The hero of the novel, an enterprising and intelligent American from the state of Connecticut – the Yankees. During a fight at his factory, they hit him on the head with a crowbar. As a result, it is transferred from America of the XIX century to Britain of the VI century, which is ruled by … Read more
Once, on April 28, 2941, TE, a wizard named Gandalf and thirteen gnomes, headed by Thorin, knocked at the house to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. They persuaded the hobbit to go camping for the treasures of the dwarves, captured by the dragon Smog and piled in the caves of Lonely Mountain. Bilbo is hired as … Read more
The road from Colombo goes along the ocean. On the surface of the water, primitive pies swing, on silk sands, in paradise nakedness, black-haired adolescents are lying around. It would seem, what for to this forest people of Ceylon city, cents, rupees? Do not they all give them a forest, an ocean, a sun? However, … Read more
The novel takes place in the fifties. A difficult conversation takes place between Charles Lumley and the landlady. She suspected that something was wrong, it was painful to spend time idly, apparently, does not work anywhere. Overtaken by surprise, the young man on the run composes a criminal story, posing as a private detective, which … Read more
Alexander Vasilyevich Druzhinin (8 (20) October 1824, St. Petersburg – 19 (31) January 1864, ibid.) – Russian writer, literary critic, translator of Byron and Shakespeare; the initiator of the creation of the Society for the benefit of needy writers and scientists. Noble origin. He received a home education, studied at the Corps of Pages (1841-1843). … Read more
A. Ya. Yashin Levers In the evening, four people were sitting on the collective farm’s board: the bearded cattle breeder Tsipyshev, the storekeeper Shchukin, the brigade leader of the field-brigade Ivan Konoplev and the collective farm chairman Pyotr Kuzmich Kudryavtsev. They were waiting for the start of the party meeting, but the teacher Akulina Semenovna, … Read more
Ch. T. Aitmatov Plakh The active persons of the book are the collectors of the anasha, a young man banished from the theological seminary for heresy, former zeks, “kulaks.” In the novel “Scaffolding” we can distinguish three main story lines related to the general problems. The first line is the fate of a pair of … Read more
In this story, the author gives two portraits of landowners – people who are unattractive, but that’s why they are notable as characteristic types of provincial nobility. One of them is Major-General Vyacheslav Illarionovich Khvalynsky. This is a fat and tall man, whose characteristic feature is the manner of speaking, swallowing sounds, and even words. … Read more
The story is based on the philosophy of Serenus Tseitblom. Born in 1883, he graduated from the gymnasium of the town of Kaisersaherna, then the university, becomes a teacher of classical languages and acquires a family. Adrian Leverkun is two years younger. Early childhood he spends in the parental estate, near Kaisersaherna. The entire way … Read more
DA Furmanov Chapayev In the frosty January midnight of the nineteenth year from the station of Ivanovo-Voznesensk the working detachment assembled by Frunze sent to the Kolchak Front. From all factories and factories, workers come to accompany their comrades. In front of a crowd of people, speakers speak with brief speeches. On behalf of the … Read more