Summary “Three Bears”

One girl left the house in the forest. In the forest, she lost her way and began to look for the way home, but did not find, but came to the house in the

“Comedy about the chest” by L. Ariosto in brief

The first in Italy “scientific” comedy takes place on the island of Metellino, in vague “antique” times. In the prologue, it is declared that modern authors can compete with the ancients in craftsmanship, although

Summary “Cloud, lake, tower”

Vasily Ivanovich, a Russian emigrant living in Berlin, was a modest, gentle bachelor with intelligent and kind eyes. Once, at a charity ball, arranged by emigrants from Russia, he won a ticket for a

Summary Ludwig van Beethoven. Fidelio

FIDELIO Opera in two acts Libretto by I. Sonnleitner and G. Treichke1 Characters: Florestan, the prisoner Leonora, his wife, hiding under the name Fidelio Don Fernando, Minister Don Pizarro, the prison governor Rocco, the

Summary of the Rose and the Cross

A. A. Blok The Rose and the Cross The action takes place in the XIII century. in France, in Languedoc and Brittany, where the uprising of the Albigoys, against which the Pope organizes the

Summary Solaris

Stanislav Lem Solaris In the future – a very distant from us “cosmic future” of mankind – these farewell words are heard: “Kelvin, you fly, all the best!” The psychologist Kelvin, at an incredible

Summary Rameau’s nephew

Denis Diderot Rameau’s nephew The work is written in the form of a dialogue. His characters are the narrator (Diderot himself is implied) and the nephew of Jean-Philippe Rameau, the greatest representative of classicism

“Dance of Death” Strindberg in brief

The captain of artillery and his wife Alice, a former actress, live in a fortress on the island. Autumn. They are sitting in the living room, located in the fortress tower, and talking about

Summary “The Juvenile Sea”

Five days a person goes to the depths of the south-eastern steppe of the Soviet Union. On the way, he presents himself as a locomotive engineer, a geologist-spy, or “another organized professional being, just

“Little Tsahes” by Hoffmann in short summary

In a small state where Prince Demetrius reigned, every citizen was given complete freedom in his endeavor. And fairies and magicians above all put warmth and freedom, so with Demetrius, many fairies from the
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