Sir Palem Granville Woodhouse KBE (English Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, October 15, 1881 – February 14, 1975) is a popular English humorist writer, playwright, comediographer. Knight of the Order of the British Empire. Throughout his work, the works of the “king of comedy” Wodehouse enjoyed tremendous success, he was admired by many celebrities from Kipling … Read more
The supreme power belonged to the emperor, whom the Chinese called the “Son of Heaven.” His will was for them the law. He lived in the greatest luxury – he had dozens, or even hundreds of palaces, thousands of servants, musicians, concubines. Nevertheless, in the midst of a fierce struggle for power, not many emperors … Read more
“At the art exhibition in Aiivazovsky in Rome, the paintings were recognized as the first.” The Neapolitan Night “,” The Storm “and” Chaos “made so much noise in the capital of fine arts, that the halls of nobles, public gatherings and dens of artists were announced with the glory of the Novorossiysk landscape painter, the … Read more
The illustrious Venetian adventurer, whose name became a household name, was a brilliant narrator; gradually he began to write down his stories; these records grew into memoirs. Like any true adventurer, Kazakova spends life on the road. Arriving one day in Constantinople, he meets the venerable philosopher Yusuf and the rich Turk Ismail. Admired by … Read more
All gathered this terrible body – the thirteenth, cancerous. Persecuted and persecuted, silent and vigorous, hard workers and money-grubbers – they collected and depersonalized everyone, all of them are now only seriously ill, torn from the habitual situation, rejected and rejected all the familiar and native. They do not have anybody else’s house, no life … Read more
My head plows with its ears, Like a bird with wings. She can not rest her legs on the neck anymore. S. A. Yesenin. Black man “Black Man” – one of the most mysterious, ambiguous and understandable works of Esenin. The poet began working in 1922, and basically it was written abroad, in February 1923 … Read more
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 alone, he is betrayed by an … Read more
In most diseases, it is not nature, or society, but the person who is to blame. Most often he is sick because of laziness and greed, and sometimes because of stupidity. Do not pin your hopes on medicine. She treats many diseases quite well, but can not make a person healthy. While she can not … Read more
The action takes place in the city of Messina in Sicily. The messenger informs the Governor Leonato about the arrival in the city after the victorious end of the war of Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, with his retinue. Talking about the battle, the messenger mentions distinguished on the battlefield the young noble Florentine Claudio. … Read more
The action takes place in Sweden, in the count’s, a manor in the kitchen on the night of Ivan Kupala, when, according to folk tradition, among all who celebrate this religious and magical holiday all the class boundaries are temporarily canceled. Christina, a cook of thirty-five years, is standing by the stove, preparing a potion … Read more