BA Pilnyak Naked Year The novel is preceded by two epigraphs. The first (to all the novel) is taken from the book “Being reasonable, or Moral view of the dignity of life.” “Every minute swears to fate in preserving a deep silence about our lot, even up to the time when it merges with the … Read more
Zaretsky is troubled by the fate of a friend. Having changed into the uniform of the murdered French officer, he goes to Moscow in search of Roslavlev. A chance meeting with the captain of the gendarmes, Renault, threatens him with exposure: the Frenchman identified the horse and the sword of Zaretsky, who belonged to the … Read more
Becoming the debut of Byron-playwright, the philosophical tragedy “Manfred”, perhaps the most profound and significant of the poet’s works in the dialogic genre, is not without reason the apotheosis of Byron’s pessimism. The writer’s distressed dissonance with British society, which ultimately led him to voluntary exile, the inevitably deepening crisis in personal relationships, in which … Read more
WILHELM TELL Opera in four acts Libretto by V. Etienne (Jouy) and I. Bis Characters: Wilhelm Tell Walter Furst Melchtal Arnold, the son of Melchtal Leithhold Gesler, governor of the Kaiser in Switzerland Rudolf Garras, the leader of the soldiers of Gesler Matilda, Hapsburg Princess Hedwiga, Tell’s wife Jemmy, the son of Tell Fisherman Hunter … Read more
Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights Having felt the urgent need to relax from the hustle and bustle of London light and fashionable resorts, Mr. Lockwood decided to settle in the country wilderness for a while. He chose the place of his voluntary seclusion as an old landed house, the Skvortsa Manor, which stood amidst the hilly … Read more
“In the sequel, after the author informs about what they gathered about and what they talked about, the persons who will act further spoke, the people gathered on the day of Pampinae’s rule talk about what is more to everyone’s liking” In 1348, Florence was visited by a destructive plague, and a hundred thousand people … Read more
PSKOVITYANKA Opera in three acts (six scenes) Libretto by NA Rimsky-Korsakov based on the same drama by LA Meya Characters: Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible Prince Yuri Ivanovich Tokmakov, the Tsar Viceroy and the stately posadnik in Pskov Boyarin Nikita Matuta Prince Afanasy Vyazemsky Bomelius, the king’s doctor Mikhail Andreevich Tucha, posadniki son Yushko Velebin, … Read more
“My mother died when I was six years old” – so the hero of the story, the boy Vasya begins the story. His father-judge grieved over his wife, paying attention only to his daughter Sonia, as she resembled her mother. And the son “grew up like a wild tree in the field”, left to himself, … Read more
The Little Mermaid is the youngest daughter of a sea king, who is not allowed to swim on land. She lives in full prosperity in the father’s palace at the bottom of the sea, but she is bored with such a life. One day, during a storm, the Little Mermaid sees a beautiful young man … Read more
The lyric “I”, on whose behalf the story is narrated, is a “mimic”, an unnamed engineer who serves Mima – a machine that reproduces sensual images captured from the remotest corners of the universe. Mimorob and Mima, along with eight thousand passengers and crew, are aboard the “Goldonder” Aniar, making an ordinary flight from Doris … Read more