“Peaches” O. Henry in summary

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1. Summary of Peaches O. Henry Peaches Honeymoon in full swing. Little McGarry, a welterweight boxer who does not know himself in the ring, is blissful. He is ready to fulfill any desire of his young wife. And when she cooed: “Darling, I would eat a peach,” he gets up and follows the peaches. But the Italian at the […]...
2. Painting by Konchalovsky “Peaches” In front of me is a picture of the Russian artist P. P. Konchalovsky “Peaches”. At first glance it seems that there is nothing special in the picture – several fruits lie in the basket and on the table. But it is not so. It is only necessary to take a closer look at the […]...
3. Painting Serov “Girl with Peaches” In the large bright room near the table there is a girl with a peach in her hands. Her black, unruly hair was disheveled, and her dark eyes were looking straight at the viewer. This pensively sly sight is familiar to many according to the description of the picture “The Girl with Peaches” of Serov. […]...
4. Painting by VA Serov “The Girl with Peaches” How much liveliness, naturalness, childlike ease in the picture of VA Serov “Girl with Peaches”! No wonder this picture after its writing made a lot of noise in Moscow, struck the contemporaries of the artist with amazing expressiveness, ease, a sense of the joy of life. The painting depicts Vera, the daughter of a Russian […]...
5. Summary “The Pharaoh and the Chant” by Henry Homeless vagrant Soapy merz on the bench in the park. Winter came, it was necessary to think about housing. He wanted to go to a hospitable prison, where he had enough food and a roof over his head for three months. For several years he spent the winter there. There were charitable institutions, but Sopi […]...
6. Questions and answers to the novel by J. Verne “Fifteen-year-old captain” Who went on a voyage on the schooner “Pilgrim”? How did it happen that Dick Sand became its captain? How did it happen that the “Pilgrim” lost his course? Taking advantage of Dick’s inexperience, the ship’s cook Negoro broke the compass and imperceptibly changed the testimony of the other. Therefore, instead of America, the ship […]...
7. Summary “Henry IV” After false reports of victory, Earl of Northumberland finally learns that his son Hotsper was killed in the Battle of Shrewsbury and that the Royal Army, led by the second son of King John Lancaster and Earl Westmoreland, is heading towards him. The Earl decides to unite his troops with the forces of the rebellious […]...
8. How to become a real captain? Rummaging in a box with toys, I pulled out a compass with a torn off arrow, which I was given a few years ago. The compass quickly bored me, and when the arrow fell off, I put it on the bottom of the box and forgot. Why did I suddenly want to take him back […]...
9. Summary Chair of Philanthromathematics O. Henry O. Henry Department of Philanthropology After another successful scam, Peters and Tucker decide to become philanthropists. Once in the provincial town of Floresville, they, with the consent of local residents, open the “World University” there, and they themselves become his trustees. On the first of September, the newly-opened educational institution hospitably opens the doors to […]...
10. “Department of Philanthropic Mathematics” O. Henry in summary After another successful scam, Peters and Tucker decide to become philanthropists. Once in the provincial town of Floresville, they, with the consent of local residents, open the “World University” there, and they themselves become his trustees. On the first of September, the newly-opened educational institution hospitably opens the doors to students from five states, and […]...
11. Summary Henry IV Pirandello L. Pirandello Henry IV The action takes place in a secluded villa in rural Umbria at the beginning of the 20th century. The room reproduces the decoration of the throne room of Henry IV, but to the right and left of the throne – two large modern portraits, one of which depicts a man in […]...
12. “Henry IV” Pirandello in short summary The action takes place in a secluded villa in rural Umbria at the beginning of the 20th century. The room reproduces the decoration of the throne room of Henry IV, but to the right and left of the throne – two large modern portraits, one of which depicts a man in the costume of Henry […]...
13. “King Henry IV” by Shakespeare in short summary Part one The source of the plot were several anonymous plays and the chronicles of Hollshed, with whom, however, Shakespeare treated quite freely. The plays about the reign of Henry IV form, as it were, the middle part of the tetralogy, the beginning of which is “Richard II”, and the end is “Henry V”. All […]...
