The story “Without a family” belongs to the pen of the famous French writer Hector Malo (1830-1907). G. Little is the author of many books. Some of them were written for children and youth, but none brought him such popularity and recognition as the story “Without a family”, published in 1878. In the story a … Read more
IA Bunin Figures “My dear, when you grow up, will you remember how one winter night you left the nursery in the dining room – it was after one of our quarrels – and, lowering your eyes, made such a sad face? and when something will entice you, you do not know how to hold … Read more
Doña Marta and donja Lucia, the daughter of Don Gómez, mourn the brother killed by Don Felipe. But both girls are in secret from each other in love with Don Felipe and in fact are more worried about his fate than grieve about his brother. Marta guesses about Lucia’s love for Felipe. To convict her … Read more
AV Sukhovo-Kobylin Case Six years have passed since the time of the upset wedding of Krechinsky. It would seem that the landowner Muromsky, his sister Atuyev and Lidochka’s daughter should live peacefully in the village, forgetting about the “libelous” history with a false diamond. But why are they back in the capital, this time in … Read more
On the edge of the steppe, in the evening of January 1930, Gremyachy Log riding was driven into the farm. Passers-by learned the way to the kuren of Yakov Lukich Ostrovny. The owner, having recognized the visitor, looked around and whispered: “Your Honor, otkel you. Mister esaul…” This was the former commander of the Island … Read more
Sinclair Lewis Babbitt The novel takes place in a fairly large American city under the loud name Zenith. The protagonist of the novel, George Babbitt, a forty-five-year-old owner of the agency that sells and leases real estate, lives on the outskirts of the city, in the prestigious, rapidly developing area of Blooming Hills. He has … Read more
FERENZ ERKEL 1810-1893 Erkel – the founder of the Hungarian national romantic opera and the largest of its representatives throughout the XIX century. In plots taken from the history of his native country, he stressed what directly echoed modernity, with the struggle of advanced people of Hungary against national and social oppression. It is no … Read more
JB Shaw House where hearts are broken The action takes place on a September evening in an English provincial house that resembles a ship in its shape, for its owner, the gray-haired old captain Shatover, spent his entire life swimming across the seas. In the house, except for the captain, live his daughter Hesiona, a … Read more
VF Odoevsky Princess Zizi Princess Zizi in society are treated with prejudice. Her name was often repeated in the living room of my guardian. Aunt’s companion, a poor widow, Maria Ivanovna, told her story. Princess Zizi lived with her mother and elder sister Lydia. The old princess was ill all the time, And the princess … Read more
Thomas Mine Reed Horseman without a head The action takes place in the 1850s. On the Texas prairie there are vans going – it’s moving from Louisiana to Texas ruined planter Woodley Poindexter. He is accompanied by Henry’s son, daughter Louise and nephew, retired captain Cassius Colhoun. Suddenly they lose track – before them scorched … Read more