The illustrious Venetian adventurer, whose name became a household name, was a brilliant narrator; gradually he began to write down his stories; these records grew into memoirs. Like any true adventurer, Kazakova spends life on the road. Arriving one day in Constantinople, he meets the venerable philosopher Yusuf and the rich Turk Ismail. Admired by … Read more
All gathered this terrible body – the thirteenth, cancerous. Persecuted and persecuted, silent and vigorous, hard workers and money-grubbers – they collected and depersonalized everyone, all of them are now only seriously ill, torn from the habitual situation, rejected and rejected all the familiar and native. They do not have anybody else’s house, no life … Read more
My head plows with its ears, Like a bird with wings. She can not rest her legs on the neck anymore. S. A. Yesenin. Black man “Black Man” – one of the most mysterious, ambiguous and understandable works of Esenin. The poet began working in 1922, and basically it was written abroad, in February 1923 … Read more
The hero of the “underground”, the author of the notes, is a collegiate assessor who recently resigned after receiving a small inheritance. Now he is forty. He lives “in the corner” – a “crappy, nasty” room on the edge of Petersburg. In the “underground” he is psychologically: almost always alone, he is betrayed by an … Read more
The action takes place in the city of Messina in Sicily. The messenger informs the Governor Leonato about the arrival in the city after the victorious end of the war of Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, with his retinue. Talking about the battle, the messenger mentions distinguished on the battlefield the young noble Florentine Claudio. … Read more
The action takes place in Sweden, in the count’s, a manor in the kitchen on the night of Ivan Kupala, when, according to folk tradition, among all who celebrate this religious and magical holiday all the class boundaries are temporarily canceled. Christina, a cook of thirty-five years, is standing by the stove, preparing a potion … Read more
Francois Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel The story of the exhilarating life of the great Gargantua, the father of Pantagruel, once composed by the master Alcobribas Nazier, who extracts the quintessence. A book full of pantagruelism Turning to the glorious drunkards and venerable Venus, the author invites them to have fun and have fun reading his … Read more
The play is based on genuine historical events – the unsuccessful trip to Africa of the Portuguese troops under the command of the infants Fernando and Enrique, who tried in vain to storm the city of Tangier in 1437. King Fetz wants to beat off the Portuguese city of Ceuta. Prince Taroudant promises to send … Read more
Chapter I Early autumn brings a lot of work to philistine gardeners. Those hired men – mainly for collecting apples, the smell of which fills the manors. On public holidays the burghers are engaged in brisk trade – they are selling their crops to white-headed boys, dressed-up girls, an important old age. In the evening, … Read more
In the zemstvo hospital for the absence of a doctor who went to get married, the reception of a paramedic Kuryatin is taking. He is a fat man of about forty, wearing a worn vest and worn trousers. He has an expression of duty and pleasure on his face, and a cigar in his hand … Read more