M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin Wise pisarer There was a “enlightened, moderately liberal” pisar. Smart parents, dying, left him to live, looking at both. Piskar realized that he was in trouble from everywhere: from big fish, from piscid neighbors, from a man (his own father was one day almost cooked in his ear). Piskar built a hole … Read more
In three hours’ walk to the north-west of the port city of Corsica, Porto-Vecchio, there are extensive thickets of poppies – the habitat of shepherds and robbers. Formed by seven to eight foot thickets of trees that survived the burning out of the forest, they are impassable not only for humans, but also for mouflons … Read more
During the sermon of the Buddha, one of the holy arhats surrendered to vain dreams. For this, the infernal torments were relied upon, but the Buddha mercifully sent the offender to the earth, that he be reborn in human form. Now his name is Liu Junzu, he is unstable in faith, can deviate from the … Read more
Tyulin – the hero of the story, the carrier on the river Vetluga. He has a youthful face, “almost without a beard and mustache, with expressive features,” a bassy chest voice, “slightly hoarse, as if from a strong hangover,” but there are “notes as direct and naive as this church, and this one pillar, and … Read more
Summary of the “Student” Chekhov. Start The narrative is conducted on the eve of the great Easter holiday. The story begins with a description of weather conditions and a dreary landscape. The weather was at first quiet and calm, but towards the night a cold wind blew through the puddles, puddles were covered with a … Read more
England, the XVIII century. The family of pastor Charles Primrose enjoys a serene existence “in a beautiful house amidst the picturesque nature”. The main treasure of the Primroses are six wonderful children: “sons are good fellows, dexterous and full of courage, two daughters are blooming beauties.” The eldest son, George, studied in Oxford, the middle, … Read more
NS Leskov The man on the clock The winter in Petersburg in 1839 was with strong thaws. Sentry Postnikov, a soldier of the Izmaylovo Regiment, stood at his post. He heard that a man came to the wormwood and called for help. The soldier for a long time did not dare to leave his post, … Read more
The tragedy opens with three introductory texts. The first is a lyrical dedication to friends of youth – those with whom the author was associated in the beginning of work on “Faust” and who has already died or is in the distance. “I again remember everyone who lived that radiant at noon”. Then follows “Theatrical … Read more
Four players play in the “screw” three times a week: Evpraksiya Vasilyevna with his brother Prokopy Vasilievich against Maslennikov and Yakov Ivanovich. Yakov Ivanovich and Maslennikov absolutely do not approach each other as partners: the thin old man Yakov Ivanovich is extraordinarily cautious and pedantic, he never takes risks, unlike the hot and enthusiastic Maslennikov. … Read more
FM Dostoyevsky Notes from the underground The hero of the “underground”, the author of the notes, is a collegiate assessor who recently resigned after receiving a small inheritance. Now he is forty. He lives “in the corner” – a “crappy, nasty” room on the edge of Petersburg. In the “underground” he is psychologically: almost always … Read more