Gustave Flaubert Mrs. Bovary The young physician Charles Bovary first saw Emma Ruo when he was summoned to the farm of her father who broke his leg. Emma had a blue wool dress with three frills. Her hair was black, smoothly combed in front on the straight parting, cheeks pink, eyes of large black eyes … Read more
Population growth caused the overpopulation of many territories in Europe, where there was an acute shortage of land. The lack of land frightened those who worked on it, the specter of hunger. Therefore, many peasants, leaving their native land, settled in cities or sought vacant land on the outskirts of Europe. Such lands were still … Read more
Man and art are two concepts that do not exist without each other. A long time ago a man began to create objects that he needed directly for life. Then, when a man made his life easier in terms of hunting, fishing and cultivating the land, he began to engage in creativity. Creativity is necessary … Read more
Dance is the only kind of art in which we ourselves are an instrument. (Rachel Farnhagen) Since childhood I have been an active and moving child, I liked music and I heard a couple of rhythmic sounds, selflessly started dancing. And so, when I grew up a little and I was. () Years old, my … Read more
AI Kuprin Duel Returning from the parade ground, Second Lieutenant Romashov thought: “Today I will not go: you can not bore people every day.” Every day he stayed at the Nikolaevs until midnight, but on the evening of the next day he again went to this cozy house. “You came from the mistress of the … Read more
In 1811, Mr.. lived in his estate with his wife and daughter Masha Gavrilovich R. He was hospitable, and many enjoyed his hospitality, and some came for Marya Gavrilovna. But Marya Gavrilovna was in love with the poor army ensign named Vladimir, who was on holiday in his village next door. Young lovers, believing that … Read more
In our class there are two round honors: Sasha and Katya. Teachers say that they are the strength and pride of our class. Is it so? Of course, they learn very well, but in all other respects these are two completely different people. Sasha is a good friend and is always ready to help. He … Read more
Angelina Jolie – actress, was born on June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. Known as the heroine of Lara Croft from the movie “Tomb Raider”, as well as the wife of Brad Pitt. At birth, the name Angelina Jolie Voight was received. Oscar winner Angelina Jolie is famous for her offscreen novels, adoptions, active … Read more
The story “Lilac Bush” by the famous Russian classic Alexander Kuprin was first published in the print edition “Life and Art” under the number 305 of October 17, 1894. Love and happiness became the artistic idea of this work. For some, happiness lies in the material component or in freedom, for others – in scientific … Read more
Once in the Epiphany Evening Girls guessed: For the gate a slipper, Withdrawed from the foot, threw. They tried to find out their destiny, their destiny. Among the girls only Svetlana is silent and sad, she does not sing, does not guess. Her dear is far away, and already a year from him there is … Read more
There are many beautiful things in the world, but why are they needed, if you are alone and you have no one to share it with? And to everything else, the thing is – it is material, but friendship, love and even hatred is a spiritual product that can be inaccessible to many people. Some … Read more
Alphonse Dode Extraordinary adventures of Tartaren from Tarascon 186 * year, the country is governed by Napoleon III, all who can, thrive. In the small town of Tarascon, in the south of France, lives the great Tartarin hunter, in whose garden grow baobabs and other exotic trees. The passion for hunting is shared by all … Read more
V. V. Bykov Sign of trouble Stepanida and Petrok Bogatka live on the farm Jáchymovschina, three kilometers from the town of Vyselki. Their son Fedya serves in tank troops, the daughter of Fenya studies “on the doctor” in Minsk. The war begins. The front is rapidly rolling to the east, the Germans are coming. There … Read more
Norway end of X century. Jarl Hakon, who has conquered his country, dreams of royalty: he wants to turn from a jarl-a free and eminent military leader-into a king whose power is sanctified by a dynastic tradition and a people’s habit, that is, indisputable. But on the way to the yarl – Olaf, great-grandson of … Read more
Let’s see what the word humanity means. Quite a complex question, and the answer to it will be very extensive. Probably, humanity can be called responsibility. Responsibility to oneself and other people. The most important feature of absolutely every person is humanity. But, to be honest, we very often replace the word humanity with different … Read more
M. Ye. Saltykov-Shchedrin Lord of Tashkent. Pictures of morals. The whole book is built on the boundary of the analytical, grotesque essay and satirical narrative. So what kind of creature is this – a Tashkenter – and what does she crave? She longs for only one thing: “To eat!”. Whatever it was, at the cost … Read more
In the house of an intelligent Narodnik Ivan Akimovich Samgin, a son was born, to whom his father decided to give an “unusual” peasant name to Klim. It immediately singled out the boy among the other children of his circle: the daughter of Dr. Somov Lyuba; the children of the lodger Varavka Varvara, Lydia and … Read more
