At the foot of the Kaathsky Mountains is an ancient village, founded by Dutch settlers in the earliest period of colonization. In ancient times, when this region was still a British province, there lived in it a good-natured fellow named Rip Van Winkle. All his neighbors loved him, but his wife was so quarrelsome that … Read more
The history of New York from the creation of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty, which contains among the stories about many surprising and amusing events is also the inexplicable reflections of Walter Doubting, the disastrous projects of William the Stubborn and the chivalrous deeds of Peter Hardhall, the three Dutch governors … Read more
DA Granin I’m going on a thunderstorm The calm current of the working morning in laboratory No. 2 was violated by the sudden arrival of the chef of Corresponding Member AN Golitsyn. He made the dispatch to the employees, and then in a grumbling voice ordered that Sergei Krylov apply for the post of nachalab. … Read more
The truth of this legend is confirmed by the Bisutun rock with carved images on it, the ruins of Medaina, the traces of the milk brook, the passion of the unfortunate Farhad, the rumor about Barbash’s ten-string sause… In ancient Iran, not yet illuminated by the light of Islam, reigns the just king Hormuz. God … Read more
For the first time with the heroes of the novel, the author introduces us on the eve of how they retreat as part of the French troops fighting the fascist conquerors in Flanders, are captured and sent to a concentration camp for prisoners of war in Germany. The main characters of the narrative are a … Read more
Vitka Borzenkov went to the bazaar in the regional city, sold bacon for a hundred and fifty rubles and went to the wine stall to “smear” a glass or two red. A young girl came up and asked: “Let me have a light.” “With a hangover?” asked Vitka bluntly. “Well,” the girl answered simply. “And … Read more
IS Turgenev Steppe King Lear A calm, free story about past events. The beginning, characteristic of Turgenev. On a winter evening, six people gathered at an old university friend. People, apparently, are not young and with education. Speech went by the way about Shakespeare, about the fact that his types are “snatched from the very … Read more
The saga tells the story of eight generations of an Icelandic family. The central place is reserved for the seventh generation: the events connected with it took place at the end of the 10th and the beginning of the 11th century. Ketil Ploskonosy occupied a high position in Norway. When King Harald the Fair-haired reached … Read more
Allez! – this is the first word that Nora remembers from childhood. She grew up in a circus, did dzhigitovka, acrobatics on a trapezoid, went on a rope and all the time, overcoming pain, heard: “Allez!”. At sixteen, Nora attracted the attention of the famous clown Menotti. He invites the girl to have supper, and … Read more
Day and night the snowstorm raged, and when she lay down and Zinka looked out of the hollow, she did not recognize the forest, so it was covered with snow. And the last month, the twelfth, the tail of the year – December. She observes nature, makes friends with many animals, releases ptarmigan from a … Read more