The story “Lilac Bush” by the famous Russian classic Alexander Kuprin was first published in the print edition “Life and Art” under the number 305 of October 17, 1894. Love and happiness became the
Once in the Epiphany Evening Girls guessed: For the gate a slipper, Withdrawed from the foot, threw. They tried to find out their destiny, their destiny. Among the girls only Svetlana is silent and
Alphonse Dode Extraordinary adventures of Tartaren from Tarascon 186 * year, the country is governed by Napoleon III, all who can, thrive. In the small town of Tarascon, in the south of France, lives
V. V. Bykov Sign of trouble Stepanida and Petrok Bogatka live on the farm Jáchymovschina, three kilometers from the town of Vyselki. Their son Fedya serves in tank troops, the daughter of Fenya studies
Norway end of X century. Jarl Hakon, who has conquered his country, dreams of royalty: he wants to turn from a jarl-a free and eminent military leader-into a king whose power is sanctified by
M. Ye. Saltykov-Shchedrin Lord of Tashkent. Pictures of morals. The whole book is built on the boundary of the analytical, grotesque essay and satirical narrative. So what kind of creature is this – a
In the house of an intelligent Narodnik Ivan Akimovich Samgin, a son was born, to whom his father decided to give an “unusual” peasant name to Klim. It immediately singled out the boy among
In the novel by V. Bykov “Survive until dawn” before the reader appears the image of the hero, Lieutenant Ivanovsky. The work clearly reveals human responsibility and an adequate understanding of what is happening.
School in a small Kyrgyz aile. Cold, unheated class. The teacher tells the frozen and chilled children about the warm island of Ceylon, where unprecedented fruits grow, amazing animals and summer all year round.
Diana, the Countess of Belfort, late at night entering the hall of her Neapolitan palace, finds there two cloaked men who, when she appears, hurriedly hide. Intrigued and enraged, Diana orders the butler to