The ability to see and distinguish colors is one of the most unique in the world, only the human eye has similar characteristics. In order to see the beauty of nature it’s enough to just open your eyes and look around. Blue ebb stream streams, green foliage of trees and bushes, a blue sky vault … Read more
Conversational style: its main features Conversational style is a style of speech that serves for direct communication between people. Its main function is communicative (information exchange). Conversational style is presented not only in oral speech, but also in written form – in the form of letters, notes. But mostly this style is used in oral … Read more
In the novel by V. Bykov “Survive until dawn” before the reader appears the image of the hero, Lieutenant Ivanovsky. The work clearly reveals human responsibility and an adequate understanding of what is happening. As is known, war establishes its laws, accordingly, orders are given by the senior in rank, and for their implementation, the … Read more
School in a small Kyrgyz aile. Cold, unheated class. The teacher tells the frozen and chilled children about the warm island of Ceylon, where unprecedented fruits grow, amazing animals and summer all year round. But Sultanmurat’s thoughts are far away. Many inhabitants of ail have already perished, his father is now also at the front … Read more
Diana, the Countess of Belfort, late at night entering the hall of her Neapolitan palace, finds there two cloaked men who, when she appears, hurriedly hide. Intrigued and enraged, Diana orders the butler to call, but the latter justifies his ignorance by going to bed early. Then one of the servants returns, Fabio, whom Diane … Read more
When I was a child, my dear Aurora, I was very worried that I could not catch the conversation of the flowers. My professor of botany told me that they did not say anything, whether he was deaf or did not want to tell me the truth, but he insisted that the flowers did not … Read more
Sasha Cohen – a figure skater, was born on October 26, 1984 in the city of Westwood, California. Best known as the 2006 US Figure Skating Champion. At birth she received the name of Alexander Paulin Cohen. Alexandra’s elegance, as well as her gymnastic style, helped the sportswoman to become famous, to find fans in … Read more
The opposition “light and darkness, darkness” derives its origin from the simple natural cycle that a person observed every day, and comprehended from time immemorial, from the daily change of day and night, the existence of the day and the non-existence of the night. In terms of color, light and dark, the pair “white and … Read more
My name is Marina and I’m 16 years old. This year I graduate from school and the question that bothers me most is where to continue learning. I have already decided what kind of profession I want to do in the future, but in my town there are not so many educational institutions. I want … Read more
The play takes place in Athens. The ruler of Athens is Theseus. On the queen of the Amazon tribe, Ippolite, Theseus wants to marry. The wedding of the Queen of Amazons Hippolyta and the Duke of Theseus, was to take place on the night of the full moon day. At the palace, the angry Aegeus, … Read more
In the first novel in this series, Zola talks about the origins of the Rugon family and the Makkarov family, as well as the emergence of the Second Empire in France, which provided great opportunities for bourgeois speculation and adventure. The narrative begins with the author’s foreword, in which Zola clearly articulates his task as … Read more
I have my own room, but it’s quite ordinary: a standard set of furniture, ordinary striped wallpaper, nothing attracting the attention of the ceiling, the window and the creaking door. And I would like to live in some unusual room. Even the door with all its appearance should say that we will enter now into … Read more
“On the beach at night alone, As the old mother sways her to and fro Singing her husky song “. (At night by the sea one, Water, like an old mother, with a husky Song lulls the earth.) W. Whitman When this is the end of a person’s life, they always look for an explanation … Read more
A. Pogorelsky Black hen, or Underground inhabitants Forty years ago, in St. Petersburg on Vasilievsky Island, there lived a male housekeeper. Among the thirty or forty children who studied in that boarding house, there was one boy named Alesha, who then was no more than 9 or 10 years old. His parents, who lived far … Read more
Maxim Gorky The case of Evseiikoy The little boy Yevseika is a bit on the beach. With boredom fell asleep and fell into the water. He was not scared. Dived and pulled the bottom. Looks around – it’s good: “The scarlet starfish is crawling slowly, the mustached lobsters walk along the rocks, the crab is … Read more
Charles Dickens The Adventures of Oliver Twist Oliver Twist was born in a workhouse. His mother had only one glance at him and died; before the boy was nine years old, he could not find out who his parents were. No kind word of affection, no kind affectionate glance has ever dawned on his dull … Read more
