Ukrainian fans of verbal art first got acquainted with the work of Charles Dickens in Russian translations. In 1838, the journal Otechestvennye Zapiski (The Notes of the Fatherland) published the full translation of the novel The Posthumous Notes of the Pickwin Club. This novel immediately captivated the Ukrainian reader with its democratism, the incomparable satirical … Read more
What moral features of a person are Hemingway’s poeticisms in the story “The Old Man and the Sea”? What is the main idea of the story? At the heart of the story is the author’s idea of ”tragic stoicism”: in the face of fate, bearing suffering and death, a person is obliged to maintain dignity … Read more
The main theme of the novels and numerous stories of Maupassant about the strength of the “natural interior”, the power of gross and selfish instincts and their carriers, who feel confident and comfortable in life. The final embodiment of people of this type is Georges Duroy, the protagonist of the novel “Darling Friend” – a … Read more
Julien’s shot at Madame de Renal put an end to Julien Sorel’s agonizing attempts to reach a compromise between “red” and “black”. The price of insight is life. He committed a double crime – a shot sounded in the church – an unheard-of sacrilege. Thus, Julien Sorel deliberately sentenced himself to death. Everything returns to … Read more
Who was Aesop? What human vices does Aesop mock in his fables? Laziness, envy, greed, lack of desire to think, cunning, stupidity, flattery. What is the wisdom of Aesop’s fables? Why are these fables instructive? Fables of Aesop draw our attention to the fact that a person must work, not to blame an event, but … Read more
Eyewitnesses said that when a ship came to New York to bring a new edition of a Dickens novel, it was met by a crowd of impatient readers, eager to learn the continuation of the adventures of loved heroes. “When Dickens ventured to read his works and met his readers face to face for the … Read more
I. Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons” was completed in 1862. In this work, the writer touched upon profound political, philosophical and aesthetic problems, captured real life conflicts, revealed the essence of the ideological struggle between the main social forces in Russia in the early 1960s. The central figure of the novel is the democrat-raznochinets Evgenie … Read more
What is mature – I’ll tell you everything, And the story is not in vain. Dante He saw the picture of God’s judgment, He visited purgatory and, knowing the Way to Paradise, reached this paradise, To say the truth, coming back here… So said another great man of the Renaissance – the painter, architect, sculptor, … Read more
The tragedy of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” – the most famous play of the English playwright. Each time, in its own way, experienced the situations and problems of this tragedy. For four centuries it has served as a mirror of humanity, in which new generations see their features and characteristics. It seems to me … Read more
The protagonist of the novel by Charles D. Dickens “David Copperfield” in his youth consistently finds himself in two educational institutions, strikingly different from each other. Talking about the formation of the boy’s personality, Dickens shows us what a school should and should not be. After the death of her husband, David’s mother married a … Read more