The history of eternity
Kh. L. Borges The history of eternity The works included in the cycle “The history of eternity” are united primarily by the author’s interest, they are distinguished by their own characteristics, a certain cyclicality,
Summary Letters from Aspern
Henry James Letters from Aspern Researcher creativity of the great poet Jeffrey Aspern comes to Venice to get acquainted with his former beloved Juliana Bordero, who lives with her unmarried niece Tina in a
Summary of Chairs
Eugene Ionesco Chairs There are many invisible characters in the play and three real ones – the Old Man (95 years old), the Old Woman (94 years) and the Orator (45-50 years old). At
Summary “Dear friend” Maupassant
Georges Duroy, the son of the well-to-do peasants, the keepers of the vegetable marrow, is endowed with a happy appearance on the whim of nature. He is slender, tall, blond, he has a wonderful
Summary of “Robinson Crusoe” Defoe
Robinson from childhood dreamed of sea voyages. He was the youngest child in the family, and he did not need rationality. The father, a man of sedate and measured, persuaded his son to change
A Ballad of a Marvelous Tavern
K. McCullers Ballad of an unhappy tavern A small town in the American South. Cotton mill, workers’ houses, peach trees, a church with two stained-glass windows and a main street of yards in a
Summary of the story of MA Sholokhov “The Fate of Man”
The action takes place the first postwar spring, at the end of March, on the Upper Don. The narrator goes with the comrade to the village of Bukanovskaya. On the way, he meets Andrei
“Special Signs” by Goytisolo in a brief summary
Alvaro Mendiola, a Spanish journalist and film director who has been living in France for a long time in voluntary exile, after suffering a severe heart attack, after which doctors prescribed rest, together with
Summary “Daughter” of Dostoevsky
Arkady Makarovich Dolgoruky, who is also a teenager, recounts in his notes about himself and recent events, in which he was one of the main participants. He is twenty years old, he just graduated
Summary “Gap” Goncharov
Why Goncharov’s novel is called “Cliff” is not clear from the very beginning, so it is necessary to get acquainted with at least a brief summary of this work. At the beginning of the