A poppet was lying in the dirty roadside ditch, the color of the mother for the mother of the deceased son was eternal flame of memory about his bright, but short life, a living fire. Major and still pretty face, with a slight, barely marked smile on the swollen childlike lips. flowering poppies, the author … Read more
The action takes place in the second half of the XIX century, in the provincial city, in a poor apartment on the outskirts. Lyubov Ivanovna Otradina, “a girl of noble birth,” who lives by her own labor, sews and talks with the maid. From the conversation it turns out that the beloved of the heroine, … Read more
On February 1, 1887, the ship “Lady Vane” crashed. One of his passengers, Charles Edward Prendic, who was all believed dead, was picked up in the sea on the boat after eleven months and four days. He claimed that he had spent all this time on the island, where incredible things were happening. His stories … Read more
The novel, consisting of three novels, refers to the time of the economic depression of the 1930s. Florida fisherman Harry Morgan from Key West makes a living by giving his motorboat to various rich people who came here to fish. They hire a boat together with the owner – he knows well where the biting … Read more
Part one. Data The express train to Istanbul leaves from the Syrian city of Aleppo. One of the passengers of the express is detective Hercule Poirot. In addition to him, Colonel Arbatnot, traveling from India to England, travels in the car, and a young Englishwoman from Baghdad, Miss Mary Debenham, who works as a governess … Read more
Grazhina is a young beautiful Litvinka, the daughter of the “majestic Riga ruler”. Grazhina marries the Novogrudok prince Litavor. The subjects of the prince are admired by the beauty and harmony of the young princess. Grazhyna “could still be proud that the prince is not taller than she is.” Princess shares her husband’s enthusiasm for … Read more
THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER NEVSKOGO. The first biography of Prince Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (1221-1262) was compiled, according to scientists, in the 80’s. XIII century. a scribe of the Vladimir Christmas monastery. Here the body of the prince was buried, and at the end of the thirteenth century. began his veneration as a saint. In the … Read more
Leningrad programmer Alexander Privalov travels by car on his way to the city of Solovets, where he is scheduled to meet. On the way, he selects two NIICHAVO employees (Research Institute of Sorcery and Magic) and drives them to Solovets, where they arrange for him to spend the night in the museum of the institute … Read more
The action of the “story” takes place in Moscow. Drunken guests disperse on an early summer morning. The owner, Eletskaya, “with a grimy eye” looks at the traces of “rampant binge” in his once magnificent, but neglected master’s house. Opening the window, Eletskaya “with sincere hatred” looks at the “magnificent capital” rising from a dream; … Read more
Sherlock Holmes is often visited by Inspector Leistred. One day he talks about a strange incident: someone stubbornly smashes the statues of Napoleon. Hearing that this was a burglary, the great detective decides to investigate. A few days ago, in a shop selling paintings and statues, the clerk left the store for a moment and … Read more