Summary Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov. The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia

THE SAYING OF THE INVISIBLE GRUD OF KITZHE AND THE DEVO OF FEBRUARY Opera in four acts (six scenes) Libretto by VI Belsky Characters: Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich Knyazhich Vsevolod Yuryevich Fevronia Grishka Kuterma Fyodor Poyrok The boy Bass Tenor Soprano Tenor Baritone Mezzo soprano Two best people: 1st 2 nd Tenor Bass Guslar Medvedchik The … Read more

Summary Natalie Ivan Bunin

IA Bunin Natali Vitaly Meshchersky, a young man who recently entered the university, comes home on vacation, inspired by the desire to find love without romance. Following his plans, he travels around the neighboring estates, getting to one of the days in his uncle’s house. Incidentally, the child’s love of the hero for the cousin … Read more

Man and money

The psychology of money is the least developed topic in our society, despite the fact that money at the moment are almost the very first in the list of everything necessary for life. In fact, there are just a lot of topics to consider here: money and emotions, money and intellect and so on. All … Read more

Borges’s “World History of Bastards” in Brief Contents

In the cycle “World history of baseness” collected stories about the lives of murderers, scammers, pirates. Among them, “Hakim of Merv, a masked dyer”, Hakim, who was subsequently nicknamed the Prophet Under the Veil, was born in 736 of the Cross in the dying city of Merv on the edge of the desert. The brother … Read more

Summary Ray Bradbury 451 Fahrenheit

Ray Bradbury 451 Fahrenheit America about a near future, what she saw the author in the early fifties, when this novel was written, the anti-utopia. Thirty-year-old Guy Montag is a firefighter. However, in these modern times fire brigades do not fight with fire. Quite the contrary. Their task is to find books and fire them, … Read more

Summary Doyle’s Copper Beeches

To Sherlock Holmes, a young woman named Violet Hunter appeals for help. Left without work, she turned to an employment agency, where she was offered the place of a governess for a six-year-old boy in the estate “Copper beeches.” The owner of the estate, Mr. Rukasl, a fat, good-natured man, put forward very strange demands … Read more

The “Scouts of Scapin” by Moliere in brief

From the experience of her own youth, knowing well that her eyes and eyes need eyes for sons, Argant and Geront, when they left Naples on business, were assigned to the care of their servants: Octave, the son of Argant, was left under the supervision of Sylvester, and the son of Gerond Leandre – Scapen. … Read more

Summary “Pushkin’s Fountain of Bakhchisarai”

Pushkin’s poems are of great interest not only from the artistic, but also from the point of view of the study of the evolution of his literary tastes. In particular, at one time the poet was very fond of Byron’s work and wrote several works in imitation of the famous Englishman. Among them, the “Bakhchisarai … Read more

Features of oral public speech

Public speech is a special form of speech activity in conditions of direct communication, speech addressed to a certain audience, oratory. Public speech is pronounced in order to inform listeners and to provide them with the desired impact (persuasion, suggestion, inspiration, a call to action, etc.). By its nature, it is a monologic speech, that … Read more

The problem of ecology

In this text, the well-known Soviet writer Vladimir Alekseevich Soloukhin talks about the necessity and importance of everything that is invented by nature. Whether it’s air or the usual green grass on the ground – everything makes sense and its purpose on Earth. So, the text raises the problem associated with the ecology of our … Read more