14. Summary King Henry IV William Shakespeare William Shakespeare King Henry IV Part one The source of the plot were several anonymous plays and the chronicles of Hollshed, with whom, however, Shakespeare treated quite freely. The plays about the reign of Henry IV form, as it were, the middle part of the tetralogy, the beginning of which is “Richard II”, and the […]...
15. Composition “My Favorite Cat” I have long asked my parents to buy me a small kitten. And one day my dream came true! It happened on the day of my birth. In the morning I woke up, and a long-awaited surprise waited for me – next to the bed sat a small, fluffy kitten looking reddish. I was very […]...
16. Summary Europeans Henry James Henry James Europeans Brother and sister – Felix Young and Baroness Eugenia Munster – for the first time in their life come to their mother’s homeland in America. They grew up in Europe, feel Europeans and anxiously await a meeting with the Wentworth family – uncles, cousins ​​and cousins. Felix is ​​the first to get […]...
17. Summary The young years of King Henry IV Henry Mann Young years of King Henry IV Part I. The Pyrenees of the Boy called Henry. The mother instructed Henry to take care of the relative and the educator, so that the son would grow up, as the children grow up among the people. He lived in the castle of Coarraz, and the area […]...
18. “The young years of King Henry IV” Mann in brief summary XVI century. Henry, a boy from a noble French family who grew up in a provincial Bearna, after passing through the dangers of the St. Bartholomew’s night, trials and intrigue, becomes King of France Henry IV. Part I. Pyrenees The boy’s name was Heinrich. The mother instructed Henry to take care of the relative and […]...
19. “Trust that burst” O. Henry in summary Once the heroes of the cycle “Noble crook” Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker, who, according to Peters, “each dollar in the hand of another… perceived as a personal insult, if he could not perceive it as a prey,” returned from Mexico after another successful scam and stopped in a Texas settlement called the Bird City, […]...
20. “Green Henry” Keller in summary The action takes place at the beginning of the last century in Switzerland. One fine day in the village of Glattfelden, which is located somewhere in the north of Switzerland, there is a handsome and beautiful stranger dressed in a green frock coat. This is Master Leia. Once upon a time he left his native […]...
21. Summary of “The Gifts of the Magi” O. Henry The story “Gifts of the Magi” was written in 1906. Since then, just over a hundred years have passed. During this time, language, life, culture, the Revolution, the formation and disintegration of the USSR changed. With certainty, we can say that Henry used several unknown words for us. Therefore, in order not to find myself […]...
22. Summary Green Henry Gottfried Keller Green Henry The action takes place at the beginning of the last century in Switzerland. One fine day in the village of Glattfelden, which is located somewhere in the north of Switzerland, there is a handsome and beautiful stranger dressed in a green frock coat. This is Master Leia. Once upon a time […]...
23. Summary Black Arrow RL Stevenson Black Arrow The action takes place in England in the second half of the 15th century, during the Wars of the Roses and the Roses. In the village of Tenstall, owned by Sir Daniel Brackley, a messenger appears who brings Sir Daniel’s order to the entire male population of the village to immediately […]...
24. “The History of Henry Esmond” by Thackeray in brief summary Events take place in England at the very beginning of the eighteenth century, during the reign of Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart dynasty. Anna does not have children, and therefore after her death, the throne must go to representatives of another dynasty – Hanover. However, the court party and the military circles want […]...
25. What did my friend tell me about? I like to visit my friend Alisa. I remember how interesting it was to get to her the first time. Alice is a passionate lover of dogs. The walls of her room are hung with posters depicting dogs of various breeds. Alisa dreams of becoming a professional cynologist and gives a lot of time to […]...
26. Summary of the “Black Arrow” by Stevenson The action takes place in England in the second half of the XV century. during the Wars of the Roses. In the village of Tenstall, owned by Sir Daniel Brackley, a messenger appears who brings Sir Daniel’s order to the entire male population of the village to immediately march. The detachment should be led by […]...
27. “Confessions of a Comedian” O. Henry in Brief Content The hero-narrator is famous for his sense of humor. Natural resourcefulness is successfully combined with training, jokes are, as a rule, innocuous character, and he becomes a universal favorite. Once a hero receives a proposal to send something for the department of humor in the well-known weekly. His material is accepted, and soon he is […]...
