In December 1886 Count Andrea Sperelli waits in her chambers for the beloved. The refined atmosphere evokes memories – these things touched Elena’s hands, Elena’s eyes fell on these pictures and curtains, the smell of these flowers intoxicated Elena. When she bent down to the fireplace, her figure looked like Dana Correggio. Two years passed, … Read more
Lucian Conversations in the realm of the dead I. Diogenes and Polydeuces Once again Diogenes returns to the land Polidevka Diogenes gives instructions. He must pass on the cunea of Menippus (ridiculing all idle philosophers-debaters) that in the realm of the dead he will have even more occasions for mirth and ridicule, for here tyrants, … Read more
Elisaveta Andreevna Protasova decides to part with her husband, Fedor Vasilyevich, whose way of life becomes intolerable for her: Fedya Protasov drinks, squanders his and his wife’s fortune. Lisa’s mother approves of her decision, Sasha’s sister – categorically against parting with such an amazing, though with weakness, person, like Fedya. Mother believes that, having received … Read more
V. Astafiev – the story “Lyudochka.” In this story, the author presents us with the tragic story of a village girl. The story is preceded by an epigraph and an introduction. The epigraph is verse, in the introduction we read Pushkin’s lines: “What’s in a name you mine?”. The introduction is filled with author’s questions: … Read more
VG Korolenko the Wonderful Morozova is the main character, a political prisoner. In the center of the narrative of this early work of the writer is the story of the escort gendarme Gavrilov about the girl-politician (political prisoner) Morozova, whom he accompanied to exile. She seemed to the narrator a child: “hair is fair-haired, in … Read more
“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 himself first enters … Read more
The action takes place “on the one hundred and eighty-fourth kilometer from Moscow along the branch that goes to Murom and Kazan.” The narrative is conducted from the first person, and the narrator himself, his destiny very much resemble the very A. Solzhenitsyn, his fate. The narrator came “just to Russia,” no one was waiting … Read more
In Alexandria party Mark Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra indulge in love. Antonia’s supporters say that she is in the position of a female clown. Antony leaves Egypt after learning that his wife Fulvia died, namely, she raised an uprising against the second party, Octavius Caesar; and that Sextus Pompey, who is the son … Read more
From England to the Greek island of Corfu moved the family of Darrell, the widow of Mrs. Darrell and her four children: writer Larry twenty-three years old, nineteen-year-old amateur hunting Leslie, eighteen-year-old Margot and ten-year-old Jerry, who has been addicted to animals since birth. Suffering from the climate of foggy Albion, Darrell at the initiative … Read more
Step 1 On the street, at the bus stop, waiting for transportation is Tanya, a girl of 19 years, reading posters. Student of the last course Nikolai Kolesov, a young man of 24 years old, is persistently trying to meet her. Soon he explains that he promised to come to the wedding to a friend … Read more
AN Rybakov Children of Arbat The largest house on the Arbat – between Nikolsky and the Money Lanes. In it there live four former classmates. Three of them: Sasha Pankratov, the secretary of the Komsomol cell of the school, the son of the lifter Maxim Kostin and Nina Ivanova – were a cohesive group of … Read more
Moliere School of Husbands The text of the play is preceded by the author’s dedication to the Duke of Orleans, the King’s only brother. The brothers Sganarelle and Arist are unsuccessfully trying to convince each other of the need to change. Sganarelle, always morose and unsociable, condemning the fads of fashion, reproaches his elder brother … Read more
The girl Dorothy lived with Uncle Henry and Aunt Em in the Kansas steppe. Uncle Henry was a farmer, and Aunt Em was farming. In these places, hurricanes often raged, and the family escaped from them in the cellar. One day Dorothy hesitated, did not have time to go down to the cellar, and the … Read more
On Mayakovsky’s head is the palm of the sun, the priest of the world, the surrenderer of all sins. The earth says to him: “Now let go of you!” Let the stupid historians, who were taught by contemporaries, write that the poet lived a boring and uninteresting life. Let him know that he will drink … Read more
Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich Ivanov (12 (24) February 1895, Lebyazhye settlement of Semipalatinsk province, now Kazakhstan – August 15, 1963, Moscow) is a Soviet writer. Born in the family of a teacher. Ivanov’s youth was held in Western Siberia; he did not finish school, he was forced to make a living early, mastered various professions (a typewriter, … Read more
The narrator-woman talks about her youth, held in Saigon. The main events date from 1932 to 1934. A French girl of fifteen and a half years lives in the state boarding house in Saigon, and studies in the French lycée. Her mother wants her daughter to get secondary education and herds as a mathematics teacher … Read more
The titular adviser Aksenti Ivanovich Poprishchin, forty two years old, keeps his diary entries for over four months. On a rainy day on Tuesday, October 3, 1933, Poprishchin, in his old-fashioned greatcoat, leaves, after a while, for an unloved service in one of the departments of the St. Petersburg department, hoping to get a little … Read more
