“Confessions of a Comedian” O. Henry in Brief Content

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1. The confession of the humorist O. Henry O. Henry Confessional humorist The hero-narrator is famous for his sense of humor. Natural resourcefulness is successfully combined with training, jokes are, as a rule, innocuous character, and he becomes a universal favorite. Once a hero receives a proposal to send something for the department of humor in the well-known weekly. His material is accepted, […]...
2. Biography About Henry (William Sidney Porter) (O. Henry) [pseudonym; real name – William Sidney Porter (11.9.1862, Greensboro, North Carolina, 5.6.1910, New York), an American writer. After graduating from school, he served in a pharmacy, received a diploma of a pharmacist. In 1894, the editor-publisher of a humorous weekly, in which he published his first literary experiments. He worked as a cashier-accountant […]...
3. O. Henry’s “Jimmy Valentine’s Address” in Brief Content The famous safe burglar Jimmy Valentine, once again going to freedom, quietly taken for the old. There is a series of daring robberies, losses are significant, and the evidence is negligible. The case takes such a serious turn that the investigation is entrusted to the famous detective Ben Price, which allows the safe owners to […]...
4. “Unforgettable” in short content One intolerably hot evening in the house of Francis Hinzley in Hollywood comes Sir Ambrose Ebercrombie and finds the owner, the scriptwriter of the company “Megapoliten Pictures”, along with his young friend and poet Danis Barlow behind a glass of whiskey. All three Englishmen, and the British, according to Sir Eberkombi, here in America, should […]...
5. Summary of Confessions of a Mask Yukio Mishima could have died at the age of five, but survived. He could become a goldsmith, but he did not. He could have been made a kamikaze, but he was fortunate enough to slip from the army. He could do many things, but he chose to become an extraordinary person. Something such pressed on […]...
6. “Much Ado About Nothing” by Shakespeare in Brief Content The action takes place in the city of Messina in Sicily. The messenger informs the Governor Leonato about the arrival in the city after the victorious end of the war of Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, with his retinue. Talking about the battle, the messenger mentions distinguished on the battlefield the young noble Florentine Claudio. […]...
7. Summary Green Henry Gottfried Keller Green Henry The action takes place at the beginning of the last century in Switzerland. One fine day in the village of Glattfelden, which is located somewhere in the north of Switzerland, there is a handsome and beautiful stranger dressed in a green frock coat. This is Master Leia. Once upon a time […]...
8. “Green Henry” Keller in summary The action takes place at the beginning of the last century in Switzerland. One fine day in the village of Glattfelden, which is located somewhere in the north of Switzerland, there is a handsome and beautiful stranger dressed in a green frock coat. This is Master Leia. Once upon a time he left his native […]...
9. “Trust that burst” O. Henry in summary Once the heroes of the cycle “Noble crook” Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker, who, according to Peters, “each dollar in the hand of another… perceived as a personal insult, if he could not perceive it as a prey,” returned from Mexico after another successful scam and stopped in a Texas settlement called the Bird City, […]...
10. Retelling of the presentation of the summary of the content of works AI Kuprin Kindergarten The daughter of the senior scribe of the orphaned court Burminova Sashenka fell ill. The doctor diagnosed: “apathy, anemia and rickety build” and prescribed a medicine – fresh air, Crimea, sea bathing and good nutrition. But with a father’s salary, there’s nothing to think about. However, Sasha does not want anything – […]...
11. “Live and Remember” Rasputin in Brief Content It so happened that in the last war year a local resident Andrei Guskov returned to a distant village on the Angara in secret from the war. The deserter does not think that in his father’s house he will be greeted with open arms, but he believes and does not deceive his wife’s understanding. His […]...
12. “The History of Henry Esmond” by Thackeray in brief summary Events take place in England at the very beginning of the eighteenth century, during the reign of Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart dynasty. Anna does not have children, and therefore after her death, the throne must go to representatives of another dynasty – Hanover. However, the court party and the military circles want […]...
