Plaut Prisoners “This is an unusual comedy,” warns the actor, who pronounces the prologue, “there are no obscenities, no pimp, no whore, no boastful warrior, no foundling, no lover, abducting a lover, but only a game of destiny, a vanity of human intentions and nobility of perfect valor “. There were two neighboring regions in … Read more
Officer Zhilin served in the Caucasus. He received a letter from his mother and decided to go on vacation home. But along the way, and another Russian officer, Kostylin was captured by the Tatars. The Tatar, who captured Russian officers, sold them to another Tatar. They were held in shackles in one barn. The Tatars … Read more
Love is the brightest, highest feeling that a person is capable of. But the first phrase that the hero says about himself – he “thievishly” came to Moscow – is alarming: a truly loving person can not do this. Willy-nilly, you doubt the purity of this relationship. It turns out that his mistress is married: … Read more
The action takes place in the early 20-ies. in a large Siberian provincial town. Two seventeen-year-old working guys, Egorov and Zaitsev, on a Komsomol voucher directed to work in the criminal investigation department, undergo probation for a month. They both receive invitations to an evening dedicated to the anniversary of the October Revolution. Sister Egorova … Read more
LN Andreev Red laughter “… madness and horror. The first time I felt it when we were walking along the Ensk road – we walked ten hours continuously, without slowing down the course, not picking up the fallen and leaving them to the enemy who was moving behind us and through three or four hours, … Read more
Gentlemen of Tashkent. Pictures of morals. The whole book is built on the boundary of the analytical, grotesque essay and satirical narrative. So what kind of creature is this – a Tashkenter – and what does she crave? She longs for only one thing: “To eat!”. Whatever it was, at the cost of anything. And … Read more
You probably remember this year: the Church of Christ the Savior was broken. For the layman it was more terrible than the October coup. Then, before the beginning of the novel, the author conceived to write comments, but at that time he had a big boy named Vyacheslav… Excuse me, can I start on the … Read more
AM Remizov Inexhaustible tambourine An outlandish man Ivan Semenovich Stratilatov. Young began his judicial service in a long, low, smoky office of the criminal department. And now forty years have passed, and many secretaries have since been replaced, and he is sitting at a large table by the window, wearing smoky glasses, baldness all over … Read more
VO Pelevin Generation P “You, Vavan, do not look for symbolic meanings in all, but you will find it.” – With these words Fareykin refers to the main character of the book Tatarsky. Or, most likely, this author turns to the critic, anticipating the exposure of the idea. And I did not heed the warning, … Read more
Franz Kafka Process The essence of the event is dispassionately stated in the first sentence of the work. Waking up on the day of his thirtieth birthday, Josef K. discovers that he is under arrest. Instead of a maid with a familiar breakfast, an unknown gentleman in black enters into his call. In the next … Read more
Part 1 At the fur farm “Mshaga”, Praskoviashka usually took care of the arctic foxes. Before the holidays, the director of the fur farm, Pyotr Yerofeyich Nekrasov, stripped her of the prize. This turned out to be a real blow for the employee – she already had her own plans for a prize, she wanted … Read more
EA Boratynsky Bal Poem begins with a description of the Moscow ball. The guests came together, the elderly ladies in magnificent dresses sit near the walls and look at the crowd with “dull attention”. Grandees in ribbons and stars sit behind cards and sometimes come to look at the dancers. Young beauties are whirling, “The … Read more
At the beginning of the last century, an unknown person traveled through Italy. Stopping in a provincial town, he meets a sad young man. When a young man becomes ill, the traveler does not depart from him, taking care of him and curing him. Recovered, as a token of gratitude, the young man gives him … Read more
Georges Danton and Ero Seschel, his companion in the National Convention, play cards with ladies, among them Julie, Danton’s wife. Danton apathetically rant about women, their charm and cunning, about the inability to know and understand each other. At the soothing words of Julie Danton melancholy notes that he loves her, as they love the … Read more
One of the most popular literary works of our time is “50 shades of gray”. The short content was read by those who did not have time to read the book in full. Because it is difficult to find a person who has not the slightest idea about this work. Erotic trilogy The name “50 … Read more
The sculpture of the Happy Prince, covered in gold and precious stones, stood on a column above the city. Everyone admired the beautiful statue. Once the Starling flew over the city, he left his beloved Reed, which was a homebody and did not share the love of travel, but only flirted with the Wind; he … Read more
Narration – from a third party. Many dialogues. The plot is dynamic, eventful, largely melodramatic. Ended the last evening of Yegor Prokudin in the zone. In the morning, the chief is admonishing him. We learn that Yegor dreams about his farm, the cow. His future wife is Lyubov Fyodorovna Baikalova. He never saw her, they … Read more
