“Peter the Great” by Tolstoy in short summary

By the end of the XVII century. After the death of Emperor Fyodor Alekseevich, a struggle for power begins in Russia. Rebellion streltsy, instigated by the princess Sophia and her lover, ambitious prince Vasily

Summary Nikolay Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov

NIKOLAI ANDREEVICH ROMAN-KORSAKOV 1844-1908 Rimsky-Korsakov – an outstanding composer, music and public figure and teacher – left a huge creative legacy. It includes 15 operas, 3 symphonies, a number of orchestral works (among them

Summary Inquiry Peter Weiss

Peter Weiss Inquiry In accordance with the original intention of the author, who wanted to create a modern “Divine Comedy”, the composition of the play, which uses the materials of the Frankfurt process over

Summary Life is a dream

P. Calderon Life is a dream In a deserted mountainous area, not far from the court of the Polish king, Rosaura, a noble lady dressed in a man’s dress, and her servant, lost their

Summary “Peppy in the country of Veselia”

Astrid Lindgren composed a fairy tale evening after night about the girl Peppi for her daughter Karin, who was sick at that time. The name for the main character, long and difficult to pronounce

“The whole royal army” of Warren in brief summary

The events of this novel unfold in the twenties and thirties of this century in the United States of America. The narrative is conducted on behalf of Jack Berden. Berden was born in a

Introduction to the knowledge of the human mind

L. de K. Vovenarg Introduction to the knowledge of the human mind Pascal says: “All the rules of decent behavior have long been known, stopping for a small – for the ability to use

Summary There, inside

M. Maeterlinck There, inside the Old Garden, in the Willow Garden. In the depths of the house, three windows of the lower floor are lit. Father is sitting by the fireplace. The mother leans

Summary of “Giacomo Joyce”

Three parts of a huge book, divided into eighteen episodes, should, according to the author, relate to the Homeric Odyssey (Ulysses – the Latin transcription of the name of its main character). But this

Summary Netochka Nezvanova Dostoevsky

FM Dostoevsky Netochka Nezvanova Eight-year-old Netochka lives in the closet in the attic of a large St. Petersburg house. Her mother sewing and concoction earns for the whole family. Stepfather, Egor Efimov, a strange
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