Jack London Martin Eden Once upon a ferry Martin Eden, a sailor of twenty years old, defended against a gang of hooligans Arthur Morse, Arthur about the same years as Martin, but belongs to people well-to-do and educated. As a token of gratitude – and at the same time wanting to amuse the family with … Read more
THE FATE OF THE HUMAN Opera in three parts Libretto by I. I. Dzerzhinsky Characters: Andrei Sokolov, Sergeant of the Soviet Army Irina, his wife Anatoly, their son Soviet officer, representative of the command Colonel Mueller, the commandant of the prisoner of war camp Zinka, captive girl The girl in the dance Military doctor Old … Read more
Once upon a time there lived a minnow. His father and mother lived for a long time, did not fall in either ear or pike. And the son so to live punished, on the principle of “look at both.” The minnow was an intelligent fellow, and so he began to scatter with his mind, as … Read more
Karl Tsukmeyer Captain from Kepenik Captain von Shlettov trying on a new uniform, ordered at the tailor of the military tailor, the Jew Adolf Wormser, in Potsdam. This is a very well known at the beginning of the century officer’s studio, Wormser – the royal court supplier. Despite the assurances of the cutter Vabshke, that … Read more
“Inspector” – a comedy in five acts, written by N. V. Gogol in 1835. It tells how in the county town of an occasional traveler is mistaken for an inspector from the capital. There is a version according to which the story of the comedy “The Inspector General” Gogol was prompted by Pushkin. And the … Read more
Part one Alpamish and Barchin are engaged from the cradle. Their fathers, the brothers Bayburi and Baisary, noble beks of the “sixteen-tribe Kongrat tribe,” had long been childless, until they prayed to the god of children. Baisara had a daughter, and Baiburi had a twins: a son and a daughter. Having quarreled with his brother, … Read more
N. Chernyshevsky Prologue In the spring of 1857, the spouses of Volgina stroll through Vladimirskaya Square in St. Petersburg. Twenty-nine-year-old journalist Alexei Ivanovich Volgin is ugly, clumsy and seems to be a phlegmatic. His wife, twenty-three years old Lydia Vasilievna Volgin, on the contrary, is attractive, curious and used to produce the effect. During the … Read more
The action begins in the Russian province, in the estate of the rich landowner Alexei Abramovich Negro. The family gets acquainted with the teacher of the son of Negro – Misha, Dmitry Yakovlevich Krucifersky, who graduated from Moscow University as a candidate. The Negro is tactless, the teacher is shy. Negroes were promoted to colonels … Read more