Pushkin’s story “The Shot” was written in 1830 and entered the famous Boldin cycle of the writer “The Tale of Belkin.” The story refers to the literary realism direction and narrates the history of the duel of the retired hussar Silvio and Count B ***. The story consists of two sections, in the first the … Read more
A. Strindberg Red Room The second half of the 60’s. XIX century. Stockholm, May. The young man, who was disgusted by the service in the College of official salaries (this is the name of the ministry), burns with a desire to bring benefits to society. He meets with Struve, a venerable journalist from the opposition … Read more
Volodya came with a friend home. Mother and aunt rushed to hug and kiss him. The whole family was overjoyed, even Milord, a huge black dog. Volodya introduced his friend Chechevitsyn. He said he brought him to stay. A little later, Volodya and his friend Chechevitsin, stunned by a noisy meeting, sat at a table … Read more
James Caine The Postman Always Rings Twenty-four-year-old hero-narrator Frank Chambers wanders around America, nowhere else for long. And now, after settling down to work for the Greek, Nick Papadakis, the owner of a gas station and a snack bar not far from Los Angeles, he is sure that he will soon be on his way … Read more
Virdzhiniya Vulf at the lighthouse Ramsey Family: Father – Mr. Ramsey, mother – Mrs Ramsay (50 years old, but still quite attractive), children – Nancy, James, Cam, Pru, Rose, Andrew, Jasper, Roger. They live on the island of Skye. A lighthouse is visible in the distance. First in the narrative there are a lot of … Read more
The action takes place in one of the counties of the central strip of Russia. Nikolai Alekseyevich Ivanov, a landowner, sits in his garden and reads a book. Misha Borkin, his distant relative and the manager of his estate, drunkenly returns from the hunt. Seeing Ivanov, takes aim at him with a gun, laughs at … Read more
M. Ye. Saltykov-Shchedrin Lord Golovlevy Russia, the middle of the XIX century. Serfdom is already running out. However, the family of the Golovlevs’ landowners is still quite prosperous and is increasingly expanding the boundaries of its already vast estates. Merit in that entirely belongs to the owner – Arina Petrovna Golovleva. She is an adamant … Read more
FM Dostoevsky Demons The novel takes place in the provincial city in the early autumn. The events are narrated by Mr. Chronicler, who is also a participant in the events described. His story begins with the history of Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky, an idealist of the forties, and a description of his complex platonic relations with … Read more
Friedrich Schiller Maria Stewart The action takes place in England, at the end of 1586 – beginning of 1587. In the castle of Fotringei, her half-sister Mary Stewart was imprisoned on the orders of the English Queen Elizabeth, claiming the English throne. With her, her nurse Anna Kennedy. Despite the severity of detention and many … Read more
In a nutshell: The protagonist Niels Holgersson turns a dwarf into a dwarf, and the boy makes a fascinating journey on a gus from Sweden to Lapland and back. On the way to Lapland, he meets a flock of wild geese flying along the Gulf of Bothnia, and with them peeks into remote areas of … Read more