The action takes place in Vienna in November 1823, and the memories of Salieri refer to the decade 1781-1791. On the proscenium in the wheelchair the old man sits with his back to the audience. Citizens of Vienna repeat each other the latest gossip: Salieri the murderer! Their whispers are growing louder. It’s been thirty-two … Read more
IS Turgenev Notes of a hunter: Kasyan with a beautiful sword The author returns to the cart with a hunt. The path crosses the mourning train: a priest and men with naked heads carry a coffin. In the people it is considered that to meet on the road of the deceased is a bad omen. … Read more
Fairytales Faithful Johannes (“Faithful Johannes”) – one of the types of German folklore – a selfless friend, in this version (originating from the area of the Tzvern) servant, in the other (from Paderborn) – a royal son named Josef, helping his stepbrother. VI, having learned that for the happiness of the young king left to … Read more
On a hot summer day, Yermolay and I returned from the hunt for a cart. Having stopped in the thick undergrowth of bushes, we decided to hunt for grouse. After the first shot, the driver approached us and asked what right I was hunting here. Looking at it, I realized that I had never seen … Read more
On the day of Borisov, the weddings of the boyar throne are calculated by the fruits of his rule: both the suppressed morrow, the completed wars, and the harvests. They marvel at how long it took Godunov to persuade him to take power, and only the threat of excommunication from his church forced him to … Read more
A happy courtesan, or a story of life and all the vicissitudes of Mademoiselle de Belo’s fate, later called the Countess de Vintelselsheim of Germany, she is a person known in the time of Charles II under the name of Lady Roxanne – Roman The heroine, so magnificently represented on the title, was actually called … Read more
On a cold November evening in 1851, Khadzhi-Murat, the famous naib of Imam Shamil, drives into the uninhabited Chechen aul Mahket. A Chechen Sado receives a guest in his sakle, despite Shamil’s recent order to detain or kill the rebellious Naib. On the same night, three soldiers from the Russian fortress of Vozdvizhenskaya, fifteen versts … Read more
In the winter forest the wolf talks with a crow, the squirrels play with a hare in the burners. They are seen by the stepdaughter, who came to the forest for brushwood and firewood. The stepdaughter meets the Soldier in the forest, tells him about the game of animals. He explains that every miracle happens … Read more
One day, King Charlemagne feasted with his valiant knights. The table was full of food, the guests were cheerful, but suddenly the owner of the feast said that the fun should be postponed: We must accomplish a difficult feat. It’s good to have fun with us, When Artusov is still a miracle Has the mascot … Read more
DUENJA (ORDER IN THE MONASTERY) Lyrical comic opera in four acts (nine scenes) Libretto by S. Prokofiev Characters: Don Jerome, a nobleman of Seville Tenor Ferdinand Louise } His children Baritone Soprano Duenna at Louise Antonio Clara, Louise’s girlfriend Mendoza, a wealthy fishmonger Don Carlos, an impoverished nobleman, Mendoza’s friend Father Augustine, rector Monasteries Contralto … Read more
The childhood of Esther Summerston takes place in Windsor, in the house of her godmother, Miss Barberi. The girl feels lonely and often sentences, addressing her best friend, a ruddy doll: “You know perfectly well, doll, that I’m stupid, so be kind, do not be angry with me.” Esther seeks to learn the secret of … Read more
Sashka Yermolayev was offended. On Saturday morning, he gathered empty bottles of milk and said to his little daughter: “Masha, will you come with me?” – “Where? The gas shop?” – the girl was delighted. “And buy fish,” – ordered his wife. Sasha and her daughter went to the store. We bought milk, butter, went … Read more
A. A. Block Stranger Street zucchini, vulgar and cheap, but with a claim to romance: huge identical ships are floating on the wallpaper… A light raid of unreality: the master and the sexual are alike, like twins, one of the visitors is “spitting Verlaine,” the other is “poured out” Hauptmann. ” Drunken companies, loud noise. … Read more
NA Dobrolyubov Ray of Light in the Dark Kingdom The article is devoted to Ostrovsky’s drama The Storm At the beginning of the article Dobrolyubov writes that “Ostrovsky has a deep understanding of Russian life.” He then analyzes the article about Ostrovsky by other critics, writes that there is “no direct view of things” in … Read more
G. G. Marquez Hundred Years of Solitude The founders of the genus Buendía José Arcadio and Ursula were cousins and sisters. Parents were afraid that they would give birth to a child with a pig’s tail. Ursula knows about the danger of incestuous marriage, and José Arcadio does not want to take into account such … Read more
Trade and business life is boiling in all the streets and alleys of China Town, when on a bright September morning Andrei Dmitriyevich Paltusov, who returned to Moscow recently, a thirty-five-year-old nobleman of a notable and peculiar appearance, visits the bank on Ilyinka and meets his old friend Evgraf Petrovich there. After talking about how … Read more
