The action of the comedy takes place in the London apartment of the young gentleman Algernon Moncrief, a descendant of an aristocratic family, and at the estate of his crony friend Jack Warding in Woolton, Hertfordshire. Bored Algernon, waiting for his aunt Lady Bracknell to tea with the charming daughter of Gwendolen, exchanges lazy cues … Read more
Aeschylus Oresteia The most powerful king in the last generation of Greek heroes was Agamemnon, ruler of Argos. This he commanded all the Greek troops in the Trojan War, quarreled and reconciled with Achilles in the Iliad, and then defeated and ravaged Troy. But his fate was terrible, and the fate of his son Orestes … Read more
In the deep autumn in the darkness, in which only the silhouettes of the coastal mountains appear, a boat sails along the Siberian river. The river is gloomy, but quiet and calm. The rower apathetically and monotonously leans on the oars and the boat slowly swims forward. Somewhere ahead, under the dark mountains flashed a … Read more
The hero of the poem – it is written in the first person – a worker; he comes at a low tide to the sea, in order to earn a living by working hard – pounding clods and scraps with layered rocks. The extracted stone on the donkey is taken to the railway. Both to … Read more
The main heroes of the stories of Henry Lawson are simple Australians, mostly people of manual labor. In the story “Cap on a circle” the author tells about shearing sheep Bobe Brasserce nicknamed Giraffe. He’s a tall guy, about six feet three inches tall. He is complicated, and his face is brown. He is often … Read more
“The great [battle] of the Bharatas” is an ancient Indian epic consisting of approximately one hundred thousand couplets, separated into 18 books, and includes many false episodes (myths, legends, parables, teachings, etc.), somehow connected with the main narrative. In the city of Hastinapur, the capital of the country of Bharat, the mighty sovereign Pandu reigned. … Read more
On the night before Christmas, the month goes back to heaven to illuminate the village. The witch, collecting stars, meets a feature that steals the moon from the sky to take revenge on the blacksmith Vakule, for the artfully painted church wall. On a moonless night Cossack Chub, the father of the beautiful Oksana, will … Read more
The main characters: Lyubov Andreevna Ranevskaya – landowner. Anya is her daughter, 17 years old. Varya – her adopted daughter, 24 years old. Leonid Andreevich Gayev is Ranevskaya’s brother. Ermolai Alekseevich Lopakhin is a merchant. Boris Borisovich Simeonov-Pishchik is a landowner. Firs is a footman, 87 years old. Semen Panteleevich Epihodov – clerk. Lopakhin and … Read more
Not so long ago there lived a student named Zhang, a young man of rare virtues, with a refined soul. He was already thirty-three years old, and he still did not have a lover. When his friends were amazed at his modesty, he said in response that he simply did not meet the one who … Read more
WEDDING FIGARO Comic opera in four acts Libretto by L. da Ponte Characters: Count Almaviva Countess Rosina, his wife Figaro, servant of the Count Susanna, the Countess’s maid Marcelina, housekeeper Cherubino, page Bartolo, doctor Basilio, the teacher of music Don Courtsio, judge Antonio, the gardener Barbara, his daughter Baritone Soprano Baritone or high bass Soprano … Read more