VA Kaverin Two captains Once in the city of Ensk, on the riverbank, a dead postman and a bag with letters were found. Aunt Dasha read each day aloud to her neighbors one letter each. Sanya Grigoryev especially remembered the line about distant polar expeditions… Sanya lives in Ensk with her parents and sister Sasha. … Read more
Andrei Sokolov Spring. Upper Don. The narrator and his friend rode on the carriage, harnessed by two horses, to the village of Bukanovskaya. It was difficult to drive – the snow began to melt, the dirt impassable. And here near the farm Mokhovskogo river Elanka. Shallow in summer, now spilled a full kilometer. Together with … Read more
Events take place in 1478 during the reign of Iann III, which assimilates the leveled principalities into a single power. Novgorodians do not want to part with these grand dukes freemen, do not agree to join their lands to Muscovy and decide to resist the numerous army of the sovereign. The sound of the bell … Read more
Joseph Conrad Lord Jim He was six feet tall, perhaps one or two inches smaller, of a strong build, and he walked straight at you, lowering his head and gazing stealthily from under his brow. He held himself as if he were stubbornly insisting on his rights, although there was nothing hostile about it, he … Read more
Engaged in the affairs of the sculptor Timofeev, Nastya does not have time to come to the dying mother. The old woman is escorted to the last path by strangers. The story was written in 1946. In this cold and rainy October Katerina Petrovna became even more difficult to get up in the morning. The … Read more
William Shakespeare Twelfth Night, or Anything The action of comedy takes place in a fairy-tale country for the English of Shakespeare’s time – Illyria. The Duke of Illyria Orsino is in love with the young Countess Olivia, but she is in mourning after the death of her brother and even does not accept the emissaries … Read more
Eugene Ionesco Bald singer Bourgeois English interior. English Evening. The English couple are Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The English clock beats seventeen English punches. Mrs. Smith says that it’s already nine o’clock. She lists everything they ate for dinner, and builds gastronomic plans for the future. She is going to buy Bulgarian yogurt, because it … Read more
FAMILY OF TARAS Opera in four acts (eight scenes) Libretto by SA Tsenin Characters: Taras Efrosinya, his wife Nastya, their daughter Stepan, their son Andrew, their son Antonina, wife of Andrey Pavlik, Komsomol member Nazar Grandfather Semyon, Forester Vasya, Komsomol member Vanya, Komsomol member 1st collective farmer 2nd collective farmer (headman) 1st Worker 2nd working … Read more
Turning to the crowd, V. Mayakovsky tries to explain why he carries his soul on a platter for dinner going years. Sticking unnecessary tears from the unshaven cheeks of the squares, he feels himself to be the last poet. He is ready to reveal to people their new souls – simple words, like mooing. V. … Read more
RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883 Wagner is the largest foreign composer of the second half of the 19th century. With his work he completed the development of the German romantic opera and made a significant contribution to the history of the world’s musical art. The central place in Wagner’s heritage is occupied by operas (altogether there are … Read more