The story “Gifts of the Magi” was written in 1906. Since then, just over a hundred years have passed. During this time, language, life, culture, the Revolution, the formation and disintegration of the USSR changed. With certainty, we can say that Henry used several unknown words for us. Therefore, in order not to find myself … Read more
Sophocles Antigone In Athens they said: “Above all in human life is the law, and the unwritten law is higher than written.” The unwritten law is eternal, it is given by nature, on it is held every human society: it commands to honor the gods, to love relatives, to pity the weak. The written law … Read more
Pietro Aretino The philosopher In the prologue the author reports that he saw in a dream and a fairy tale about the Perugian Andreuccio (the character of the fifth novel of the second day in the “Decameron” by Boccaccio – his name Aretino jokingly awarded his hero), and the story of the false philosopher, who … Read more
The action takes place in Southeast Asia (on the territory of Thailand, South Vietnam and Cambodia) a few years after the First World War. The young Frenchman Claude Vannek is sent to Siam (the official name of Thailand until 1939 – EM) in search of ancient Khmer bas-reliefs. In Europe, there was a demand for … Read more
Once upon a time there lived an old man and an old woman. The old man had her own daughter, and the old woman had her own daughter, who did everything, she was stroked on the head, but she got everything for her daughter, she watched the cattle and burned the stove, and cleaned the … Read more
G. von Kleist The broken jug The play takes place at the beginning of the XIX century. in the Dutch village of Guizum, near Utrecht, in January. The scene of action is the court room. Adam, the village judge, is sitting and bandaging his leg. Likht comes in, the scribe, and sees that Adam has … Read more
Jim Dixon, the protagonist of the novel, works as a history teacher at an English provincial university. He teaches there for the first year and is not yet enrolled in the job, but is undergoing a probationary period. But from the very beginning he makes a bad impression on his colleagues. Still would. In the … Read more
Descendants of the ancient aristocratic family William Legrand pursue a setback, he loses all his wealth and falls into poverty. To avoid ridicule and humiliation, Legrand leaves New Orleans, the city of his ancestors, and settles on a desert island near the Atlantic coast. In the thickets of the myrtle grove, Legran constructs a hut … Read more
IS Turgenev Notes of the hunter: Office Wandering in the autumn with a gun in the fields, the hunter reached a large village. He even noticed the hut from a distance above others and decided that it was the dwelling of the headman. Opening the door, he saw several tables, littered with papers, two red … Read more
Emilia owns a passionate desire to avenge Augusta for the death of her father, Kai Thorania, educator of the future emperor who was executed by him in the time of the triumvirate. As a revengeer she sees her lover, Cinna; no matter how painful Emilia is to realize that, raising her hand to almighty Augustus, … Read more