Essay

In the small kingdom of Perador reigned King Meliott. They submitted to the kingdom of Arthur. In their kingdom, everything is very quiet and peaceful. The king has a daughter, Princess Melicent. She is the heiress of the king. For days she and her maid of honor Ninet and Alison embroidered or listened to the … Read more

Under this name are preserved three sagas, known from the “Book of the Cow Burrow” and “Yellow Book of Lecan” I In the old days, Ireland was ruled by a king from the tribe of the Tribes of the Goddess named Eohide Ollothar. He was also called Dagda, for he was able to perform miracles … Read more

G. von Kleist Prince Friedrich of Homburg In the center of the drama – the battle of Ferbellin (1675), largely determined the fate of Germany. Prince Friedrich Arthur of Hamburg, a general from the cavalry, sits under a tree in the garden of the castle in a sleepy sleep and wreathes a laurel wreath. Elector … Read more

In the neighborhood of Rochester, an ancient town southeast of London, lived a seven-year-old boy, nicknamed Pip. He was left without parents, and his “own hands” raised by an older sister who “possessed a rare ability to pay purity into something more uncomfortable and unpleasant than any mud.” With Pip, she addressed as if he … Read more

The novel begins with a foreword, in which the author warns that the novel itself is fictional and has a symbolic meaning. Further, he reports that he himself was engaged in alchemy for a long time, but his search came to a standstill until he met one person who explained to him in what direction … Read more

The protagonist of the novel, Kolen, a very nice young man of twenty-two years, who so often smiles with an infantish smile that from this on his chin he even had a dimple, is preparing for the arrival of his friend Shik. Nicholas, his cook, conjures in the kitchen, creating masterpieces of culinary art. Shik … Read more

Stories of V. Shalamov are devoted to the hard life of prisoners in the Gulag, their prison life. In the world of the Gulag, the chief role is played by the chiefs and the so-called “thieves,” the life of prisoners in the camps depends entirely on the case, whatever it may be. The author describes … Read more

Krista Volf The cleaved sky 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 factory, lies in the hospital after she nearly fell under the carriages that were maneuvering on the tracks. Later it turns out that this was an … Read more

Marusya Tatarovich is a girl from a good Soviet family. Her parents were not careerists: the historical circumstances of the Soviet system, which destroyed the best people, forced the father and mother to occupy vacant seats, and by the end of the labor biography they were firmly established in the middle-level nomenclature. Marusi had everything … Read more

Henrik Ibsen Wild Duck 80-ies. XIX century. A festive table in the office of the rich Norwegian businessman Verle. Among the guests – the son of merchant Greghers (he works there as an ordinary employee) summoned from the plant in the Mountain Valley and Gregers’ old school friend Yalmar Ekdal. Friends have not seen each … Read more

In the glorious city of Rostov, at the Rostov priest’s cathedral was a single son. His name was Alyosha, they nicknamed him Father Popovich. Alyosha Popovich did not read and write, he did not sit down for books, but learned to own a spear from a small age, to shoot from archery, to tame heroic … Read more

The novel is based on the principle of diary entries of the protagonist Antoine Roquantin, who traveled to Central Europe, North Africa, the Far East and for three years already settled in the city of Buleville to complete his historical research on the Marquise de Roelbon, who lived in the XVIII century. At the beginning … Read more

A mountain lawn with a small hut under an overhanging rock. At the edge of the well sits a young Rautendelein, a creature from the fairies world, and combs his thick reddish-golden hair. Leaning over the edge of the frame, she calls Water. She is bored, Grandma Wittich went to the forest, you see, the … Read more

“The Canterville Ghost” is a short story about the departing England, written by a true Brit. It was published in a journal publication in 1887. The work can be considered as a moderate satire on the born bourgeoisie and sentiment on the elusive traditions of England. “Canterville Ghost”: heroes of the novel The work describes … Read more

IS Turgenev Nov Nezhdanoff gets a home teacher from the Sipyagins at a time when he needs money, even more in changing the situation. Now he can rest and gather strength, most importantly – he “fell out of the care of the Petersburg friends.” In Petersburg he lived in a dark little room with an … Read more

A. and B. Strugatsky Roadside Picnic The action takes place at the end of the XX century. in the town of Harmont, which is located near one of the Visiting Zones. The Visiting Zone – there are only six of them on Earth – this is the place where for a few years before the … Read more

JF Cooper Prairie In the autumn of 1804, along the immense expanses of the American prairies – ever farther to the west, farther from the already inhabited lands – a train of stubborn, unpretentious migrants (squatters) was slowly moving forward. The head of the family, phlegmatic uhleny Ishmael Bush, was looking out for a place … Read more

Ninety years old lives in Novgorod Buslay. He does not argue with anyone and does not quarrel with anyone: neither with Novgorod, nor with Pskov, nor with Moscow. When Buslai dies, his son Vasily remains. When Vasily turns seven, he begins to walk around the city, go to the prince’s court and “joke” with other … Read more

VF Khodasevich Selected criticism Gumilev and Blok They are people of different poetic generations. Block – a symbolist, Gumilev – the enemy of symbolism. For Blok, his poetry is a spiritual feat, inseparable from his life, for Gumilev – a form of literary activity. Blok is always a poet, Gumilev – only when he wrote … Read more

Maxim Gorky Makar Chudra Romantic night by the sea, a fire burns, an old gypsy Makar Chudra tells the writer a story about free gypsies. To his young interlocutor Makar says: “You chose a glorious share for yourself, falcon… go and look, seen enough, lie down and die – that’s all!” Makar advises to be … Read more

AR Belyaev Head of Professor Dowell Marie Laurent, a young doctor, receives an offer to go to work in the laboratory of Professor Kern. The office in which Kern takes it, produces a very gloomy impression. But much more gloomy is the visit to the laboratory: where Marie sees a human head separated from the … Read more

Schavinsky, an employee of a large Petersburg newspaper, met Rybnikov in the company of well-known St. Petersburg reporters. The miserable and miserable staff captain spoke, thundering a mediocre command and extolling – with some affectation – a Russian soldier. After observing him, Schavinsky noticed some ambiguity in his appearance. At first glance, he had an … Read more

VT Narezhny Russian Zhilbaz, or The Adventures of Prince Gavrila Simonovich Chistyakov A small village at the turn of the Oryol and Kursk Gubernias is the estate of Ivan Efremovich Prostakov, who lives with his wife and daughters, Katerina and Elizaveta. It is here that the author presents us the main character. Prince Gavrilo Simonovich … Read more

N. Machiavelli Mandragora The action takes place in Florence. Constriction is the conversation of Kallimako with his servant Shiro, addressed, in fact, to the audience. The young man explains why he returned to his native city from Paris, where he was taken away at the age of ten. In a friendly company, the French and … Read more