BA Mozhaev Live Fyodor Fomich Kuzkin, nicknamed in the village Zhivym, had to leave the collective farm. And it was not Fomich, the collective farm forwarder, who was the last person in the Prudki: he extracted bags for the farm, then the tubs, then harnesses, and carts. And Avdotya’s wife worked as tirelessly. And earned … Read more
Step 1 A room that is still called a nursery. Lopakhin and Dunyasha are waiting for Ranevskaya and everyone who went to meet her from the station. Lopakhin remembers how Ranevskaya felt sorry for him in her childhood. Lopakhin reproaches Dunyasha for the fact that she behaves like a young lady. Appears. Epihodov. Entering, he … Read more
The events described in the play develop in the village, which is jointly owned by Chestin and Eugenia. In the past, they loved each other, but, at the request of his father, whose will Evgenie did not dare disobey, she had to go under the crown with a rich old man. Chestin, who had no … Read more
JACOMO MEYEREBER 1791-1864 Meyerbeer entered the history of musical culture as the largest representative of the romantic musical theater of France. He approved the type of five-act “big opera”, calculated for the splendor of the production and spectacular spectacularity. At the heart of the musical drama of Meyerbeer is the principle of impressive contrasts, the … Read more
Lucian Conversations of the gods I. Prometheus and Zeus Chained to the rocks of the Caucasus Titan Prometheus asks Zeus to release him. But no, the penalty is not enough: after all, Prometheus not only stole Zeus’ fire and gave it to people, but also (most terrible) created a woman! Therefore, heavy chains and the … Read more
“But here I must confide to your Excellency the confession of my private adventures.” The beautiful Consafeia multiplied day by day to me of politeness… which ended in the fact that she gave me her hand… “ Letter N. N. Rezanova N. Rumyantsev June 17, 1806 “Let them appreciate my deed as they please, but … Read more
Not far from the monastery in Georgia, the Russian general carries with him from the mountains a captive six-year-old child. On the way the prisoner fell ill, did not eat anything, and “quietly, proudly died.” One monastic monk leaves the child at home. After accepting the baptism, the boy soon had to become a monk … Read more
Tauris, the ancient Greeks called the modern Crimea. There lived Taurians – a Scythian tribe that honored the goddess-virgo and brought her human sacrifices, which in Greece had long since emerged from custom. The Greeks believed that this goddess-maiden – not who else, like their Artemis-hunter. They had a myth, at the outset and at … Read more
The play takes place in a one-room apartment of Jimmy and Alison Porter in Birmingham, in one of the major cities of Middle England on Sunday evening. Jimmy and his friend Cliff, who lives in a neighboring apartment, sit in armchairs and read newspapers. Jimmy, a young man of about twenty-five, is an irritating mixture … Read more
About the work Kataev’s story “The son of the regiment” was written in 1944. In the book for the first time in Soviet literature, the theme of war was revealed through the perception of the child – Vanya Solntseva, a boy of twelve years. For the story “Son of the Regiment” Kataev was awarded the … Read more