A young Frenchman, medical student Ferdinand Bardamu, is enlisted under the influence of propaganda as a volunteer in the army. For him, life begins, full of hardship, horror and exhausting transitions in Flanders, on the territory of which the French troops take part in the First World War. Once Bardam sent to the intelligence service. … Read more
Pushkin’s story “Stationmaster” was written in 1830 and entered the cycle “The Stories of the late Ivan Petrovich Belkin.” The leading theme of the work is the theme of the “little man”, represented by the image of station supervisor Samson Vyrin. The story refers to the literary trend of sentimentalism. Main characters The narrator is … Read more
Scrooge was a good miser. He was the owner of the famous office “Scrooge and Marley,” and although the companion had long since died, he still did not change the sign. It was Christmas Eve. Scrooge was unhappy. He did not like holidays, because these days the money was wasted. And he did not spend … Read more
In 1815, the bishop of the city of Dina was Charles-Francois Míriel, nicknamed for good deeds by Zhelanný – Bienvenu. This unusual man in his youth had a lot of love adventures and led a secular life – but the Revolution has broken everything. Mr. Míriel went to Italy, from where he returned as a … Read more
With a heavy heart, I proceed to the last lines of these memories, telling of the extraordinary talents of my friend Sherlock Holmes. In an incoherent and – I feel it myself – in an entirely inappropriate manner, I tried to tell about the amazing adventures that I had to experience side by side with … Read more
Alfred Deblin Berlin – Alexanderplatz Franz Biberkopf, a former cementer and loader, has just been released from a Berlin prison in Tegel, where he stayed for four years for the murder of his girlfriend. Franz stands on a busy street, amidst a noisy crowd and sparkling shop windows. This strong and broad-shouldered man, just over … Read more
After many hard, but also bloody feats, Dobrynya Nikitich was spun from repentance. He turned to his mother with bitter words of reproach: it would be better if you did not give birth to me, I would not kill innocent souls then, did not orphan small children, did not shed blood in vain. Mother answered … Read more
Pekashinsky muzhik Stepan Andreyevitch Stavrov cut down the house on the slope of the mountain, in the cool twilight of a huge larch. Yes, not a house – a two-story house with a small side shelter in addition. There was a war. In Pekashino there were old people, children and women. Without a look in … Read more
In Russian history, there are events, gold burning on the tables of her military glory. And one of them – the Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942-2 February 1943), which became the Cannams of the XX century. Giant in scale battle WWII unfolded in the second half of 1942 on the banks of the Volga. … Read more
In 1918-1920 Bunin recorded in the form of diary notes his immediate observations and impressions of events in Russia. 1918 he called “damned”, and from the future expected something even more terrible. Bunin writes ironically about the introduction of a new style. He mentions “the Germans started attacking us,” which everyone welcomes, and describes the … Read more
John Hoyer Updike (born January 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) is a famous American writer, author of 28 novels and 45 other books: collections of short stories, poems, essays. Born in Redding, he lived in Schillington, the same state of Pennsylvania until age 13. Father – school teacher, mother wrote stories. In 1954 he … Read more
Osip Ivanovich Dymov, titular counselor and doctor of thirty-one years, serves in two hospitals at the same time: an intern and a draftor. From nine o’clock in the morning until noon he takes the sick, then goes to open the corpses. But his income is barely enough to cover the costs of his wife – … Read more
N. Chernyshevsky Russian man on rendezvous “The Russian man on rendez-vous” refers to the journalism and has a subtitle “Reflections on reading the story of Turgenev” Asya. “At the same time Chernyshevsky gives a broader picture related to the contemporary Russian society, namely -. with the image of “positive hero” stories and novels, which in … Read more
March 1865 In the United States during the Civil War, five brave Northmen flee from the southerly Richmond in a balloon. A terrible storm throws out four of them to the shore of an uninhabited island in the Southern Hemisphere. The fifth man and his dog break into the sea near the shore. This fifth … Read more
L. N. Tolstoy’s adolescence Immediately after arriving in Moscow, Nicholas feels the changes that have taken place with him. In his soul there is a place not only for his own feelings and experiences, but also compassion for someone else’s grief, the ability to understand the actions of others. He realizes all the unhappiness of … Read more
Yu. N. Tynyanov Pushkin Sergey Lyubovitch Pushkin was born a son, whom he named in memory of his grandfather Alexander. After the christening in Pushkin’s house on German street in Moscow a modest “kurtag” is arranged: in addition to relatives, the Frenchman Montfort and Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin are invited. A pleasant conversation with refined poetic … Read more
