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 … Read more
O. de Balzac Father Gorio The main events take place in the boarding house of “mother” Voke. At the end of November 1819, seven permanent “spongers” are found here: on the second floor – the young young lady Quiz Tyfer with a distant relative of Madame Couture; on the third – a retired officer Poiret … Read more
Varvara Semyonovna – an ordinary woman, an old woman from a neighboring entrance. But its fate is interesting, although it is quite traditional for our country. Varvara Semenovna was born in 1913 and throughout her long life she experienced all the cataclysms and upheavals in our history. In the thirties, her father, a well-to-do, strong … Read more
KI Chukovsky Crocodile In Petrograd Crocodile walks the streets. He smokes cigarettes and speaks Turkish. And people go after him, scoff, tease and offend. And then the dog also expresses his contempt for him – he bites it in the nose. And the crocodile swallows the doggie. The people are indignant, angry: “Hey, hold him, … Read more
Peter III was the emperor of the Russian Empire only six months, when, in 1762, his own wife, Catherine the Great, overthrew him from the throne. After that, all in the same year of 1762, the former emperor was killed. Early years Peter III, nee Karl Peter Ulrich, was born on February 21, 1728 in … Read more
His great last picture of the artist Levitan called “Lake. Rus.” In the picture, the broad expanse of water reflects clouds illuminated by the sun. On the far shore, as far as the eye can see, fields, villages, domes of churches. Everything in the picture – the sun, the wind, the rushing clouds – is … Read more
All schoolchildren, without exception, summer is the most favorite time. And it’s not even because it’s warm in the summer, but because it’s three months of vacation and no school or study. Perhaps, if such a long vacation were in winter, then we all also loved the winter. But someone, once decided that the best … Read more
The text of Bradley Pearson’s book The Black Prince, or the Feast of Love is framed by the foreword and afterword of the publisher, from which it follows that Bradley Pearson died in prison of transient cancer, which he opened shortly after he finished the manuscript. Wanting to restore the honor of a friend and … Read more
There are absolutely unexpected meetings. Such an unusually interesting meeting I had recently. I met a wonderful person. I ran into this boy on our stairs when I took out the garbage. I immediately noticed his eyes – they were boundlessly blue, as if I looked deep into the sea. -Hi! – I said, from … Read more
After reading an excerpt from the pedagogical composition of the great French writer, thinker J. – J. Rousseau “Julia, or New Eloise.” I began to think. and what is reasonable parental love. What should it be? The feeling of love in the communication of parents and children is expressed through gestures, intonation, facial expressions, emotions, … Read more