Italy of the XIX century. Aristocrat Vanin Vanini falls in love with an ardent young revolutionary who escaped from prison. Their feelings are mutual, but Pietro has to make a choice between love and duty to the Motherland… In the spring evening of 182 … the banker, the Duke de B, gave a ball, to … Read more
The novel is a story of the life and aspirations of a Danish intellectual, a contemporary of Jacobsen, whom the author carries over a generation ago – about twenty years. The book opens with a description of the characters of the hero’s parents: his mother is an enthusiastic romantic soul living in a world of … Read more
The period from the 1890s to the October Revolution of 1917 in Russian literature is usually called the Silver Age. It is known that the beginning of the 19th century, when worked A. S. Pushkin, M. Yu. Lermontov, and other poets included in the classics of world literature, it is considered the Golden Age of … Read more
Evariste Galois made a great contribution to the development of the theory of equations. He died at the age of 20, under very mysterious circumstances. Childhood and early years Evariste Galois was born on October 25, 1811 in the village of Bourg-la-Ren near Paris. His parents were well acquainted with classical literature, religious works and … Read more
The tragic story of the artist Chartkov began before a shop in the Shchukinsky yard, where, among the many paintings depicting peasants or landscapes, he discerned one and, having given the last twenty-ruble for her, brought home. This is a portrait of an old man in Asian clothes, it seemed unfinished, but seized by such … Read more
(born 1931) Pristavkin Anatoly Ignatievich (born 1931), a prose writer. He was born on October 17 in Lyubertsy, Moscow Region. During the war, he remained an orphan (his mother died of tuberculosis, his father was at the front), was brought up in an orphanage, studied at a vocational school, worked at the age of 12. … Read more
“Queen” – a cult British rock band, one of the most successful and influential in the history of music. At the origins of the band “Queen” stood Brian May and Roger Taylor, joined by Farrukh Bulsara. Before the place of the bass player was taken by John Deacon in 1971, Mike Grouse, Barry Mitchell, Doug … Read more
Painting by N. P. Krymov “Towards the Spring” strikes with the purity and freshness of the very first, still timid sun rays. This blinding light gives an incredibly joyful, cheerful mood, it pierces the canvas and literally overwhelms all that exists, involving in the stormy spring wave and houses and trees. The color scheme used … Read more
My class was very different from the others. If in parallel classes we fought for progress and discipline, we tried to be friendly and sincere. From the first bell, we somehow immediately rallied and became one family. Of course, we had pupils and hooligans lagging behind in their academic progress. But, when they realized that … Read more
Melnik Alexei Biryukov, a huge, middle-aged man with a clumsy figure and face, smoking a pipe at the threshold of his house. Despite the cold and damp weather, he was dressed easily – apparently, his thick-skinned, “stale as a corn” body did not feel cold. Small, swollen eyes on his red, fleshy face looked sullenly … Read more