Moscow, the beginning of the reign of Alexander II. The action begins with the exit to the richly decorated hall of the old and very important official Aristarkh Vladimirovich Vyshnevsky. He is accompanied by his young wife Anna Pavlovna, both negligee. Vyshnevsky grumbles, reproaching his wife for being too cold to him. After the official … Read more
KG Paustovsky Romantic Maksimov with Stashevsky, Alexei and Winkler was driven into this port by a cruel autumn storm. Young people lived in a crappy hotel, stuffed with sailors and prostitutes, spending time in cheap taverns. Stashevsky thundered Russian literature, argued with Alexei about the fate of Russia. We remembered the recently deceased Oscar. The … Read more
On the dusty road among the maize fields of Oklahoma is a man of about thirty. This is Tom Jowd. After serving time in prison for an accidental murder, he returns home to the farm. He leaves the prison ahead of schedule and therefore has no right to leave the state. On the farm, he … Read more
The author-narrator remembers the recent past. He recalled the early weathering autumn, the entire golden, dried up and thinned garden, the delicate aroma of fallen leaves and the smell of Antonov apples: the gardeners pour apples on carts to send them to the city. Late at night, when he ran out into the garden and … Read more
Spacious and comfortable kitchen. There is no one, only at the burning hearth warms the Cat. A tired passer-by comes in the house. This is Lancelot. He calls someone from the hosts, but there is no answer. Then he turns to the Cat and finds out that the owners – the archivist Charlemagne and his … Read more
One quiet, clear evening, the boys and girls gathered to sing songs. Levko, the son of a village head, drags a song near one of the huts, calling a beautiful girl named Ganna. Ganna struggles for a long time with doubts and fears before quitting. She is afraid of the envy of the girlfriends, the … Read more
G. de Broin Buridanov donkey Karl Erp, head of the district library in Berlin, the capital of the GDR, a forty-year-old family man with a nascent abdomen, wakes up in his room with a smile on his face. Reading the book at breakfast, he thinks of Fraulein Broder. After graduating from the library school, she, … Read more
There is a myth about the hero Jason, the leader of the Argonauts. He was the hereditary king of the city of Iolc in Northern Greece, but his elder relative, the powerful Pelius, seized power in the city, and to recover it, Jason had to perform a feat: with the heroic friends on the ship … Read more
Some American millionaire, whose name no one has remembered and whom the author calls “the gentleman from San Francisco”, is making a trip on a luxurious, steamy boat “Atlantis” to Europe. The companions of the millionaire are his wife and daughter. He took his family on a trip, because he thought he deserved rest: after … Read more
Emile Zola Doctor Pascal Doctor Pascal is a sixty-year-old scientist, an innovator, out of his pen goes medical works. He is engaged in healing, using his own methods and giving hope to the sick. He is interested in questions of heredity. On the example of his own family, he creates his theory of heredity, based … Read more