Nemo, the captain (Prince Dakkar), the explorer of the depths, the inventor and owner of the fantastic Nautilus submarine, which from time to time is shown on the surface of the seas, is perceived by everyone as a kind of supernatural and dangerous representative of cetaceans, becoming an object not only of curiosity but also … Read more
There was such a city in the world Serendipp. And once passed by the great magician Durandarte. He went into the city to rest his feet, and the ruler of this city, Deramo, welcomed the traveler at his palace, fed him and gave him drink, delighted his hearing with wonderful music, for which he was … Read more
Count Almaviva, dressed in a bachelor suit on the night street of Seville, waits in the window for his beloved. A nobleman has long been tired of all this court debauchery and therefore for the first time wants to win the unbiased pure love of a noble young girl. In order for the title not … Read more
The play is preceded by a prologue pronounced by one of the actors before the curtain, which is a laudable word for farce as a genre. In the prologue it is reported that the play offered to the audience is a farce, more like a puppet comedy or a comedy of masks: it is uncomplicated … Read more
The young male narrator, who “cast fate for six months in the remote village of Perebrod, Volyn province, on the outskirts of Polissya,” unbearably misses, and his only entertainment was hunting with the servant Yarmola and trying to teach the latter literacy. One day, during a terrible blizzard, the hero learns from the usually inconsiderate … Read more
In the city of Siracusa lived a merchant, and he had two twin boys, like two drops of water. The merchant drove out of the sea and took with him one of the boys – named Menechm. There was a holiday, the boy was lost in the crowd; he was picked up by another merchant … Read more
IS Turgenev The spring waters of the Tale are prefaced by a quatrain from an ancient Russian romance: Funny years, Happy days – Like spring waters Rushed they are visible, it will be about love, youth. Maybe in the form of memories? Yes indeed. “He returned to his office in the second night, sent a … Read more
Suddenly he remembered the Evanshan potion, took it out and gave the young man a sniff of that tops. With this a miracle happened. The guy turned pale, “The native steppe – wide, free and colorful – suddenly appeared before my eyes, with her and my friend, unfortunate… Volodya, my favorite volost! Native tents, native … Read more
Clerfe runs the car at the gas station. Filling gasoline boy named Hubert Goering finds out in him a race driver. Clerfe’s car frightens the horses carrying a sleigh with a man and a woman. The protagonist stops the animals and helps them to calm down. In the sanatorium “Montana” is treated for tuberculosis former … Read more
The plot of V. Shalamov’s stories is a painful description of the prison and camp life of prisoners of the Soviet GULAG, their tragic fates similar to each other, in which case a ruthless or merciful case, assistant or murderer, arbitrariness of superiors and thieves. Hunger and its convulsive saturation, exhaustion, excruciating dying, slow and … Read more
Main characters: Gordei Karpich Tortsov is a rich merchant. Pelageya Yegorovna is his wife. Lyubov Gordeyevna is their daughter. We love Karpich Tortsov – his brother, got lost. African Savzhich Korshunov – the manufacturer. Mitya is the steward of Tortsov. The action takes place in a county town, in the house of merchant Tortsov, during … Read more
During his life, Dvorak wrote not a few operas, but the most famous and loved by the viewer was the latter – “Mermaid”. The sea maiden of Undine, or, as it is called by the Slavs, the Rusalka, worried the imagination of artists before and after Dvorak. Her image was inspired by F. de la … Read more
E. G. Kazakevich Star A platoon of Soviet intelligence officers entered the village. It was an ordinary western Ukrainian village. The commander of scouts Lieutenant Travkin thought about his people. Of the eighteen former, proven fighters, he has only twelve left. The rest have just been recruited, and what they will be in the case … Read more
O. Henry Department of Philanthropology After another successful scam, Peters and Tucker decide to become philanthropists. Once in the provincial town of Floresville, they, with the consent of local residents, open the “World University” there, and they themselves become his trustees. On the first of September, the newly-opened educational institution hospitably opens the doors to … Read more
O. de Balzac Father Gorio The main events take place in the boarding house of “mother” Voke. At the end of November 1819, seven permanent “spongers” are found here: on the second floor – the young young lady Quiz Tyfer with a distant relative of Madame Couture; on the third – a retired officer Poiret … Read more
KI Chukovsky Crocodile In Petrograd Crocodile walks the streets. He smokes cigarettes and speaks Turkish. And people go after him, scoff, tease and offend. And then the dog also expresses his contempt for him – he bites it in the nose. And the crocodile swallows the doggie. The people are indignant, angry: “Hey, hold him, … Read more