13. Brief History of Henry Esmond W. M. Thackeray History of Henry Esmond Events take place in England at the very beginning of the 18th century, during the reign of Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart dynasty. Anna does not have children, and therefore after her death, the throne must go to representatives of another dynasty – Hanover. However, the […]...
14. Summary Chair of Philanthromathematics O. Henry 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 […]...
15. “Department of Philanthropic Mathematics” O. Henry in summary 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 students from five states, and […]...
16. Biography of Henry Armstrong Henry Armstrong – American boxer, was born in Columbus, Mississippi. At birth in the biography of Henry Armstrong was given the name of Henry Jackson. The athlete began his professional career in 1931. Soon he became known as a strong, tireless boxer. Armstrong won the title of champion in a very lightweight title in 1936. […]...
17. Gogol’s Overcoat in Brief Content The story that happened with Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin begins with the story of his birth and his bizarre name, and proceeds to the narrative of his service as a titular adviser. Many young officials, laughing, fixing him with bothers, showering him with papers, pushing him by the hand, and only when he is unbearable, he […]...
18. Henry Ford Biography Henry Ford is one of America’s foremost industrialists, radically changing the principle of the assembly line of automobiles. In 1908 Henry Ford created the Ford Model T car and after that continued to improve his way of conveyor assembly of cars, which later fundamentally changed the entire industry. As a result, Ford sold millions of […]...
19. Summary Henry IV Pirandello L. Pirandello Henry IV The action takes place in a secluded villa in rural Umbria at the beginning of the 20th century. The room reproduces the decoration of the throne room of Henry IV, but to the right and left of the throne – two large modern portraits, one of which depicts a man in […]...
20. The brief content of the Booty Anton Chekhov A. P. Chekhov The Boots Osip Ivanovich Dymov, titular counselor and doctor of thirty-one years, serves in two hospitals at the same time: an intern and a draftor. From nine o’clock in the morning until noon he takes the sick, then goes to open the corpses. But his income is barely enough to cover the […]...
21. Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath” in Brief Content 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 […]...
22. O. Henry, the leader of the redskins, in brief Two adventurers – the narrator Sam and Bill Driscoll – have already earned something, and now they need a little more to go into speculation in land. They decide to kidnap the son of one of the wealthiest inhabitants of a small town in the state of Alabama, Colonel Ebenezer Dorsett. The heroes do not […]...
23. Rousseau’s “Confession” in Brief Content “I told the truth.” If anyone knows anything contrary to what has been said here, he knows only lies and slander. “ His first misfortune, the author of these lines, calls his own birth, which cost his mother’s life. The child grows, showing the shortcomings inherent in his age; “I was a chatterbox, gourmet, a […]...
24. Questions and answers to the work of O. Henry What is remarkable about the life of the writer O. Henry? The real name of this American writer is William Sidney Porter. He lived a short life – only forty-eight years. But it was full of events, which could be enough for two lives. His mother, he did not remember, and his father gave the […]...
25. “Fisherman’s Meshchansky Novel” in Brief Content The publisher warns the reader that this book is written not so much for entertainment as for the edifying purpose. The author promises to tell without ceremony a few love stories that happened to people who can not be called heroes, because they do not command armies, they do not destroy states, they are just […]...
26. “Henry IV” Pirandello in short summary The action takes place in a secluded villa in rural Umbria at the beginning of the 20th century. The room reproduces the decoration of the throne room of Henry IV, but to the right and left of the throne – two large modern portraits, one of which depicts a man in the costume of Henry […]...
27. “Peaches” O. Henry in summary Honeymoon in full swing. Little McGarry, a welterweight boxer who does not know himself in the ring, is blissful. He is ready to fulfill any desire of his young wife. And when she cooed: “Darling, I would eat a peach,” he gets up and follows the peaches. But the Italian at the corner of the […]...
28. Brief Content of Nonsense E. Rotterdam The Praise of Stupidity Stupidity says: let the gross mortals talk about her as they please, she also dares to claim that her divine presence, only one, cheers the gods and people. And therefore now the laudable word Nonsense will be spoken. Who, if not Nonsense, should become a trumpeter of his own […]...
