Summary “Golden words”
“When I was little, I loved to have dinner with adults, and my sister Lelya loved such dinners as much as I did.” So begins the story Zoshchenko, which is conducted on behalf of
“Unbearable lightness of being” Kundera in brief
Tomáš is a surgeon and works in a clinic in Prague. A few weeks ago in a small Czech town he met Theresa. Theresa works as a waitress at a local restaurant. They spend
“Orpheus” Cocteau in brief summary
The action takes place in the living room of the country villa Orpheus and Eurydice, reminiscent of the illusionist’s salon; despite the April sky and bright lighting, it becomes obvious to the audience that
Summary of the “Golden Pot” by Hoffmann
On the Feast of the Ascension, at three o’clock in the afternoon, at the Black Gate in Dresden, the student Anselm overturns an enormous basket of apples for his eternal misfortune – and hears
Cain of Byron in brief
The mystery, whose action unfolds in the “locality near paradise,” opens the scene of the ascension of prayer to Jehovah. All the few “mankind” participate in the prayer: the Adam and Eve, their sons
Summary of “Clean Monday” Bunin
They met in December, by accident. When he got to Andrei Bely’s lecture, he roared and laughed so much that she, who happened to be in the chair next to her and at first
Summary “The Princess and the Pea” by Andersen
The story begins with the fact that a certain prince for a long time could not find a suitable girl for himself, namely, a real princess. One day, when he was quite desperate, a
Summary “Assistant”
Swiss province of the beginning of XX century. A young man named Josef Marty is an assistant in the technical bureau of engineer Karl Tobler. Before entering the new place, Josef had to live
Summary Valentine and Valentine
MM Roshchin Valentin and Valentina The action takes place nowadays in a big city. A room in the style of the fifties. Evening tea. In the chair Valentina’s grandmother, next to Valina’s mother, near
“Not by bread alone” Dudintseva in brief summary
Working village in Siberia. The first post-war year. The teacher Nadezhda Sergeevna Drozdova, Nadia, a tall, young, beautiful woman with a constant sadness in gray eyes, hears from her husband about some half-crazy Lopatkin.