The action takes place in the German city of Harz in the Middle Ages. Blond Eckbert, a knight of forty, lives with his wife Bertha. They love each other, but they have no children.
About Burenka, the priest’s cow One day a villan went by – a peasant, speaking in Russian, – with his wife on Sunday for mass. Pop preaching reads, they say, the Lord will reward
In the evening, Stets played cards. Among those present was Thomas Garvey, a young man who was stranded in Lisse because of a serious illness. During the game, Harvey heard a woman’s voice, clearly
Voltaire Micromegas Heroes of the story “Micromegas” – the natives of the planets of Sirius and Saturn, Micromegas, a young man, the inhabitant of the star Sirius, by 450 years – on the threshold
The works of MM Prishvin are taught to observe and love nature. The writer notices the slightest changes occurring around him, knows how to tell about them so that we can clearly imagine everything
Our carols are neither small nor large; She does not climb into the door And sends us to the window: Do not break, do not ruin. – Give the whole cake. Great Russian chastushka
The story takes place at the steel plant in the late XIX – early XX centuries. A rainy August morning. The factory whistle is caught by the engineer Andrei Ilyich Bobrov, a short, thin
On the dusty road among the maize fields of Oklahoma is a man of about thirty. This is Tom Jowd. After serving time in prison for an accidental murder, he returns home to the
For some time now, a rumor began spreading around the town that the Sea Devil had started in the sea. He caused a lot of troubles – he cut the nets, threw fish out
Bhavabhuti Malati and Malkhava Piece in verse and prose Bhurivasu, the minister of Padmavati, the king of the city, and Devarata, the minister of the country of Vidarbha, as soon as Bhurivas was given