Soon on our website (“Secret Pages of Russian Painting”): “Unfavorable life circumstances forced Vasily Andreyevich Tropinin to lose 20 years of artistic life, but despite this, he took a worthy place among the best Russian and foreign painters. Tropinin was never abroad, and he developed his talent by studying nature, living mainly in Little Russia, … Read more
Jennifer Capriati – tennis player, was born on March 29, 1976 in the city of New York. The most famous as a teenager is a tennis idol. In her biography, Jennifer Capriati at the age of 14 was in the semi-finals of the French championship. The following year, she became the youngest female athlete in … Read more
My school is quite far from home. If you go by bus, you need to go to the third stop. But I like walking more, it takes twenty minutes. The road goes straight, downhill. It crosses one of the major districts of our city with a wide ribbon. Along the highway trees grow, sometimes a … Read more
Sergei Vladimirovich Kovbasyuk is a Russian lawyer, a professional agroinvestor is the founder and head of the bureau “Lawyers and Business”, an investor of “UWC Agro”. Member of the Bar of the City of Moscow. He was a member of the Public Council at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Biography S. … Read more
Since the days of Pushkin, Russian literature has been able to disclose the psychology of man, his innermost thoughts and feelings. Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy introduced into the psychology of Russian literature his discovery, called Chernyshevsky’s ability to transmit “the dialectic of the soul.” “People are like rivers,” Tolstoy said, emphasizing by this comparison the multifacetedness … Read more
At the dawn, horses are driven from the bar horse yard. From the entire herd stands a serious, pensive-looking old piebald gelding. He does not show impatience, like all other horses, dutifully waits until old man Nester saddles him, and with sadness watches what is happening, knowing in advance every minute. Having driven the herd … Read more
In Russian folk art there is a proverb: “I gave the floor – keep it”. What does it mean and why is it so important – “keep your word”? A word is a great power, because they can unite or disconnect people, evoke love or, conversely, hate. And if you promised to do something to … Read more
Sh. De Coster The Legend of Eulenspiegel The book is preceded by the “Foreword of the Owl”, which gives a double interpretation of the name “Ulenspiegel”. According to one version it means “I am your mirror”, on the other – “an owl and a mirror”. The action of the legend takes place in Flanders in … Read more
Nobody knows what awaits a person in the future. What kind of life he will have, what kind of work, what kind of family. But it is in childhood that we lay the foundation for our future life, for our profession. I want to reflect on the future that awaits me. First of all, I … Read more
Oscar Wilde The Happy Prince Winter has come, but the Swallow has decided to stay with the Prince and told him, already blind, about Egypt, where the bird so sought. After the Swallowtail leaflet after the leaflet handed out all the gold that covered the sculpture, the winged helper died. The prince’s tin heart split … Read more
In the last days of May, the soldiers and the marquee of the Paris battalion “Red Hat” stumble into the Sodreysk forest to the Breton peasant woman with three children – a baby girl and two boys a little older. Michelle Flechard was killed by her husband and burnt the hut-without a piece of bread, … Read more
AP Platonov Fro The main heroine of the work is a twenty-year-old girl Frosya, daughter of a railwayman. Her husband left far and long. Frosya is very sad about him, life loses for her any meaning, she even throws the railway communication and signaling. Frosya’s father, Nefed Stepanovich, retired by age, but continues to miss … Read more
Irina Bezrukova is a Russian actress. Irina was born on April 11, 1965 in Volgodonsk. In the childhood years of her biography Irina Bezrukova was extremely shy. But then, after sorting herself out, I decided to enter the theater department of the Palace of Pioneers. Despite the fact that she was not accepted, she did … Read more
The story “Gifts of the Magi” was written in 1906. Since then, just over a hundred years have passed. During this time, language, life, culture, the Revolution, the formation and disintegration of the USSR changed. With certainty, we can say that Henry used several unknown words for us. Therefore, in order not to find myself … Read more
Sophocles Antigone In Athens they said: “Above all in human life is the law, and the unwritten law is higher than written.” The unwritten law is eternal, it is given by nature, on it is held every human society: it commands to honor the gods, to love relatives, to pity the weak. The written law … Read more
Pietro Aretino The philosopher In the prologue the author reports that he saw in a dream and a fairy tale about the Perugian Andreuccio (the character of the fifth novel of the second day in the “Decameron” by Boccaccio – his name Aretino jokingly awarded his hero), and the story of the false philosopher, who … Read more
The rarest gift of the colorist was shown by Mikhail Alexandrovich in his film “To the Night”, created in 1900. It was necessary to have a truly phenomenal visual memory in order to capture the complex gamut of the conceived canvas. The night is approaching. It is chilling from the dark expanses of the ancient … Read more