The text of Bradley Pearson’s book The Black Prince, or the Feast of Love is framed by the foreword and afterword of the publisher, from which it follows that Bradley Pearson died in prison of transient cancer, which he opened shortly after he finished the manuscript. Wanting to restore the honor of a friend and … Read more
The novel takes place in England in the early sixties. The heroine of the novel, Emma Evans, on whose behalf the story is narrated, recalls the events that happened to her a few months earlier. Emma’s husband David is an actor. He acts mainly on television, but once the famous theater director Wyndham Ferrer invites … Read more
Part 1. Two murdered girls Paul serves as the head of the prison guard in the suicide bomber, which because of the green linoleum is called the Green Mile. In the adjoining to the Mile room there is an electric chair. In that year, three more Miley guards are added one more – Percy. This … Read more
Once, during the hunting, the author was caught in a strong thunderstorm and he had to look for shelter in the forester’s cottage. The forester was incredible growth and enormous strength. His name was Foma Kuzmich, he had the nickname Biryuk. The author had already heard about him. The peasants believed that no more such … Read more
On the first Monday of April 1625, the population of the town of Meng in the suburbs of Paris seemed to be agitated as if the Huguenots had decided to turn it into the second fortress of La Rochelle: a young man of eighteen entered the Meng, wearing a red gelding without a tail. His … Read more
It happened once to a certain Zhang Yu to drive past Lishan Mountain. He remembered the story of the sovereign Xuanzong, the beauty of Yang Taichren and the commander An Lushane. By himself, he developed poetry, He spent the night at the farmstead. Somehow vaguely felt in my heart. Hardly dozed off, two envoys appeared … 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. The master’s daughter Annunziata tells him about the extraordinary testament of the last local king. In it, he … Read more
The novel describes the events of the Patriotic War with Napoleon in 1812. In the center of the narrative is the family of Count Rostov. Volume One The book begins in the summer of 1805 in St. Petersburg. At the evening, the maid of honor Scherer is present among other guests Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate … Read more
Jean-Paul Sartre Nausea The novel is based on the principle of diary entries of the main character Antoine Roquantin, who traveled Central Europe, North Africa, the Far East and for three years already settled in the city of Buleville to complete his historical research on the Marquise de Roelbon, who lived in the XVIII century. … Read more
March 1865 In the United States during the Civil War, five brave Northmen flee from the southerly Richmond in a balloon. A terrible storm throws out four of them to the shore of an uninhabited island in the Southern Hemisphere. The fifth man and his dog are hiding in the sea near the shore. This … Read more
On the Law given by Moses, and on the Grace and Truth revealed by Jesus Christ, and how the Law passed, and Grace and Truth filled the whole earth, and faith spread throughout all nations up to our Russian people; and praise to our great prince Vladimir, to whom we were baptized; and prayer to … Read more
Prosper Merimee Carmen In the early autumn of 1830 an inquisitive scholar (in whom Merimee himself guessed) hires a conductor in Cordoba and goes in search of ancient Munda, where the last victorious Spanish battle of Julius Caesar took place. The midday heat makes him seek refuge in a shady gorge. But the place by … Read more
Prince Vladimir arranges a noble feast, which attracts numerous guests. Everyone is satisfied with delicious dishes and good wine. The owner himself walks about the hall and looks thoughtfully at the noisy feast. Then he turns to the crowd with a question: who will do him a great service? Who will go to Polovetskaya’s distant … Read more
The book is preceded by the “Foreword of the Owl”, which gives a double interpretation of the name “Ulenspiegel”. According to one version it means “I am your mirror”, on the other – “an owl and a mirror”. The action of the legend takes place in Flanders in the 16th century. In the city of … Read more
Alexandre Dumas Viscount de Bragelonne, or Ten Years Later … May 1660th. The beginning of the independent rule of the young Louis XIV. The heir to the English throne, Charles II, who lives in exile incognito, meets with his cousin, the king of France, and asks for his support in the restoration of the throne. … Read more
On the northern islands lived the Tribes of the Goddess Danu, who comprehended magic, charms and secret knowledge. They possessed four greatest treasures: Lug’s spear, Nuad’s sword, Dagda’s cauldron, and the stone of Lia Fall, who screamed under everyone who was destined to rule Ireland. The tribes of the Goddess sailed on a multitude of … Read more
Epilogue Part one Chapter I The author’s reflections on the driving forces of history in connection with the role of Alexander I and Napoleon. The author says that it can not be said whether the activities of both are harmful or useful, since it can not be said why it was useful or harmful. Chapter … Read more
Alexander Greene Running on the waves In the evening, Sters played cards. Among those present was Thomas Garvey, a young man who was stranded in Lisse because of a serious illness. During the game, Harvey heard a woman’s voice, clearly pronounced: “Running on the waves.” And the rest of the players did not hear anything. … Read more
