VV Ivanov Kremlin In the year when Grand Prince Ivan III ordered the erection of the Moscow Kremlin, the prince Nikita, who owned the city Podzol in the upper Volga, planned to build his Kremlin better than the tsarist. And in the last century opposite the Kremlin, on the other side of the hill, there … Read more
Not far from my estate there is a young landowner, an officer in retirement, Arkady Pavlovich Penochkin. He is a sensible and educated man, he cares for his subjects and punishes them for their own good. Growth is small and not bad. From his light brown eyes and ruddy cheeks, he is bursting with health … Read more
On stage is an ordinary theater room with three walls, a window and a door. The Mystics of both sexes are sitting at the table with a concentrated look in their coats and fashionable dresses. Pierrot is sitting at the window in a white robe. Mystics are waiting for the arrival of Death, Pierrot awaits … Read more
William Faulkner Light in August Even less than a month, it took Lina Grove to get on foot and when, but rarely, on a passing wagon ride from a provincial village at a sawmill in Alabama to the city of Jefferson, Mississippi, where, as she somehow thought, Lucas Birch, from which she suffered and whom, … Read more
Agatha Christie Villa The White Horse Mark Easterbrook, a man of scientific stature and rather conservative views, once watches in one of the Chelsea bars the scene that struck him: two girls dressed sloppy and too warm (thick sweaters, thick woolen stockings), quarreling over cavalier, clung to each other’s hair, so much so that one … Read more
Alden Pyle is a representative of the economic department of the American Embassy in Saigon, an antagonist of Fowler, another hero of the novel. Being a generalized depiction of quite concrete political forces and methods of struggle in the world arena, the figure of O. P. carries a deeper and broader meaning. Before us is … Read more
Knut Hamsun Pan The author uses the form of the first person narrative. His hero – a thirty-year-old Lieutenant Thomas Glan recalls the events that occurred two years ago, in 1855. The impetus was the letter that came by mail – in an empty envelope lay two green bird feathers. Glan decides for his own … Read more
Joe came to New York to study painting. There he met Dilius, a girl who came to complete a musical education. Young people fell in love and got married. They rented a small apartment, where they were happy. Joe studied painting, and she took music lessons. Until they ran out of money. Дилия has decided … Read more
M. Yu. Lermontov Mtsyri Mtskheta – the ancient capital of Georgia, founded there, “where, merging, rustling, / Embracing as if two sisters, / Strui Aragva and the Kura.” Immediately, in Mtskheta, and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral with the tombs of the last kings of independent Georgia, “handed over” their people “to the one-faith Russia. Since then (the … Read more
AG Elenschleger Axel and Valborg The play takes place from the beginning to the end in the solemn atmosphere of the Trondheim cathedral in Nidaros, the medieval capital of Norway. On the sides of the scene – funerary niches, in the center – the tomb of Harald, the grandfather of the ruling king Hakon Shirokoplechego. … Read more
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 whims of fashion, chides his older brother for levity and panache: … Read more
Colon – a place to the north of Athens. There was a sacred grove of goddesses Evmenid, terrible guardians of the truth – those about which Aeschylus wrote in “Oresteia”. Among this grove stood an altar in honor of the hero Oedipus: it was believed that this Theban hero is buried here and protects this … Read more
Colleen Fenwick orphaned at eleven years – first his mother died, and a few days later and his father died in a car crash; It was taken to him by unmarried cousins of father Viren and Dolly Talbo. Virena is the richest woman in town: she owns a pharmacy, a ready-made dress shop, a gas … Read more
The novel takes place in the early 1850’s. in USA. He opens the conversation with the “good” planter Shelby with slave-dealer Gayley, whom he wants to sell his best nigger to Uncle Tom in payment of debts. Speaking about humanism, understood in a very peculiar way, Gayley expresses the point of view of many slavers: … Read more
Fen Chunyu became famous as a brave warrior. He was generous, hospitable, but obstinate. Yes, and did not shy away from wine. Therefore, he was demoted from the post of deputy commander of the Huainan region. And he does not care at all: he settled in his own house, which is near the old-old ash … Read more
Jean Giraudou Siegfried and Limousin The narrative is conducted on behalf of the narrator, whose name is Jean. In January 1922, he looks through German newspapers to find at least one kind word about France, and suddenly stumbles upon an article signed with the initials of “ZFK”, where the words from his friend Forestier’s story … Read more
Gorodovoy Ivan Akidinich Bergamotov for many years held a post on the Pushkarnaya street of the provincial town of Orel. In the area he was listed as “badge number 20”, but the gunners – residents of Pushkarnaya street – called him Bargamot. With a gentle and delicate pear bergamot, Ivan Akidinich had nothing in common. … Read more
