Summary “Indiana”
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
Summary “Cliff”
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
Summary of “Vasily Terkin” Tvardovsky
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
Summary Sukhodol
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
“Ptolemeets” Benn in short summary
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
Summary Memoirs of the Earl of Gramont
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
Summary of “Golem”
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
Summary of the “Canterbury Tales” by Chaucer
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
Summary Interesting stories
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
Summary “Iphigenia in Tauris” of Euripides
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