Mom was going to drink a cold with a cup of tea. An old man looked in, and always had a fairy tale ready for him. When a fairy tale came to the old man suddenly, branches of an elder stood out from under the lid of the kettle, and from them a tender old … Read more
In the early spring of 1888, Dr. Watson invites Sherlock Holmes to a walk in the park. Upon their return to Baker Street, they learn from the footman boy that they were visited by a very nervous gentleman who, having waited a while for Holmes, left the house, promising to return soon. The nervous visitor … Read more
F. Durrenmatt Visit of the old lady The action takes place in the provincial Swiss town of Güllen in the 50’s. XX century. In the town comes the old multimillionaire Clara Tsakhanassyan, a nee Vesher, a former resident of Gullen. At one time several industrial enterprises worked in the town, but one by one they … Read more
Friedrich Schiller Wilhelm Tell The play takes place in three “forest cantons” – Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden, which, united in 1291, formed the basis of the Swiss Union in the struggle against the Austrian domination of the Habsburgs. It is hard for ordinary people who suffer from arbitrariness of the governors of the Austrian emperor … Read more
AI Kuprin Sulamith The main characters of the story are the king of Persia Solomon and his beloved Sulamith. The story consists of twelve parts. The first part depicts before the reader Persia during the reign of Solomon, tells of Solomon and his deeds. The king was about forty-five years old, when the fame of … Read more
Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (Kirghiz Chynyz Torekulovich Aitmatov) (December 12, 1928, Sheker, Kirghizia – June 10, 2008, Nuremberg, Germany) is a Kyrgyz Soviet writer who wrote in Kyrgyz and Russian languages, the People’s writer of the Kirghiz SSR (1974), Hero of the Socialist Labor (1978). Member of the CPSU since 1959. He was born in 1928 … Read more
The life of Baden-Baden, a fashionable German resort, on August 10, 1862, differed little from life on other days of the season. The audience was cheerful and colorful. However, it was not difficult to single out our compatriots in it, especially near the “Russian tree”. It was here, at Weber’s coffeehouse, Litvinov’s Moscow acquaintance Bambaev … Read more
Gustave Flaubert Mrs. Bovary The young physician Charles Bovary first saw Emma Ruo when he was summoned to the farm of her father who broke his leg. Emma had a blue wool dress with three frills. Her hair was black, smoothly combed in front on the straight parting, cheeks pink, eyes of large black eyes … Read more
AI Kuprin Duel Returning from the parade ground, Second Lieutenant Romashov thought: “Today I will not go: you can not bore people every day.” Every day he stayed at the Nikolaevs until midnight, but on the evening of the next day he again went to this cozy house. “You came from the mistress of the … Read more
In 1811, Mr.. lived in his estate with his wife and daughter Masha Gavrilovich R. He was hospitable, and many enjoyed his hospitality, and some came for Marya Gavrilovna. But Marya Gavrilovna was in love with the poor army ensign named Vladimir, who was on holiday in his village next door. Young lovers, believing that … Read more