The well-known master of landscape, Russian and Ukrainian painter is Vasilkovsky Sergey Ivanovich. Having graduated with high achievements of the Academy of Arts, he received permission to travel to other countries. He visited Germany, England, Africa, Spain, Italy, for some time he lived in France. But most of his paintings are devoted to his native … Read more
For many millennia since the creation of the first book, people have not stopped reading. The book accompanies a person throughout his life. The book for a person is a friend, assistant, mentor and teacher. From the book, a person derives new information, useful facts and new ideas. From the book a person takes food … Read more
In a deserted mountainous area, not far from the court of the Polish king, Rosaura, a noble lady dressed in a man’s dress, and her servant, lost their way. The night is approaching, and there is no light around. Suddenly travelers distinguish in the twilight a tower, from behind the walls of which they hear … Read more
What is the main theme of the novel? “David Copperfield” is a novel about the formation of personality, about the fate of a young man entering life. Can we call Dickens’s novel an autobiographical work? The novel is written in the first person, and on its pages many events from the author’s life were reflected, … Read more
One morning the old Water Rat leaned out of the hole. The duck taught her children to stand upside down in the pond. Water Rat: “Love is certainly a good thing, but friendship is much more sublime… A faithful friend must be betrayed to me.” Then Linnet began the story of a Faithful Friend. Once … Read more
I. Death of the gods Cappadocia. The Roman tribune condemned wanted to curry favor with his boss. To do this, he is going to kill two children – cousins of the current Constantinople emperor Constantius. Constantius is the son of Constantine the Great, who began his reign by killing many of his relatives, including his … Read more
Every day we come across different situations. And often we have to make our choice of how to act and what to prefer. In some cases, a person’s decision can depend not only on his own disappointment or satisfaction, but also on someone’s life. The problem of moral choice has been and will be eternal. … Read more
Spacious and comfortable kitchen. There is no one, only at the burning hearth warms the Cat. A tired passer-by comes in the house. This is Lancelot. He calls someone from the hosts, but there is no answer. Then he turns to the Cat and finds out that the owners – the archivist Charlemagne and his … Read more
SICILY EVENING Opera in five acts (six scenes) Libretto by E. Scribe in S. Duverie Characters: Guy de Montfort, Governor of Sicily Arrigo, young Sicilian Sire de Bétun, French officer Count de Vaudemont, French officer Giovanni di Procida, a Sicilian physician Danieli, Sicilian Thibaut, French soldier Robert, the French soldier Manfredo, Sicilian Princess Elena Ninetta, … Read more
Francois Fenelon (de Salignac, Marquis de la Mothe Fenelon, August 6, 1651 – January 7, 1715) – the famous French writer; was born in Perigord, in an ancient noble family. Until the age of 12, the boy lived in his ancestral castle, and did not devote much time to studies because of poor health; then … Read more