Khariton The Tale of the Love of Kherei and Kalliroi The action of the first of the surviving Greek novels dates back to the 5th century. BC. e. – the time of the highest power of the Persian kingdom, the Peloponnesian conflict, Greco-Persian wars and many other historical events. The beautiful Kalliroya, the daughter of … Read more
G. W. Longfellow The Song of Hiawatha In the introduction, the author remembers the musician Navadagu, who once sang a song about Hiawatha in ancient times: “His birth is marvelous, His great life: How did he fast and pray, How did Hiawatha work? happy, So that he would go to good and righteousness. ” The … Read more
The novel takes place in St. Petersburg in January 1826. The main character – Ivan Evdokimovich Avrosimov occupies the position of clerk in the highest approved commission. His duties include keeping records of interrogations of those who took part in the mutiny in the Senate Square. Being a shy provincial, he managed to get on … Read more
NV Gogol Players Iharev, who appeared in a city inn, meticulously asked the tavern servant Alexei about the guests: who are they, whether they play, only between themselves and where they take cards; generously rewards his understanding and goes to the general hall to reduce his acquaintance. Appear Krugel and Shvokhnev and get to know … Read more
Over the gray plains of the sea, the wind gathers clouds. Between the clouds and the sea proudly thunderstorm Burevestnik, a black lightning like. Then, with a wing of the wave touching, then with an arrow soaring to the clouds, he screams, and the clouds hear joy in the bold cry of a bird. In … Read more
In the future – a very distant from us “cosmic future” of mankind – these farewell words are heard: “Kelvin, you fly, all the best!” The psychologist Kelvin, at an incredible distance from the Earth, descends from the spacecraft to the planetary station – this is a huge silver whale floating above the surface of … Read more
There lived a father with three daughters, his mother died. The youngest was called Mariushka and she was a needlewoman and did all the housework. Among all the daughters she was the most beautiful and hardworking. My father often went to the market and asked his daughters what gifts they should bring. Senior and middle-aged … Read more
The narrator yearns for times when “Russians were Russian”, and Moscow beauties wore sarafans, and did not flaunt themselves in Gallo-Saxon dresses. To resurrect these glorious times, the narrator decided to retell the story he had heard from his grandmother’s grandmother. Once upon a time in Moscow a rich boyar, Matvei Andreev, lived in Moscow, … Read more
The monument of ancient Russian literature of the late 12th century describes the march of the Novgorod-Severus Prince Igor to the Polovtsians and recalls ancient princely feuds, campaigns and successful battles. “Word” begins with an introduction – an appeal to the great singer of antiquity Boyan. Beat Boyan, when he started the song, spread his … Read more
Here, on a steep-cutting line, I throw long and dumb gazes into the past. The first moments of consciousness on the threshold of my third birthday – they rise to me. I am thirty five years old. I’m standing in the mountains, amidst the chaos of cliffhog rocks, bulky blocks, gleams of diamond peaks. The … Read more
In the center of the unfinished play is the image of the ancient Greek thinker, statesman, poet, healer Empedocles, who lived in 483-423. BC. e. The action takes place in the homeland of the philosopher – in the town of Agrigente in Sicily. Vestal Pantea secretly leads to the house of Empedocles his guest Ray, … Read more
XVI century for Russia has become the age of the rise of Moscow. Ivan Kalita’s grandson, Prince Dmitry Ivanovich of Moscow, despite his youth, managed to put himself in such a position that very few people in Russia decided to stand up to him across the road. In most of the Russian lands, he was … Read more
In the introduction, the author remembers the musician Navadagu, who once sang a song about Hiawatha in ancient times: About his birth wondrous, About his great life: How fasted and prayed, How did Hiawatha work, So that his people were happy, So that he would go to good and righteousness. The supreme deity of the … Read more
The play takes place in the USSR in 1930. The inventor of Eccentrics is going to include the time machine he designed. He explains the importance of this invention to his friend Bicyclebikin: you can stop a second of happiness and enjoy a month, you can “twist the stretched long years of grief.” Bicyclebikin suggests … Read more
The novel takes place in the winter of 1918-19 in a certain City, in which Kiev is clearly guessed. The city is occupied by German occupation forces, the hetman of “All Ukraine” is in power. However, from day to day the city of Petliura can enter the city – the battles are already twelve kilometers … Read more
The action takes place in Moscow, in the first decade of the reforms of Alexander II. The first act of the play is in the apartment where Yegor Dmitrievich Glumov, a young man, lives with his widow mother. In it, according to the author’s remark, is a clean, well-furnished room. The room is entered, continuing … Read more