The work contains autobiographical details, the narration is conducted from the first person. The narrator, Rey Smith, a young man from the beatnik generation, travels in America by passing cars and in freight trains, often stays in the open air and lives by casual earnings, contented with the few that Heaven and the Dharma Law … Read more
The current young readers, perhaps, do not remember such a name – Arkady Gaidar. And the children of the Land of Soviets once selflessly played in “Timur and his team,” wept over the “Military Secret” and rejoiced with Chuk and Huck. Among the popular works of the author was the story “The Blue Cup”. A … Read more
M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin History of one city This story is a “true” chronicle of the city of Glupov, “Glupovsky Chronicler”, embracing a period of time from 1731 to 1825, which was “successively” composed by four stupid archivists. In the chapter “From the publisher” the author especially insists on the authenticity of the “Chronicler” and offers … Read more
The validity period is undefined. As a result of an explosion somewhere in the nuclear explosion, a group of teenagers who were being evacuated are on an uninhabited island. First on the seashore there are Ralph and a fat boy with glasses called Piggy. Having found a large shell on the seabed, they use it … Read more
VM Garshin Bears In the city of Belsk, the police chief is going to enforce a decree that gypsies must shoot their bears after 5 years of delay. The whole city is going to a spectacle. Gypsies try to bribe “high honor”, but it’s not in his power to abolish the decree – all that … Read more
The Monk Sergei was born in the Tver land, during the reign of Prince Dmitry of Tver, under Metropolitan Petra. The saint’s parents were noble and pious people. His father was called Cyril, and his mother was called Maria. An amazing miracle happened before the birth of the saint, when he was in the womb … Read more
IS Turgenev Diary of a superfluous man The idea to start a diary came to Chelkatourine on March 20. The doctor admitted finally that he had to live for two weeks. Soon the rivers will burst. Together with the last snow they will take away his life. Who can tell his gloomy thoughts at the … Read more
Daedalus, a descendant of Erechtheus, the ancient Athenian king, was the greatest and most talented sculptor, artist and architect of Athens. He built magnificent buildings and carved marble beautiful statues that looked like living. Previously, the Greeks depicted people who looked like stuffed dolls with their eyes closed. Daedalus taught them how to carve out … Read more
The oracle predicted to King Argos, Akrisia, that he would perish at the hands of his grandson. To avoid such a fate, Acrisius imprisoned his daughter Danai in the underground chambers, so that no one saw her, but Zeus fell in love with Danae and penetrated her as a golden rain. From this marriage Perseus … Read more
In the well-to-do house live Vasily Vasilyevich Bessemionov, 58, the foreman of the paint shop, who marks a deputy in the city duma from the shop class; Akulina Ivanovna, his wife; son Peter, a former student, expelled for taking part in unlawful student meetings; daughter Tatyana, a schoolteacher who sat up in brides; pupil Bessemeenova … Read more