The story is written on behalf of the boy Viti. He was told to touch potatoes. Grandmother measured his “lesson” with two trousers, and he sat all morning in a cold, frosty cellar. Only the dream of new pants with a pocket that the grandmother Kateryna promised to sew to the first of May – … Read more
Charles Dickens Hard Times There are two close friends in the city of Kokstown – if you can talk about friendship between people, equally deprived of warm human feelings. They are both at the top of the social ladder: and Josiah Bounderby, “the famous rich man, banker, merchant, manufacturer”; and Thomas Gradgrind, “a man of … Read more
P. Calderon Invisible Lady The action takes place in the XVII century. in Madrid. Arrived in the city, Don Manuel and his servant Cosme are looking for the house of don Juan. Don Manuel and don Juan studied together and fought together, they are old friends. On the street there are two ladies whose faces … Read more
The hero of the story, the Dreamer (we do not know his name), has lived in St. Petersburg for eight years, but he has not managed to make any acquaintances. He is 26 years old. Summer, everyone went to their dachas. The dreamer wanders around the city and feels abandoned, not meeting people who are … Read more
Sophocles King Oedipus This is a tragedy about fate and freedom: it’s not the freedom of a person to do what he wants, but to take responsibility for what he does not want. The city of Thebes was ruled by King Laia and Queen Jocasta. From the Delphic oracle, King Laius received a terrible prediction: … Read more
O. Henry The Last Sheet Two young artists, Sue and Johnsy, rent an apartment on the top floor of a house in New York’s Greenwich Village, where artists have long settled. In November, Johnsy becomes pneumonia. The verdict of the doctor is disappointing: “She has one chance out of ten, and if she wants to … Read more
Karl Tsukmeyer General of the Devil The General of Aviation Harras receives guests at the restaurant Otto. This is the only restaurant in Berlin, where you can hold private banquets in wartime under the special permission of Goering. Accordingly, one of the halls has a newest listening device for the Gestapo. The general arrives at … Read more
A. N. Ostrovsky The Bride of God The action takes place in a large fictional city on the Volga – Bryakhimov. An open area near the coffee shop on the Volga boulevard. Knurov (“of the big dealers of recent times, an elderly man with a huge fortune,” as mentioned in the remark) and Vozhevatov (“a … Read more
Suddenly, at the age of forty-nine, he dies from a heart attack by Mario Kalyado. After him remains a large family – the wife of Carmen and five children. Accepting condolences and then, sitting awake at the body of her husband, Carmen silently leads an endless conversation with him. From this inner monologue the story … Read more
Sadko – a young guslar from Veliky Novgorod At the beginning of the story, he is poor, proud and proud. His only asset is the ragged gusli, on which he plays, passing from one merry feast to another. However, the day comes, and after him another, the third, when Sadko is not invited to an … Read more