This story is told by Stepan Ivanovich Kurochka, who is from Gadyach. The story is written in a notebook, the notebook lay in the table, some of the sheets from it dragged the little Pasichnikov’s wife into pies. Therefore, there is no end to it, if there is a desire for an end, you can … Read more
VF Odoevsky Russian nights The night is the first. Night Two It was already four o’clock in the morning, when a crowd of young friends – not the philosophers or the torchbearers of life – entered the room of Faust. It seemed to them that Faust knew everything. No wonder he surprised everyone with his … Read more
K. Marlo The tragic story of Dr. Faust The choir enters the stage and tells the story of Faust: he was born in the German city of Roda, studied in Wittenberg, received his doctorate. “Then, full of audacious self-conceit, He rushed to forbidden heights On the wings of waxes, but the wax melts-And the sky … Read more
Carlo Goldoni Family antiquarians, or mother-in-law and daughter-in-law Count Count Anselmo Terraciani more or less recovered when he, neglecting class estates, married his only son Giacinto in Doradice, the daughter of the rich Venetian merchant Pantalone dei Bisogniosi, who gave her twenty thousand dowry dowry. This amount could form the basis of the welfare of … Read more
It is easier to say a new word than to reconcile words that have already been said between themselves. Our mind is more perceptive than consistent, and covers more than we can comprehend. If a thought can not be expressed in simple words, then it is insignificant and must be discarded. Express a false thought … Read more
In the Volyn province, not far from the town of Hlebno, above the winding river is the village of Lozishchi. All its inhabitants bear the surname Lozinsky with the addition of different nicknames. There are legends that once Lozinsky were Cossacks, they had some privileges, but now all this has been forgotten. Osip Lozinsky Oglobla, … Read more
One day two workers went to watch their mowing grass. It was a holiday, the weather was good, hot. These people worked at the plant, mined malachite and other stones. The work was hard and harmful. One guy was very young, unmarried. But the work has already affected his health, “in the eyes of the … Read more
Hugo Foscolo The last letters of Jacopo Ortiz The action begins in October 1789, ends in March 1799 and unfolds mainly in the north of Italy, in the vicinity of Venice. The narrative is a letter from the main character, Jacopo Ortiz, to his friend Lorenzo, as well as the memoirs of Lorenzo about Jacopo. … Read more
In this comedy, the main thing is not the plot, but the hero, the “boastful warrior”. In the old days in Greece there were no professional soldiers, there were militiamen. And then, when the war became a profession, there were dashing mercenaries who went to serve anyone, even to the edge of the world, mostly … Read more
RL Stevenson The strange story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The story takes place in London, at the end of the 19th century. Mr. Utterson, a notary, was a self-contained man, terse and awkward in society, and yet very sympathetic. He was strict with himself, but he showed indulgence to the weaknesses of his … Read more