Essay

The thirteen-year-old boy Kish lives along the Polar Sea, along with his mother Aikigoy. Kish does not have brothers and sisters, and his father Bok died in a battle with the polar bear, which he entered, saving people from starvation. Over time, people forgot about the heroic deed of a brave man, as well as … Read more

For a hunter, rain is a real calamity. Such a disaster we suffered with Ermolai during the hunting for black grouses in Belevsky district. Finally, Ermolai suggested that Alexeyevka, owned by my mother, go to the farm, the existence of which I had never suspected before. When the hamlet was an old outbuilding, uninhabited and … Read more

The main heroes of the novel are the first revolutionary terrorists of the 60s of the XIX century. “Dressed as a stone for Empress Catherine II.” The inscription on the Trubetskoi bastion Part one On March 12, 1923, the day when I, Sergey Rusanin, was 83 years old, I decided to publicize what I had … Read more

Jane Austen Feeling and Sensibility At the center of the narrative are two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Endless vicissitudes of their love (“sensitive”) experiences and languor and will form the plot of the novel. But let us start from the beginning and try to understand the intricate plot lines and related ties of the … Read more

LF Baum Ozma from Oz Dorothy and Uncle Henry sail on a steamer to Australia. Suddenly a terrible storm rises. Waking up, Dorothy can not find Uncle Henry in the cabin and decides that he went on deck. In fact, Uncle Henry slept, covering himself with his head, but Dorothy did not notice him. Once … Read more

“Pushkin’s Queen of Spades” is written in the traditions of the literary realism direction. The idea and plot of the work was suggested to the writer by the young prince Golitsyn, who somehow managed to recoup, putting, on the advice of his grandmother, N. P. Golitsina, while playing three cards. Golitsina in due time, suggested … Read more

The action takes place in 1960-1961. in the GDR. The main character, Rita Seidel, a student who worked during the vacations at the car building plant, lies in the hospital after she almost fell under the carriages that were maneuvering on the tracks. Later it turns out that this was an attempt at suicide. In … Read more

In Madrid, Casade Campo, the favorite park of the townspeople, don Juan Carlos and his servant Mosquito await twilight. They can not appear in the city during the day: two months ago, Don Carlos killed a noble caballero Alonso, the son of Don Diego and the brother of Lysard, in which Don Carlos was unrequitedly … Read more

The central character of the novel Diederich Gesling was born in a German family of the middle bourgeois, the owner of a paper mill in the city of Netzig. As a child, he was often sick, he was afraid of everything and especially of his father. His mother, Frau Gasling, also lives in awe of … Read more

There are three story lines in the novel: the first is a narrative, which is conducted on behalf of the angel Agasphere, whose name means “Beloved of God”; 2 nd – a story about the life path of Paulus von Eichen, a younger contemporary of Martin Luther; 3rd – correspondence between Professor Siegfried Baifus, Director … Read more

An accidental shot from a naval gun made by the English lieutenant Bailey Land prevented the capture of the Crimea by units of the Red Army in 1920. And now, during the reign of Brezhnev, the Crimea turned into a prosperous democratic state. Russian capitalism has proved superior to Soviet socialism. Impressive Impressive Simferopol, stylish … Read more

IS Turgenev Breakfast at the head of the dining room. Morning. A set table with a snack. The action takes place in the estate of the leader of the local nobility. Nikolai Ivanovich Balagolayev invited one of his neighbors, a judge and a former leader in the morning, to resolve the dispute between Kaurova, the … Read more

“Epic poem” – according to the author’s review, and in fact – a novel in verse, “Don Giovanni” – the most important and most ambitious work of the late stage of Byron’s creativity, the subject of constant reflection of the poet and fierce polemic of criticism. Like “Eugene Onegin,” the masterpiece of the late Byron … Read more

“You can call me Jonah” – such a phrase opens a novel. The hero-narrator believes that this name is much more suitable for him than the one given at birth, for he “always somewhere brings”. One day he planned to write a book “The Day the End of the World Comes.” In it, he was … Read more

The action takes place in the village Fires collective farm “The power of labor.” The people gather near the house of the dying chairman. Evlampiy Nikitich Lykov was famous not only in the region, but also in the country. Everyone understands that changes are coming, and they remember those thirty years that Lykov headed the … Read more

In 1940, a famous fairy tale by V. Kataev appeared, “Tsvetik-Semitsvetik”, a brief summary for which the reader’s diary is offered to read. It’s about how the usual girl Zhenya had to make a difficult choice: to wish for something for herself or to help another person. Harmful dog One day my mother sent Zhenya … Read more

M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin Wise pisarer There was a “enlightened, moderately liberal” pisar. Smart parents, dying, left him to live, looking at both. Piskar realized that he was in trouble from everywhere: from big fish, from piscid neighbors, from a man (his own father was one day almost cooked in his ear). Piskar built a hole … Read more

In three hours’ walk to the north-west of the port city of Corsica, Porto-Vecchio, there are extensive thickets of poppies – the habitat of shepherds and robbers. Formed by seven to eight foot thickets of trees that survived the burning out of the forest, they are impassable not only for humans, but also for mouflons … Read more

During the sermon of the Buddha, one of the holy arhats surrendered to vain dreams. For this, the infernal torments were relied upon, but the Buddha mercifully sent the offender to the earth, that he be reborn in human form. Now his name is Liu Junzu, he is unstable in faith, can deviate from the … Read more

Tyulin – the hero of the story, the carrier on the river Vetluga. He has a youthful face, “almost without a beard and mustache, with expressive features,” a bassy chest voice, “slightly hoarse, as if from a strong hangover,” but there are “notes as direct and naive as this church, and this one pillar, and … Read more

Summary of the “Student” Chekhov. Start The narrative is conducted on the eve of the great Easter holiday. The story begins with a description of weather conditions and a dreary landscape. The weather was at first quiet and calm, but towards the night a cold wind blew through the puddles, puddles were covered with a … Read more

England, the XVIII century. The family of pastor Charles Primrose enjoys a serene existence “in a beautiful house amidst the picturesque nature”. The main treasure of the Primroses are six wonderful children: “sons are good fellows, dexterous and full of courage, two daughters are blooming beauties.” The eldest son, George, studied in Oxford, the middle, … Read more

NS Leskov The man on the clock The winter in Petersburg in 1839 was with strong thaws. Sentry Postnikov, a soldier of the Izmaylovo Regiment, stood at his post. He heard that a man came to the wormwood and called for help. The soldier for a long time did not dare to leave his post, … Read more

The tragedy opens with three introductory texts. The first is a lyrical dedication to friends of youth – those with whom the author was associated in the beginning of work on “Faust” and who has already died or is in the distance. “I again remember everyone who lived that radiant at noon”. Then follows “Theatrical … Read more

Four players play in the “screw” three times a week: Evpraksiya Vasilyevna with his brother Prokopy Vasilievich against Maslennikov and Yakov Ivanovich. Yakov Ivanovich and Maslennikov absolutely do not approach each other as partners: the thin old man Yakov Ivanovich is extraordinarily cautious and pedantic, he never takes risks, unlike the hot and enthusiastic Maslennikov. … Read more

FM Dostoyevsky Notes from the underground The hero of the “underground”, the author of the notes, is a collegiate assessor who recently resigned after receiving a small inheritance. Now he is forty. He lives “in the corner” – a “crappy, nasty” room on the edge of Petersburg. In the “underground” he is psychologically: almost always … Read more