When Collin Fenwick turned eleven, he became a round orphan. Shortly after the death of his mother, the father gets into a car accident. He was never saved. Care for the boy was undertaken by the cousins of Father Collina, Virena and Dolly Talbo. Virena is very rich: she is the mistress of a pharmacy, … Read more
VA Zhukovsky The Tale of Tsar Berendeye Once upon a time there was Tsar Berendey, he was married for three years, but there were no children. The Tsar somehow inspected his state, said goodbye to the queen and spent eight months in absence. The ninth month was running out when he approached the capital and … Read more
Harsha Ratnavali The storm broke the ship on which the daughter of the king of Lanka (Ceylon) Ratnavali, who was destined for the wife of the king of Watsa Udayana, was sailing. Grasping at the board, Ratnavali was rescued, and, found on the shore, she was given to the Queen’s first wife, Vasavadatta, in the … Read more
Old northern forest under the high starry sky. Leaning against the trunk of the old hollow oak, the decrepit priest froze in a dead stillness. His blue lips are half open, his stopped eyes no longer look at this, the visible side of eternity. The emaciated hands are kneeling. To his right on the stones, … Read more
The thirteen-year-old boy Kish lives along the Polar Sea, along with his mother Aikigoy. Kish does not have brothers and sisters, and his father Bok died in a battle with the polar bear, which he entered, saving people from starvation. Over time, people forgot about the heroic deed of a brave man, as well as … Read more
For a hunter, rain is a real calamity. Such a disaster we suffered with Ermolai during the hunting for black grouses in Belevsky district. Finally, Ermolai suggested that Alexeyevka, owned by my mother, go to the farm, the existence of which I had never suspected before. When the hamlet was an old outbuilding, uninhabited and … Read more
The main heroes of the novel are the first revolutionary terrorists of the 60s of the XIX century. “Dressed as a stone for Empress Catherine II.” The inscription on the Trubetskoi bastion Part one On March 12, 1923, the day when I, Sergey Rusanin, was 83 years old, I decided to publicize what I had … Read more
Jane Austen Feeling and Sensibility At the center of the narrative are two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Endless vicissitudes of their love (“sensitive”) experiences and languor and will form the plot of the novel. But let us start from the beginning and try to understand the intricate plot lines and related ties of the … Read more
LF Baum Ozma from Oz Dorothy and Uncle Henry sail on a steamer to Australia. Suddenly a terrible storm rises. Waking up, Dorothy can not find Uncle Henry in the cabin and decides that he went on deck. In fact, Uncle Henry slept, covering himself with his head, but Dorothy did not notice him. Once … Read more
“Pushkin’s Queen of Spades” is written in the traditions of the literary realism direction. The idea and plot of the work was suggested to the writer by the young prince Golitsyn, who somehow managed to recoup, putting, on the advice of his grandmother, N. P. Golitsina, while playing three cards. Golitsina in due time, suggested … Read more