A brief summary of N. Gogol’s collection “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka”
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Summary of “Inferno”
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Summary The extraordinary adventure of a certain Hans Pfaal
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“Gyaur” Byron in brief
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Summary “Fathers and Sons”
Roman Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons” was written in 1861. He was immediately destined to become a symbol of the age. The author particularly clearly expressed the problem of the relationship between two generations. For
Summary “Inhabited Island” Strugatsky
Part one. Robinson Exploring the space, the Earthman Maxim Kammerer crashes and lands on an unknown planet. Maxim remains unharmed, but his ship explodes, and he finds himself in the forest. The atmosphere is
“Be healthy, schoolboy” Okudzhava in summary
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Summary Marble Joseph Brodsky
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“Heavy sand” Rybakov in brief
The author’s father was born in Switzerland, in Basel. His grandfather Ivanovsky had three sons. Father was the youngest in the family, as they say – misinic, that is, little finger. When his father
Summary Return of Don Quixote
GK Chesterton The Return of Don Quixote The amateur performance staged in the halls of the former medieval abbey, now the estate of Baron Sivud, changed the fate of its participants and many other