Jorge Amadou Dona Flor and her two husbands A resident of a small town of Salvador in the outskirts of Bahia, Floripedes Paiva Guimaraes, a young hostess of the culinary school “Taste and Art,” becomes a widow. Her husband Valdomiro, nicknamed Gulyak, a drunkard, gambler, womanizer and merry fellow, dies in the color of years … Read more
On the fifth day, I stormed. In white from snow and a cold big house there was a twilight and there was a grief: the child was seriously ill. In the heat, delirium, he often cried and asked him to give him some red bast shoes. Mother, who did not leave the bed, also cried … Read more
The poem “Mtsyri” Lermontov wrote in 1839. Already in 1840 it was published in the collection “Poems of M. Lermontov.” The idea of the work “Mtsyri” appears in the poet at the age of 17, when he is going to write a note of a young monk. During his first exile to the Caucasus in … Read more
In ancient Athens, King Theseus rules. Like Hercules, he had two fathers – earthly, the king of Aegeus, and heavenly, the god of Poseidon. His main feat he committed on the island of Crete: he killed in the labyrinth of the monstrous Minotaur and freed Athens from the tribute to him. Assistant to him was … Read more
Gogol’s story “Taras Bulba” is a part of the “Myrhorod” cycle. There are two versions – 1835, and 1842. Gogol was against the publication of the second version without agreeing with him certain points. However, the story was nevertheless published without copyright. Events in the book “Taras Bulba” unfold around the XVII century. It is … Read more
Menippus tells the Friend of his extraordinary journey, striking the interlocutor with precise data on the distance from the Earth to the Moon, to the Sun and, finally, to the very sky – the dwelling of the Olympian gods. It turns out that Menippus only returned to Earth today; he stayed with Zeus. A friend … Read more
Once a month, old Naum Evstigneevich gets drunk, after which he lies for three days on the stove, is ill and “fights in God.” Now he moans and complains to his lodger, eighth-year-old Yurka. Yurka teaches lessons, and responds to the complaints of the old man: “It was not necessary to get drunk”. From conversation … Read more
The action takes place in Ancient Greece. We meet with the main character at a difficult moment in his life: exiled from his native city – Athens, Agathon is sent to the Middle East. Hobbling in the mountains of Thrace, he accidentally falls on the holiday of Bacchus, celebrated by noble women in this region. … Read more
Erich Kestner Fabian Together with the hero of the novel Jacob Fabian, we live a short period of time – maybe a few weeks or even less. During this period, the hero basically suffers losses – he loses his job, loses a close friend, his beloved leaves him. Finally, he loses his life. The novel … Read more
Coming to the story of the life of his hero, whom the author regards as “great people”, he seeks to convince the reader that greatness – contrary to the widespread misconception – is incompatible with kindness. The author considers absurd and absurd the desire of the biographers Caesar and Alexander of Macedon to attribute to … Read more