Several years have passed. The hero works for glossy magazines. His life is empty. There are no friends, women come and go. He remembers his Friend and decides to find her. For this, the hero again goes to the hotel “Dolphin”. But everything changed there, as if by magic. In place of the old hotel … Read more
The most famous story Garshin. Not being strictly autobiographical, he nevertheless absorbed the personal experience of the writer, suffering from manic-depressive psychosis and suffered an acute form of the disease in 1880. A new patient is brought to the provincial psychiatric hospital. He buen, and the doctor can not remove the severity of the attack. … Read more
The action takes place in Aulis, in the camp of Agamemnon. The yearning king awakens the faithful servant of Arkas. He is extremely surprised by the dejected kind of his master: the descendant of the gods Agamemnon favors in everything – not without reason his daughter wants to marry the unshakable warrior Achilles, the most … Read more
Astrakhan Tsar Timur, his family and power suffered a terrible misfortune: the ferocious sultan of Khorezm defeated the Astrakhan army and, bursting into a defenseless city, ordered the capture and execution of Timur, his wife Elmaz and son Calaf. That under the guise of commoners managed to escape to neighboring lands, but there they were … Read more
“Comparative biographies” – this is 23 pairs of biographies: one Greek, one Roman, beginning with the legendary kings of Theseus and Romulus and ending with Caesar and Antonius, of whom Plutarch heard from live witnesses. For historians, this is a precious source of information; but Plutarch wrote not for historians. He wanted people to learn … Read more
The action refers to the middle of the 16th century, to the period of the Reformation. Michael Kolhaas, the protagonist of the story, earns a living by breeding and selling horses. It is a simple and just man, highly appreciating his honor and dignity. Once he goes to Leipzig and, passing across the border, sees … Read more
G. Senkevich The Flood 1655. The Lithuanian lands that are part of the Commonwealth. Rich and noble nobleman Bilevich, dying, leaves almost all of his estates to the orphan granddaughter, nineteen-year-old blonde and blue-eyed beauty Aleksandra (Olenka), only Lyubich’s estate announces to the son of his friend, the young Croatian Orshansky Andrzej Kmitsits, desperate arrogant, … Read more
In the autumn I wandered with a gun through the fields. A fine and cold rain made me look for some kind of shelter. At the ancient old man who guarded the pea field, I learned the way to the nearest village. Finally, I reached a large village with a stone church. I went to … Read more
A tale of how Lee’s righteous went to the Sky-Gates In ancient times, Li Tsin, the head of the most extensive family, rich and owner of several painted, was to be seventy years old. Chad and his family prepared gifts for him, but the old man asked everyone to give him a piece of strong … Read more
Maxim Gorky Boy Speech from the author. “It’s hard to tell this little story – it’s so simple.” On Sundays, the lyrical hero gathered children in spring and summer, and in the morning took them to nature. “As a shepherd, he walked behind the carefree lambs.” At noon the younger slept, and told the elders … Read more