Bezhin Meadow On a beautiful July day, one of those days when the weather was set for a long time, the narrator hunted grouse in the Chern district of the Tula province. He shot quite a lot of game, and when it began to get dark, he decided to return home, but lost his way. … Read more
EA Evtushenko The Bratskaya HPP Prayer in front of the dam “The poet in Russia is more than a poet”. The author sums up everything that happened before, humbly kneeling, asks for help from the great Russian poets… Give, Pushkin, your melodiousness and your ability, as it were, to burn with a verb. Give, Lermontov, … Read more
The author recalls that he strove to imitate the incoherent, but seemingly logical form of the dream. Time and space does not exist, clinging to the tiny foundation of reality, imagination spinning its yarn. Heroes are split, evaporated, condensed, merged together. Above all – the mind of the dreamer. In the prologue Daughter of Indra … Read more
John Banyan Pilgrim’s Journey A pious man was cast by the wicked in the dungeon, and there was a vision for him: In the middle of the field, with his back to his dwelling in the city, Death is a man bent under the heavy burden of sins. In his hands is the Book. From … Read more
P. B. Shelley Cenci The action takes place in Italy in the 16th century, when the papal throne is occupied by Pope Clement VIII. Count Cenci, a wealthy Roman nobleman, head of a large family, was famous for his disingenuousness and heinous atrocities, which he does not even consider it necessary to hide. He is … Read more
Volume One The proposed story, as will become clear from the following, occurred somewhat shortly after the “glorious expulsion of the French.” In the provincial town of NN comes the college counselor Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov and settles in the hotel. He makes a lot of questions to the tavern servant – both regarding the owner … Read more
G.-Z. Giyarag Portuguese letters Lyrical tragedy of unrequited love: five letters of the unfortunate Portuguese nun Mariana addressed to the French officer who threw it. Mariana takes up her pen when the sharp pain of separation from her beloved fades away and she gradually gets used to the idea that he is far away and … Read more
Part one. My Ustja 1938 Sima Krupitsynu, an uncanny, freckled girl, a mediocre student, the object of ridicule of her class, and especially Romki Kashtan, is invited to act in films. She is offered the role of partisan Usti Biryukova in the film about Napoleon. The role of Denis Davydov is performed by the director … Read more
The action takes place in 1942 in West Africa, in an unnamed British colony. The protagonist is the deputy chief of police of the capital city, Major Henry Skoby, a man who is incorruptible and who is therefore a loser. The chief of police is going to resign, but Skobi, for whom it would be … Read more
“The dark blue southern sky, darkened by the dust, is cloudy, the hot sun looks out into the greenish sea, as though through a thin gray veil, it hardly reflects in the water… There is vanity and confusion in the port, people seem to be insignificant in this noise. depersonalized them. ” A string of … Read more