Summary “Life and Fate” by Grossman
The old communist Mikhail Mostovskoy, taken prisoner on the outskirts of Stalingrad, was brought to a concentration camp in West Germany. He falls asleep under the prayer of the Italian priest, Hardy, argues with
Summary of the Yankees from Connecticut at the court of King Arthur
Mark Twain Yankee from Connecticut at the court of King Arthur A typical business Yankee of the late nineteenth century, who knows how to do any thing in the world, gets a scrap on
Summary “At the bottom”
The work appeared in 1902 was innovative in genre. In this socio-philosophical drama there is no traditional plot, the action develops in the dialogue of the characters. The place of events is a doss
“The picnic on the roadside” Strugatsky in brief summary
The action takes place at the end of the XX century. in the town of Harmont, which is located near one of the Visiting Zones. The Visiting Zone – there are only six of
Summary “Cherry Orchard”
Speaking of the work of Anton Chekhov, immediately in his memory, his small humorous stories, filled with profound meaning and often tragic, emerge, and for the theater-goers he, first of all, is one of
“Clown Yak” Bergman in brief
When Benjamin Borku, who is all simply called Benbe, turns twenty-two, he is going to go to America and there to carry out one of his many projects that pursue one goal: get rich
A summary of the work of M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin “Lord Golovleva”
Chapter 1 “Family Court” The rich lady Arina Petrovna Golovleva receives the news that her son Stepan, nicknamed in the family Stepkoff, sold the house in Moscow for 8 thousand rubles. This house, the
Summary “High judgments at the palace gates”
One powerful person, nicknamed Lilanzhong, bought something like a slave girl thirteen years old. It turned out that she was not inclined to music, nor to homework, so he decided to return her to
Summary “Horev”
It has been sixteen years since Ki who dethroned Prince Zauloch from the throne of Kiev and took his place. That battle took the lives of all the sons of Zavolokh, and the prince
Summary “The Tale of the Ruination of Ryazan by Batu”
Two years after the transfer of the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the godless king Baty comes to Russia. He becomes with his army on the Voronezh River near Ryazan. Batu sends ambassadors