Jean Cocteau Hell Machine The play, based on the motifs of the myth about Edil, unfolds in ancient Greece. The Queen of Thebes of Jocasta, in order to prevent the oracle’s prediction that her son, when he grows up, will kill his father, King of Leah, the king of Thebes, seventeen years ago ordered the … Read more
Alexander Dumas Graf Monte Cristo February 27, 1815 in Marseille from the next voyage returns three-masted ship “Pharaoh”. Captain LeClair was not destined to set foot on his native land: he died of fever in the open sea. The young seaman Edmond Dantes took over the command and executed another last will of the captain: … Read more
Dona Juana in a men’s suit – green pants and a camisole – comes from his native Valladolid to Madrid. Quintana, her old faithful servant, accompanies her. He asks the lady why she left her father’s house and travels in a man’s guise. Juan tells that on Easter, in April, she went out for a … Read more
COVER-ANGLE Opera in five acts Libretto by M. S. Ordubadi and G. Ismailov Characters: Alah, the old man, the horse-driver at Gasan Khan Rovshen (later Ker-ogly), his son Nigar, beloved Rovshan Eyvaz, her brother Hasan Khan Bass Tenor Soprano Tenor Baritone Ibrahim Khan Gamza-bey } Approximate Gasan Khan Bass Tenor Ehsan-pasha Polad, servant of Hasan … Read more
Returning from the parade ground, Second Lieutenant Romashov thought: “Today I will not go: you can not bother people every day.” Every day he sat at the Nikolaevs until midnight, but on the evening of the next day he again went to this cozy house. “You came from the mistress of the letter,” Gainan, the … Read more
Towards Svanu Time eludes a brief moment between sleep and awakening. Within a few seconds, the narrator Marcel seems to have turned into what he read the day before. The mind is determined to locate the sleeping room. Is this the grandfather’s house in Combra, and Marcel fell asleep without waiting for Mom to come … Read more
On June 26, 1864, the crew of the Duncan yacht, owned by Lord Edward Glenarvan, the most prominent member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club and the wealthy Scottish landowner, catches the shark in the Irish Sea, in the belly of which finds a bottle with a note in three languages: English, German and French. … Read more
Yu. V. Trifonov Exchange The action takes place in Moscow. The mother of the protagonist, thirty-seven-year-old engineer Viktor Dmitriev, Ksenia Feodorovna is seriously ill, she has cancer, but she herself believes that she has a peptic ulcer. After the operation, she is sent home. The outcome is clear, but she alone believes that the matter … Read more
The gypsy camp roams the steppes of Bessarabia. At the campfire, a gypsy family prepares dinner, horses are grazing in the distance, and behind the tent is a tame bear. Gradually, everything stops and falls into a dream. Only in one tent does not sleep an old man, waiting for his daughter Zemfira, left to … Read more
Alice taught the Martian language. The weather was beautiful outside. I did not want to do Alice very much. Her father was very busy at that moment, writing a scientific article. Alice’s father was a very serious man, a cosmetic veterinarian, he treated strange animals. Suddenly the videophone rang. A normal goat appeared on the … Read more
RM Vallé-Inklan Sonata. Notes of the Marquis de Bradomin The cycle consists of four novellas: “Spring Sonata”, “Summer Sonata”, “Autumn Sonata” and “Winter Sonata”. They are presupposed by the “Warning” of the author: “This book is part of the” Pleasant notes “, which the Marquis de Bradomin was already quite gray-haired, was an amazing don … Read more
The action takes place in England in the second half of the fifteenth century, during the Wars of the Roses and the Roses. In the village of Tenstall, owned by Sir Daniel Brackley, a messenger appears who brings Sir Daniel’s order to the entire male population of the village to immediately march. The detachment should … Read more
Julius tries to find Lucinda where he used to see her-in her room, on their couch-and, without finding her, begins to conduct with her a strange, meaningless conversation, then yielding to the will of his fantasies, then resorting to help written down by him once leaflets, preserved by her caring hands. In this influx of … Read more
Anjou King dies on the battlefield. According to ancient custom, the throne passes to the eldest son. But that graciously offers younger brother Gamuret to divide the inheritance equally. Gamouret refuses wealth and goes to foreign lands, to knightly deeds glorify the name of the king. Gamurret offers his help to the ruler of Baghdad … Read more
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, sense of humor and hardness of the spirit … Read more
“Slav,” with a haircut in a circle, a “European”, not at all cropped and standing outside the parties of a young man with a haircut, like the author, discuss why there are no good actresses in Russia. The action takes place in the theater. Everyone agrees with the statement that there are no good actresses, … Read more
IS Turgenev Noble Nest The first, as usual, the news of the return Lavretzky brought in the house of the Kalitins Gedeonovsky. Maria Dmitrievna, the widow of the former provincial prosecutor, who, in her fifty years, preserved a certain pleasantness in her features, favors him, and her house is from the most pleasant in the … Read more