagutina grew up together, played, studied. At the age of seventeen, the nightingale … Read more
This story I heard from one of its participants, the prince’s grandson Inya, and remembered it almost verbatim. Ina had a relative, husband. his cousin. His name was Zheng. He was very eager for wine and women. Somehow friends went on a feast. Zheng suddenly remembered an urgent matter and set off on a donkey … Read more
Wilhelm finished with honors boarding school. Relatives decide to identify him in the newly founded Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. At a reception with Minister Razumovsky, he meets with Misha Yakovlev, Vanya Pushchin, Anton Delvig. Vasily Lvovich Pushkin brings his nephew Sasha there. On October 19, 1811, in the presence of the tsar and the persons close … Read more