Little Sasha once saw in the office of his father a portrait of a young general and decided to ask who it was. Father answered that this man is his grandfather. But he did not talk about him in detail. Thus begins Nekrasov’s poem “Grandfather Sasha after that ran to his mother and began to … Read more
Eugene Scribe Water glass, or Consequences and causes Early 18th century. England, along with Austria, Prussia and other countries, leads an endless and exhausting war for the Spanish inheritance against the Franco-Spanish coalition. England is ruled by a weak-willed and compliant Queen Anne, who does not make decisions without consulting with those around her. In … Read more
Events take place in the first half of the 19th century, in the fictional Kalinove town of Volga. The first action is in a public garden on the high bank of the Volga. A local self-taught mechanic, Kuligin, talks with young people – Kudryash, the clerk of the rich merchant Dikoy, and the philistine Shapkin … Read more
At six years old the boy read about how a boa constrictor swallows his victim, and painted a snake that swallowed an elephant. It was a drawing of a boa constrictor outside, but adults claimed that it was a hat. Adults always need to explain everything, so the boy made another drawing – boa constrictor … Read more
The action takes place in New England on the farm of Effraim Cabot in 1850. In the spring, the old Cabot unexpectedly leaves somewhere, leaving the farm for sons – the elders, Simeon and Peter, and Ebin, born in a second marriage. Cabot is a rough, stern man, his sons are afraid and secretly hating … Read more
Yukio Mishima could have died at the age of five, but survived. He could become a goldsmith, but he did not. He could have been made a kamikaze, but he was fortunate enough to slip from the army. He could do many things, but he chose to become an extraordinary person. Something such pressed on … Read more
Mednyk Christopher Sly falls asleep drunken sleep at the threshold of the inn. The lord rejoins with the huntsmen and servants and, finding the sleeper, decides to play a joke with him. His servants include Sli in a luxurious bed, washed in fragrant water, dress in an expensive dress. When Sly wakes up, he is … Read more
JUZEPPE VERDI 1813-1901 Creativity Verdi marks the time of the full flowering of the Italian opera, it belongs to the best achievements of world realistic art. Filled with the pathos of freedom and hatred of the oppressors, Verdi’s operas served as the banners of the national liberation struggle against the Austrian yoke, which the Italian … Read more
M. de Unamuno Abel Sanchez The book is opened with a short copyright notice that after the death of Joaquin Monegro in his papers were found notes, something like “Confessions”, addressed to the daughter of the deceased. Some of these notes illustrate the story told by the author. Abel Sanchez and Joaquin Monegro grew up … Read more
Martin Amis Night Train The narrative is conducted on behalf of the police officer Mike Hooligan. The book is divided into three parts. Suicide; Picture. In each part there are separate chapters. The whole book is Mike’s story about a case that turned out to be “worse for now”. The book begins with how Mike … Read more
AS Pushkin Gypsies 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 … Read more
Sean O’Faolein And again? In the spring morning of 1965, a resident of Dublin, journalist Younger, who turns sixty-five on this day, receives a strange message. Its authors. Celestial Celestials, who are in Eternity, inform him that they have chosen him as the “experimental participant in the experiment,” which gives him the opportunity to live … Read more
“If you measure a person with her ability to manifest herself, then in Gatsby was something truly magnificent, some heightened sensitivity to all the promises of life… It was a rare gift of hope, a romantic fuse, which I have never met in anyone.” Nick Carraway belongs to the venerable prosperous family of one of … Read more
More quickly, Eurystheus gave a new assignment to Hercules. He had to clear all the farmyard of Augea, the king of Elis, the son of the radiant Helios, from the dung. The sun-god gave his son innumerable riches. Especially numerous were the herds of Aghia. Among its flocks were three hundred bulls with white as … Read more
Famous writer Vadim Nikitin arrives in Hamburg at the invitation of Frau Herbert and recognizes in her the girl whom he loved during the war… On the other side 47-year-old famous writer Vadim Nikitin and his friend Platon Samsonov, also a writer, but less popular, flew to Germany at the invitation of Frau Herbert, a … Read more
Storyteller Maxim tells us about his meeting with a certain Konovalov, and the reason for the story was a newspaper article stating that the philistine of the city of Murom, Alexander Ivanovich Konovalov, who was arrested for vagrancy, hanged himself in a prison cell because of melancholy. Maxim his story decided to clarify somewhat more … Read more
It is this genre, characteristic of the literature of the 18th century, that Goethe chooses for his work, and the action takes place in one of the small German towns in the late 18th century. The novel consists of two parts – these are the letters of Werther himself and additions to them under the … Read more