I Nikolai Petrovich Kirsanov, sitting on the porch, awaits the son of Arkady at the inn. Nikolai Petrovich owned the estate, his father was a military general, and he himself was brought up in childhood as a governess only, since mother was one of the “commanders.” The elder brother of Nicholas Paul chose military service. … Read more
The author uses the form of the first person narrative. His hero – a thirty-year-old Lieutenant Thomas Glan recalls the events that occurred two years ago, in 1855. The impetus was the letter that came by mail – in an empty envelope lay two green bird feathers. Glan decides for his own pleasure and just … Read more
VP Aksenov Colleagues Three friends – Alexey Maksimov, Vladislav Karpov and Alexander Zelenin – graduated from the Leningrad Medical Institute. The guys are friends from the first year, despite the difference in character and temperament: Maximov – sharp, ironic, internally vulnerable and therefore “closed”, Karpov – cheerful, favorite girls, Zelenin – a little funny, impetuous, … Read more
PD Boborykin China Town Trade and business life is boiling in all the streets and alleys of China Town, when on a bright September morning Andrei Dmitriyevich Paltusov, who returned to Moscow recently, a thirty-five-year-old nobleman of a notable and peculiar appearance, visits the bank on Ilyinka and meets his old friend Evgraf Petrovich there. … Read more
In the house of Ivan Petrovich Shuisky, in the presence of many clerics and some boyars, they decide to divorce Fyodor Ioannovich with the Tsarina, Godunova’s sister, thanks to whom, by all accounts, Boris is holding. They make a paper, where, remembering the barrenness of the queen and the young Demetrius, they ask the king … Read more
The Tower of United Reflection Once there lived in friendship two scientists – Tu and Guan. And they married sisters. True, very different characters: Guan had the most stringent rules, and Tu thoughtless, even unchecked. And they brought up their wives in accordance with their own views. At first, both families lived together, and then … Read more
FR de Chateaubriand Atala, or Love of two savages in the desert Atala is considered the daughter of the leader of the muskogul tribe, but her real father is Christian Spaniard Philippe Lopez. Christian was also the mother of Atala, baptized her daughter and raised her in the Christian faith. At the birth of A. … Read more
Prince Alexander was the son of the Grand Duke Yaroslav. His mother’s name was Theodosius. Alexander was taller than others, his voice was like a trumpet, and his face was fine. He was strong, wise and brave. A nobleman from the Western country called Andreyash specially came to see Prince Alexander. Returning to his own, … Read more
The plot is a free interpretation of the ancient Greek myth. The Trojan prince Paris had already stolen Helen Spartan, but the war had not yet begun. Still alive King Priam and Hector, did not become Andromache’s slaves and the prophesying Cassandra, the young Polixena did not die under the sacrificial knife, she did not … Read more
Frank Algernon Cowperwood, after leaving prison, refuses the career of an exchange speculator. He leaves Philadelphia and leaves for Chicago. The chairman of the board of the largest city bank, Lake City, Jude Addison, kindly introduces Cowperwood into the course of local affairs. In the club “Union League” Frank gets acquainted with the most influential … Read more