28. O. Henry, the leader of the redskins, in brief Two adventurers – the narrator Sam and Bill Driscoll – have already earned something, and now they need a little more to go into speculation in land. They decide to kidnap the son of one of the wealthiest inhabitants of a small town in the state of Alabama, Colonel Ebenezer Dorsett. The heroes do not […]...
29. The confession of the humorist O. Henry O. Henry Confessional humorist The hero-narrator is famous for his sense of humor. Natural resourcefulness is successfully combined with training, jokes are, as a rule, innocuous character, and he becomes a universal favorite. Once a hero receives a proposal to send something for the department of humor in the well-known weekly. His material is accepted, […]...
30. “The Last Sheet” by O. Henry in Brief Contents Two young artists, Sue and Johnsy, rent an apartment on the top floor of a house in New York’s Greenwich Village, where artists have long settled. In November, Johnsy becomes pneumonia. The verdict of the doctor is disappointing: “She has one chance out of ten, and if she wants to live herself.” But Johnsy just […]...
31. Brief History of Henry Esmond W. M. Thackeray History of Henry Esmond Events take place in England at the very beginning of the 18th century, during the reign of Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart dynasty. Anna does not have children, and therefore after her death, the throne must go to representatives of another dynasty – Hanover. However, the […]...
32. O. Henry’s “Jimmy Valentine’s Address” in Brief Content The famous safe burglar Jimmy Valentine, once again going to freedom, quietly taken for the old. There is a series of daring robberies, losses are significant, and the evidence is negligible. The case takes such a serious turn that the investigation is entrusted to the famous detective Ben Price, which allows the safe owners to […]...
33. “Black Arrow” by Stephenson in brief The action takes place in England in the second half of the fifteenth century, during the Wars of the Roses and the Roses. In the village of Tenstall, owned by Sir Daniel Brackley, a messenger appears who brings Sir Daniel’s order to the entire male population of the village to immediately march. The detachment should […]...
34. A summary of “The Night is Tender” by Fitzgerald 1925 Rosemary Hoyt, a young but already famous after the success in the film “Father’s daughter” Hollywood actress, together with her mother comes to the Cote d’Azur. Summer is not a season, only one of the numerous hotels is open. On a deserted beach, two companies of Americans: “white” and “black”, as Rosemary called them […]...
35. Painting by Kozlovsky “Still Life” Ivan Ivanovich Kozlovsky – the famous n artist of the nineteenth century. He created many remarkable works, among which are still known still-lifes. One of the paintings is called “Still Life”. You can also find another name for this work – “Still Life with Pumpkin, Fruits and Flowers”. This work was created in the year […]...
36. Summary The light goes out JR Kipling The light went out Dick Heldar, an orphaned boy, lives with his guardian, Mrs. Janet’s vicious widow. After six years of staying with her, Dick gets acquainted with Maisie, a long-haired, gray-eyed girl, a new widow’s foster child. Between them there is friendship. For several years they live in the same house, but […]...
37. “The light went out” Kipling’s summary Dick Heldar, an orphaned boy, lives with his guardian, the vicious widow of Mrs. Janet. After six years of staying with her, Dick gets acquainted with Maisie, a long-haired, gray-eyed girl, a new widow’s foster child. Between them there is friendship. For several years they live in the same house, but then Maisy’s guardians send […]...
38. The night is gentle The Night Is Gentle 1925 Rosemary Hoyt, a young but already famous after the success in the film “Father’s daughter” Hollywood actress, together with her mother comes to the Cote d’Azur. Summer is not a season, only one of the numerous hotels is open. On a deserted beach, two companies of Americans: “white” and “black”, […]...
39. “The Night is Tender” by Fitzgerald in Brief Content 1925 Rosemary Hoyt, a young but already famous after the success in the film “Father’s daughter” Hollywood actress, together with her mother comes to the Cote d’Azur. Summer is not a season, only one of the numerous hotels is open. On a deserted beach, two companies of Americans: “white” and “black”, as Rosemary called them […]...
40. Biography O. Henry O. Henry is an American writer. William was born on September 11, 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. After graduation in his biography O. Henry began to study pharmacy. Worked in the specialty. After that he became a cashier and an accountant in one of the banks of Austin. The next stage in life is flight […]...