29. Garcia Lorca’s “Bloody Wedding” in Brief Content Spain, early XX century. Mountain village. The play begins in the house of the Bridegroom. Mother, learning that he is going to the vineyard and wants to take a knife, breaks into curses to the one who invented the knives, and the guns and pistols are all that can kill a man. Her husband and […]...
30. Abramov’s Roads-Crossroads in Brief Content Mikhail spared his sister and never told her, but he himself knew what Egorsha had married because of her-to take her old grandfather to her, dumb, and to be a free Cossack himself. But she loves him – it’s worth talking about Egorsha, how her eyes will glisten, her face will flare up. But he […]...
31. Short content John Wayne Hurry Down The action of the novel unfolds in the fifties. A difficult conversation takes place between Charles Lumley and the landlady. She suspected that something was wrong, it was painful to spend time idly, apparently, does not work anywhere. Overtaken by surprise, the young man on the run composes a criminal story, […]...
32. “Truncated Spit, or Shaved” Menandra in Brief Content The text of the comedy remained only fragmentary, but the philologists carried out its reconstruction. The action takes place on Corinth Street. There are two houses on the stage. One belongs to the mercenary commander, chiliarch Polemon, the second to the parents of the young man Moshion. The Goddess of Ignition tells a traditional story, […]...
33. Sholokhov’s “Virgin Soil Upturned” in Brief Content On the edge of the steppe, in the evening of January 1930, Gremyachy Log riding was driven into the farm. The passers-by asked the way to the kook of Yakov Lukich Ostrovnov. The owner, having recognized the visitor, looked around and whispered: “Your Honor, Otkel you? .. Mister esaul…” It was the former commander of […]...
34. “The Taming of the Shrew” by Shakespeare in Brief Content Mednyk Christopher Sly falls asleep drunken sleep at the threshold of the inn. The lord rejoins with the huntsmen and servants and, finding the sleeper, decides to play a joke with him. His servants include Sli in a luxurious bed, washed in fragrant water, dress in an expensive dress. When Sly wakes up, he is […]...
35. Summary The young years of King Henry IV Henry Mann Young years of King Henry IV Part I. The Pyrenees of the Boy called Henry. The mother instructed Henry to take care of the relative and the educator, so that the son would grow up, as the children grow up among the people. He lived in the castle of Coarraz, and the area […]...
36. Belov’s “Common Affair” in Brief Content The man Ivan Afrikanovich Drynov is riding on the driftwood. I drank with the tractor driver Mishka Petrov and now he talks with the gelding Parmen. Lucky selpovo goods for the store, and drove drunk in the wrong village, then home only – in the morning… It’s a habit. And at night on the road, […]...
37. Heller’s “Amendment-22” in Brief Content Fictional island Pyanosa in the Mediterranean Sea, invented by the author’s fantasy base of the US Air Force. Quite real World War II. However, each of the numerous characters of this extensive literary fresco has its own war, for the sake of victory in which they spare no effort, no life, and some – someone […]...
38. Summary “Henry IV” After false reports of victory, Earl of Northumberland finally learns that his son Hotsper was killed in the Battle of Shrewsbury and that the Royal Army, led by the second son of King John Lancaster and Earl Westmoreland, is heading towards him. The Earl decides to unite his troops with the forces of the rebellious […]...
39. “The Night is Tender” by Fitzgerald in Brief Content 1925 Rosemary Hoyt, a young but already famous after the success in the film “Father’s daughter” Hollywood actress, together with her mother comes to the Cote d’Azur. Summer is not a season, only one of the numerous hotels is open. On a deserted beach, two companies of Americans: “white” and “black”, as Rosemary called them […]...
40. “Pretty Moe Miscalculated” by Lin Mengchu in Brief Content Sister Mo, having made an escape, twice miscalculated, but then she combined a legal marriage with Jan II A certain official-clerk was married to a woman who was frivolous, inclined to love relationships. Even after the birth of her son, she did not care about the child, but only had fun. Once my husband left […]...