R. Akutagawa Web site 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 … Read more
The novel takes place in the middle of the 16th century. Madame de Chartres, for many years after her husband’s death, lived away from the court, and her daughter comes to Paris. Mademoiselle de Chartres goes to the jeweler to choose jewelry. There she accidentally meets the Prince of Cleves, the second son of the … Read more
In the Prague Castle of the King of Bohemia, Přemysl Ottokar, confusion reigns among his courtiers. Ottokar dissolves the marriage with his wife Margarita of Austria, the widow of the German Emperor Heinrich von Hohenstaufen. The king concluded this marriage for reasons of profit, in order to take possession of Austria, which belongs to the … Read more
KI ChukovskyTharakanische “Bears were riding Bicycles, followed by a cat Back in front, followed by mosquitoes on a balloon, followed by crayfish On a lame dog, wolves on a mare, Lions in a car, Bunnies in a tramcar Toad on a broomstick…” They go and laugh, when suddenly a terrible giant climbs out of the … Read more
The novel takes place in a fairly large American city under the loud name Zenith. The main hero of the novel, George Babbitt, a forty-five-year-old owner of the agency that sells and leases real estate, lives on the outskirts of the city, in the prestigious, rapidly developing area of ”Blooming Hills.” He has a family … Read more
The action takes place in Spain, where rich fathers specifically hire evil duennies, so that they look after their young daughters and strictly abused their morality. This is exactly how Don Geronimo, the father of the beautiful Luisa, acted. However, he grossly made a mistake in his calculations… Night. Don Don Antonio, a wealthy nobleman, … Read more
Herbert Wells War of the Worlds In 1877, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Virgino Schiaparelli (1835-1910) discovered on Mars a network of straight lines, which he called the canals. There was a hypothesis that these channels are artificial structures. Such a point of view was later refuted, but during her lifetime, Schiaparelli enjoyed wide recognition. And … Read more
I go to the patronal feast in the prison church together with Maman and Alexandra Lvovna Ley. Here we meet “mademazel” Gorshkov and her little students. I read about the city of En, about Chichikov and Manilov. We go for a walk with the nurse Cecilia, she leads me to the church. On the street … Read more
At the corner of two lanes of the county town there was a police box. The soapbubber of the Mymrets, who lived in it, belonged to the category of people, completely “worthless in the army.” Such people are usually interested only in drinking, they are afraid to be afraid of their bosses before death, but … Read more
RL Stevenson Black Arrow The action takes place in England in the second half of the 15th century, during the Wars of the Roses and the Roses. In the village of Tenstall, owned by Sir Daniel Brackley, a messenger appears who brings Sir Daniel’s order to the entire male population of the village to immediately … Read more