Katerina Lvovna, “outwardly a very pleasant woman,” lives in the prosperous house of the merchant Izmailov with widowed father-in-law Boris Timofeevich and the elderly husband Zinovy ​​Borisovich. There are no children for Katerina Lvovna, and “with all the contentment” her life “for an unskilful husband” is the most boring. On the sixth year of marriage … Read more
The time of events refers to the twelfth century. The 12th century is the period of the crusades to the south of Europe and Asia. In one of the biggest battles, the crusaders suffer a complete defeat. Many of the knights are captured by the Arab Sultan Saladin. Most of the knights are executed, but … Read more
Preparations for departure to the capital begins the third part of the trilogy. The main character – Kartashev’s theme is full of dreams about how he “will become serious, will be engaged, will be a scientist”, and for his loved ones this is a time of regrets about that ideal theme they wanted to see … Read more
Herzen’s book begins with the stories of his nurse about the troubles of the Herzen family in Moscow in 1812, occupied by the French; ends with European impressions of 1865-1868. Actually, memories in the exact sense of the word “Past and thoughts” can not be called: a consistent narrative is, I think, found only in … Read more
Venedikt Erofeev was born in the village of Niva-2 (suburb of Kandalaksha). Father – the head of the railway station, repressed and serving a prison sentence in 1939-1954. According to other sources, Venedikt Erofeev’s father voluntarily went north as a settler, on conditions of preferential travel, large lifts, with free housing [the source is not … Read more
The action takes place in a taiga district center in the early summer morning. Valentina, a slender, pretty girl of about eighteen, goes to the teahouse where she works, and on the way she looks around the front garden in front of the house: again the boards are taken out of the fence, the gate … Read more
To Robert and Fred Kaplen in Chantbari Kloe came friends and relatives for dinner. Among the invited married couple are Gordon and Betty Whitehouse, an employee of the publishing house Oluen Peel, one of the newly appointed directors of this English publishing house Charles Trevor Stanton, and finally the writer Maud Mokridge. While the men … Read more
The watchdog was not tall, but squat and broad-chested. Thanks to the long, slightly curly wool, there was a distant resemblance to a white poodle, but only with a poodle, which was never touched by soap, comb or scissors. In the summer he constantly ran from head to end of the tail with spiny “thongs”, … Read more
Apollodorus and his friend Apollodorus, at the request of a friend at a meeting with him, talks about a feast at Agathon, where Socrates, Alcibiades and others were and talked about love. It was a long time ago, Apollodorus himself was not present there, but learned about the conversations of those from Aristodem. On that … Read more
NA Ostrovsky How the Steel Was Tempered The autobiographical novel of Nikolai Ostrovsky is divided into two parts, each of which contains nine chapters: childhood, adolescence and adolescence; then mature years and illness. For an unworthy act (poured the priest to the dough in the dough) the cook’s son Pavk Korchagin is expelled from the … Read more