Parents of the ten-year-old Luzhin by the end of the summer finally decide to tell their son that after returning from the village to Petersburg he will go to school. Afraid of the impending change in his life, little Luzhin runs off the station back to the estate before the arrival of the train and … Read more
In the back streets of one of the towers of the great cathedral, someone’s long-decayed hand inscribed the word “rock” in Greek. Then the word itself disappeared. But from him was born a book about a gypsy, hunchback and a priest. On January 6, 1482, on the occasion of the baptismal feast in the Palace … Read more
Herzen’s book begins with the stories of his nurse about the troubles of the Herzen family in Moscow in 1812 occupied by the French (AI himself then was a small child); ends with European impressions of 1865-1868. Actually, memories in the exact sense of the word “Past and thoughts” can not be named: we find … Read more
The hero of a whole series of Wodehouse’s novels is the young Englishman Bertie Wooster, who is always accompanied by his servant Jeeves. In the novels there is such a kind of comedy of positions, and the characters constantly fall into absurd situations, but with honor come out of them. So in the “Code of … Read more
Hall in the palace Holy Rood. The queen’s page runs in. He says there are riots in the city. Some unfamiliar man at the head of the crowd – mummers, masks, dancers with bells, people in black hoods – threatened, predicted and urged the people not to obey the queen. The courtier of Queen Riccio … Read more
Once in Kiev, Captain Gorobets celebrated the wedding of his son, to which a lot of people gathered and named brother of the owner Danilo Burulbash with his young beautiful wife, Katerina and the baby son. Did not come to the wedding only Katerina’s father is an old man who returned home recently after a … Read more
The story “The Dawns Here Are Quiet” by Boris Vasilyev is one of the most heartfelt and tragic works about the Great Patriotic War. First published in 1969. The narrative of five girls-gunmen and a sergeant-major, who entered the battle with sixteen German saboteurs. Heroes speak with us from the pages of the story about … Read more
Part one. Milk Pumps Boer farm. Military court. British officers sentenced to death the drill of David Potter for poisoning cavalry horses. Appeared suddenly a young man asks to postpone the execution for a huge bail, but the judges are adamant, and the drill is shot. The young man leaves with Paul – the son … Read more
In the harbor, which is near the capital city of Frattombrozy, there is a fairly battered storm of a galley under the command of the valiant Venetian Pantalone. On it, Prince Gennaro carries the bride to his brother, King Millon. But Armilla, the daughter of the Damascus king, turned out not to be free: Gennaro, … Read more
Chapter 1 In the provincial town of NN comes a certain gentleman who stayed at the hotel and “with extremely subtlety” began to question the servants about the local officials and landlords. Curious lord is a college adviser Paul Ivanovich Chichikov. The next day he visited many city officials, starting with the governor. In conversations … Read more