The novel takes place in the era of Restoration, a time when everyone still remembers both the events of the revolution and the rule of Napoleon. In the living room of the castle of De la Bree near Paris, three men sit: the master of the house, Colonel Delmar, once a brave military man, now … Read more
Among the works on wartime, the story “The golden night spent” written by Anatoly Pristavin stands apart: it not only shows the pain and misfortune experienced by the whole country, but also how this misfortune brings people belonging to different nationalities to different cultures. Retelling A. Pristavkin exacerbates the impact on the reader by telling … Read more
In the infantry company – a new guy, Vasily Terkin. He is fighting for the second time in his lifetime (the first war is Finnish). Vasily does not climb into his pocket for a word, the consumer is good. In general, “the guy though where”. Terkin remembers how he, in a detachment of ten, retreated … Read more
IA Bunin Dryodol “Suhodol” is a family chronicle of Khrushchev’s noblemen. In the center of the work, in addition, – the fate of Natalia, a courtyard, who lived with Khrushchev as a native, being his father’s milk sister. The narrator repeatedly repeats the idea of the proximity of the Sukhodol’sk masters to his yard. He … Read more
The narration is from the first person. The author and the narrator, who owns the Lotus Beauty Institute, paints a few strokes of the picture of Berlin during the occupation, in the cold winter of 1947: the population suffers from hunger, the surviving furniture goes on to kindle, the trade has stopped, no one pays … Read more
A. Hamilton Memoirs of the Count de Gramon In the romanized biography of his relative, Chevalier de Gramont, the author draws contemporary manners of the French nobility and the English court of the Restoration period. The reader gets acquainted with the hero during the military operations in Piedmont, where he thanks to a lively mind, … Read more
Prague, the beginning of the century. The narration is from the first person. The hero is not sleeping, or awake. Moonlight falls in the foothold of his bed. The hero feels that his sleeping body lies in bed, and “the feelings are separated from the body and do not depend on him anymore” … Suddenly … Read more
In spring, in April, when the earth wakes from hibernation, on all sides of England flock of pilgrims to the abbey of Canterbury bow to the relics of St. Thomas Becket. Once in Tabard’s tavern, in Sauerk, a rather diverse company of pilgrims gathered, all of whom were united: they all kept their way to … Read more
J. T. de Reo Interesting stories The author collected oral testimonies, his own observations and historical works of his time and on their basis recreated the life of the French society of the end of the 16th – the first half of the 17th century, presenting it as a kaleidoscope of short stories, the heroes … Read more
Tauris, the ancient Greeks called the modern Crimea. There lived Taurians – a Scythian tribe that honored the goddess-virgo and brought her human sacrifices, which in Greece had long since emerged from custom. The Greeks believed that this goddess-maiden – not who else, like their Artemis-hunter. They had a myth, at the outset and at … Read more