PO Beaumarchais The Seville Barber, or Vain Precaution On the night street of Seville in the suit of a modest bachelor Count Almaviva waits for the object of his love to appear in the window. A nobleman, tired of court debauchery, for the first time wishes to win the pure impartial love of a young … Read more
Morning. Above Sapun Mountain is an incredibly beautiful dawn: a dark blue sea, a light chill and fog. There is no snow, but the frost still burns his cheeks, and the sound of the sea is interrupted by shots in the city of Sevastopol. When you look at this beautiful city, the thought of a … Read more
To the Sherlock Holmes, the King of Bohemia appeals for help. Once the king had a stormy romance with the famous opera diva Irene Adler, but now he is going to marry a woman of his descent. Irene blackmails his former admirer, threatening to send a compromising photo to the bride’s family and upset the … Read more
PG Wodehouse Code of Wusters The hero of a whole series of Wodehouse’s novels is the young Englishman Bertie Wooster, who is always accompanied by his servant Jeeves. In the novels there is such a kind of comedy of positions, and the characters constantly fall into absurd situations, but with honor come out of them. … Read more
The action takes place in the city on the Volga, at the end of the XIX beginning of the XX century. Sixty years ago, on one of the barges, the wealthy merchant Zaev was served by the Ignat Gordeyev. Strong, handsome and intelligent, he was one of those people who do not think about the … Read more
In effect, he disappeared. Aristotle At the station, Gabrielle meets her niece Zazi, whom he agreed to look out for at the weekend. In the subway, where the girl so much wanted to get into, is a strike, and they have to go home by taxi. Carries their friend Gabriel – Charles. Before they go … Read more
The action of the poem takes place in Finland in about 1807-1808. In the spring, at sunset, two people are talking in front of the hut: the young Finn, the “kind Ed” with “golden eyes” and “pale blue eyes” and the Russian “young hussar”, a guest in her house. They are surrounded by majestic paintings: … Read more
Having defeated a barely passable forest thicket, two young men came to the shore of a dazzlingly shining mountain lake. The first of the travelers is the stalwart strongman and the bouncer Harry March, noticing the admiration of his comrade, said that in comparison with the Great Lakes of Canada this is supposed to be … Read more
F. O’Connor A good person is not easy to find The story takes place in the south of the USA in the state of Georgia. The head of the family, Bailey wants to take her children, the eight-year-old son John, the daughter of June, the wife with the baby and her mother to Florida. But … Read more
October was cold and rainy. Katerina Petrovna became very hard to get up in the morning. She lived in an old house, which was built by her father, a famous artist. The building was of cultural value and was under the protection of the regional museum. There was a house in the village of Zaborje. … Read more