During the siege of Leningrad Anna Andreevna Akhmatova “was on duty as an ordinary air-defense fighter, she sewed sandbags, which shewed trenches – shelters in the garden… A fountain house, under a maple, sung to her in” Poem Without a Hero, “which was written quarter from 1940 to 1965. During these years, the poetess not … Read more
Romantic night by the sea, a bonfire burns, an old gypsy Makar Chudra tells the writer a story about free gypsies. To his young interlocutor Makar says: “You chose a glorious share for yourself, falcon… go and look, seen enough, lie down and die – that’s all!” Makar advises to be careful of love, for … Read more
Honore de Balzac (Honoré de Balzac [? N?? ed? Bal? Zak], May 20, 1799, Tour – August 18, 1850, Paris) is a French writer. Has no relation to the French writer Jean-Louis Gues de Balzac (1597-1654). The name at birth is Honore Balzac; particle “de”, meaning belonging to the noble family, began to use around … Read more
Evgenia Grande was considered the most enviable bride in Saumur. Her father, a simple bocar, grew rich in the days of the Revolution, buying up the confiscated church possessions for a pittance-the best vineyards in the Saumur okrug and several farms. At the Consulate, he was elected mayor, and during the time of the Empire … Read more
Avvakum The life of Archpriest Habakkuk himself written by Protopop Habakkuk wrote the life with the blessing of the monk Epiphanius, his spiritual father. A solar eclipse is a sign of God’s wrath. In Russia, the solar eclipse was in 1654, because then the Patriarch Nikon distorted the faith. Fourteen years later, a new eclipse … Read more
The action takes place in 40-50 years. XVIII century. Together with his heroine, the outstanding singer Consuelo, the reader from sunny Venice gets into the gloomy Bohemian forest, goes along the roads of the Czech Republic, Austria and Prussia. Consuelo, the daughter of a gypsy who did not know her father, is naturally endowed with … Read more
One morning, Buddha wandered alone along the shore of a paradise pond. He stopped in thought and suddenly saw everything that was happening on the bottom of the Lotus Pond, reaching to the very depths of the underworld. A lot of sinners were crowding down there. The Buddha’s eyes fell on one of them. His … Read more
August 12, 18 ** ten years old Nikolenka Irtenev wakes up on the third day after her birthday at seven o’clock in the morning. After the morning toilet, the teacher Karl Ivanych leads Nicholas and his brother Volodya to greet the mother who pours tea in the living room, and with her father giving economic … Read more
Agrippina is the widow of Domitius Enobarb of Nero’s father and the second widow of Emperor Claudius. With the help of intrigues and crimes, Nero was elevated to the throne afterwards was killed by his order. A. – one of the most important characters in the tragedy. Moving away from the image of heroes possessing … Read more
Banabhatta (Hindi Ba? Abha?? a or Bana, Hindi Bana; 7th century) is an ancient Indian Sanskrit poet. He was “Asthana Kavi” (court poet) in the court of King Harsavadhana, who reigned from approx. 606 to 647 years in Northern India. The main work of Bana includes the biography of Harshi – Harscharita, one of the … Read more
The soldiers have supper nine kilometers from the front line. They are given double portions of food and tobacco, since after the last attack, eighty people returned from the battlefield instead of one hundred and fifty. For the first time the queue before “pishcheetom” lined up at lunch, after a night rest. It was the … Read more
A. Shtifter Notes of my great-grandfather The hero, describing the old house that belonged to his great-grandfather, the village doctor, recalls: “The old utensils surrounded us with an indelible chronicle, and we children got used to it, like an old book with pictures, the key to which was possessed only grandfather, he, the only living … Read more
“On the day of the thirtieth anniversary of his personal life, Voshchev was given a calculation from a small mechanical factory where he was earning funds for his existence.” He wrote in a dismissal document that he was being eliminated from production due to the growth of weakness in him and thoughtfulness among the general … Read more
The story “It’s hard to be a god” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky was written in the last “thaw” year. This work clearly traces the radical nature of the writers’ work. The title of the story quickly attracted readers, and after reading it, the reader begins to think about many things directly related to the … Read more
Virginia Woolf Mrs. Dalloway The novel takes place in London, in the midst of the English aristocracy, in 1923, and takes only one day. Along with real events, the reader also gets to know the past of the heroes, thanks to the “stream of consciousness”. Clarissa Dalloway, a fifty-year-old socialite, the wife of Richard Dalloway, … Read more
Dashil Hemmet Maltese falcon In the reception of private detective Sam Spade appears a young and beautiful woman. She appears as Miss Wonderly and reports that she came to San Francisco after the sister who had fled with her lover. She wants to return her home, and tonight she will meet with a young man … Read more
Strange adventures have occurred with a young scientist named Christian-Theodore, who came to a small southern country to study history. He settled in a hotel, in a room where the storyteller Hans Christian Andersen lived before him. (Maybe this is the whole point?) Annunciate’s host daughter tells him about the extraordinary testament of the last … Read more
