THE SAYING OF THE INVISIBLE GRUD OF KITZHE AND THE DEVO OF FEBRUARY Opera in four acts (six scenes) Libretto by VI Belsky Characters: Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich Knyazhich Vsevolod Yuryevich Fevronia Grishka Kuterma Fyodor Poyrok The boy Bass Tenor Soprano Tenor Baritone Mezzo soprano Two best people: 1st 2 nd Tenor Bass Guslar Medvedchik The … Read more
IA Bunin Natali Vitaly Meshchersky, a young man who recently entered the university, comes home on vacation, inspired by the desire to find love without romance. Following his plans, he travels around the neighboring estates, getting to one of the days in his uncle’s house. Incidentally, the child’s love of the hero for the cousin … Read more
In the cycle “World history of baseness” collected stories about the lives of murderers, scammers, pirates. Among them, “Hakim of Merv, a masked dyer”, Hakim, who was subsequently nicknamed the Prophet Under the Veil, was born in 736 of the Cross in the dying city of Merv on the edge of the desert. The brother … Read more
Ray Bradbury 451 Fahrenheit America about a near future, what she saw the author in the early fifties, when this novel was written, the anti-utopia. Thirty-year-old Guy Montag is a firefighter. However, in these modern times fire brigades do not fight with fire. Quite the contrary. Their task is to find books and fire them, … Read more
To Sherlock Holmes, a young woman named Violet Hunter appeals for help. Left without work, she turned to an employment agency, where she was offered the place of a governess for a six-year-old boy in the estate “Copper beeches.” The owner of the estate, Mr. Rukasl, a fat, good-natured man, put forward very strange demands … Read more
From the experience of her own youth, knowing well that her eyes and eyes need eyes for sons, Argant and Geront, when they left Naples on business, were assigned to the care of their servants: Octave, the son of Argant, was left under the supervision of Sylvester, and the son of Gerond Leandre – Scapen. … Read more
Pushkin’s poems are of great interest not only from the artistic, but also from the point of view of the study of the evolution of his literary tastes. In particular, at one time the poet was very fond of Byron’s work and wrote several works in imitation of the famous Englishman. Among them, the “Bakhchisarai … Read more
In March 1912, in the Neapolitan port, during the unloading of the ocean steamer, a strange accident occurs. A true explanation for this case is contained in a story told by one passenger of a steamer to another. The narration is from the first person. I studied in Germany, became a good doctor, worked in … Read more
Spring of the 45th found us in Serpukhov. After all that was on the front, the hospital whiteness and silence seemed to us somewhat improbable. Budapest was fallen, Vienna was taken. The ward radio did not turn off even at night. “In the war as in chess,” said Sely Sivanov, lying in the far corner, … Read more
The second half of the 19th century, a small house on the outskirts of the provincial town. Lyubov Ivanovna Otradina, who at the moment sews and talks with her maid, lives in the house. From the conversation between them you can find out that the main character is very worried about the fact that the … Read more