MOLIERE Imaginary patient After many counts and checks of records, Argan realized finally why his state of health had deteriorated so recently: as it turned out, this month he took eight types of medicines and did twelve washing injections, while last month there were as many as twelve types of medicines and twenty clichiers. This … Read more
Nedokoro Mitsuzaburo, waking up to dawn, again and again tries to gain a sense of hope, but in vain. He remembers his comrade, who stripped naked, painted his head with red paint and hanged himself. A year before his death, he interrupted his studies at Columbia University, returned to his homeland and was treated for … Read more
AA Block Intelligentsia and the revolution “Russia is dying”, “Russia is no more,” “the eternal memory of Russia” – I hear around me. But before me is Russia: the one that our great writers saw in awesome and prophetic dreams. Russia is a storm. Russia is destined to endure torment, humiliation, division; but it will … Read more
The work of Bradbury is multifaceted. The protagonist Douglas keeps a diary of the summer of 1928, which he spends in the environment of his friends, relatives and residents of the town of Greentown – a small, green and quiet place. The narrative is conducted on behalf of an adult who tries through childhood memories … Read more
The poet reflects on the reason for the disobedience of the first four people who violated the only ban of the Creator of all things and were expelled from Eden. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, the poet calls the cause of the fall of Adam and Eve: it is Satan who appeared to them in … Read more
In the Cold Synagogue Mazepovka is sung by the beautiful cantor Shmulik Yampolsky. Once in Mazepovka comes the world famous cantor, and Shmulik, for the first time having heard the singing of a professional, decides to teach the singing of his son Iosele, who has a beautiful treble. Ioselus can not stand studying in a … Read more
Maxim Gorky Childhood Narration on behalf of the protagonist I Father (now dressed “in white and unusually long, fingers of his bare feet strangely stretched out, fingers of tender hands, quietly laid on his chest, also curves, his cheerful eyes are tightly covered with black circles of copper coins, a kind face is dark and … Read more
Eternal theme: late in the evening the father in anxiety awaits the house of a detained son somewhere and mutters to himself that there is no greater unrest than the excitement of the parents… The old man Mikion has no native children. His brother Demei has two sons. One of them, Aeschines, adopted Mikion. He … Read more
The teacher of Russian language and literature in a small provincial town Sergey Vasilievich Nikitin is in love with the daughter of a local landowner Masha Shelestova, eighteen years old, who “has not yet been considered to be small in the family” and therefore calls her Maney and Manyusey, and when the circus she visited … Read more
LS Petrushevskaya Your Circle A friendly company for many years gathered on Fridays at Marisha and Serge. The master of the house, Serge, talent and general pride, computed the principle of the flight of flying saucers, he was invited to a special institute as a head of department, but he preferred the freedom of an … Read more
L. Feuchtwanger Family Opperman In November 1932 Gustav Opperman turns fifty. He is the senior owner of a furniture manufacturing company, owner of a solid current account in a bank and a beautiful mansion in Berlin, built and furnished to his own taste. The work attracts him a little, he appreciates his worthy, informative leisure … Read more
AI Kuprin Staff-captain Rybnikov Shchavinsky, employee of a large Petersburg newspaper, met Rybnikov in the company of well-known St. Petersburg reporters. The miserable and miserable staff captain spoke, thundering a mediocre command and extolling – with some affectation – a Russian soldier. After observing him, Schavinsky noticed some ambiguity in his appearance. At first glance, … Read more
Old peasants, husband and wife, died. Before his death, his mother punished his son in all things to obey his older sister. At the request of his sister, his brother married, that there was another mistress in the house – to help her sister. Brother’s wife began to complain about her sister-in-law: she was a … Read more
In the village, where in the evening on the thresholds sit Circassians and talk about their battles, there is a rider dragging on the lasso of the Russian prisoner, who seems to have died from wounds. But at noon the prisoner comes to himself, remembers that with him, where he is, and finds shackles on … Read more
From England to Russia A hero, a young man, talks about his travels through foreign lands. We do not know his name or age. We only know that England was the extreme limit of his journey, where he told himself that it was time to return to the fatherland, and sat in London on a … Read more
IS Shmelev – a talented Russian writer of the XX century. Hobbies Shmelev were diverse. In addition to studying at the Faculty of Law of Moscow University, he was interested in the botanical discoveries of Timiryazev. His first literary work was a sketch from the folk life “At the Mill”, then there were stories and … Read more