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1. Summary The ninth dream of Vera Pavlovna VO Pelevin The Ninth Dream of Vera Pavlovna The story recalls a detailed review of “What to do?” Chernyshevsky. It was a little late, though, a review, but it was done famously, masterfully. The heroine in the position of a toilet cleaner, who talks about philosophical matters and seeks to change the world (!) Is […]...
2. Summary Chapaev and Void VO Pelevin V. O. Pelevin Chapayev and Void One of the fundamental things Pelevin built around one of the most fundamental psychological images, around the archetype of the quadrice. In one ward of the psychiatric hospital are four patients. Everyone alternately tells his story, or rather, not a story, but describes his world. In one of the […]...
3. Summary Omon Ra VO Pelevin Omon Ra Omon Ra has absorbed all the merits inherent in Pelevin’s works: unpredictable plot, deep meaning and originality of the symbolism. This novel, like most Pelevin books, leaves the reader with a wide field for finding interpretations. Omon Ra is the story of the Soviet boy Omone Krivomazov, who dreamed of the […]...
4. Summary “Finist is a clear falcon” There lived a father with three daughters, his mother died. The youngest was called Mariushka and she was a needlewoman and did all the housework. Among all the daughters she was the most beautiful and hardworking. My father often went to the market and asked his daughters what gifts they should bring. Senior and middle-aged […]...
5. “The story of the seven hanged” Andreev in summary The old, fat, sickly man, sitting in someone else’s house, in someone else’s bedroom, in someone else’s chair, and looking at his body with bewilderment, listens to his feelings, tries hard and can not quite master thoughts in his head: “Fools!” They think that, telling me about the attempt on my life, telling me the […]...
6. Summary “The Story of the Seven Hanged” by Andreev The old, fat, sickly man, sitting in someone else’s house, in someone else’s bedroom, in someone else’s chair, and looking at his body with bewilderment, listens to his feelings, tries hard and can not quite master thoughts in his head: “Fools!” They think that, telling me about the attempt on my life, telling me the […]...
7. The story of the seven hanged LN Andreev The story of the seven hung The old, fat, sickly sick man sits in someone else’s house, in someone else’s bedroom, in someone else’s chair and looks at his body with bewilderment, listens to his feelings, tries hard and can not quite master thoughts in his head : “Fools!” They think that when […]...
8. The image of a contemporary in the national prose of the last decades Modern Russian literature – a phenomenon little-known. But from this it does not become less interesting, on the contrary, the unknownness of today’s art space raises interest much more than, for example, literature of the 19th century. How can you characterize the literary process of recent decades? Some speak of the heyday of postmodernism. But, […]...
9. The composition of Levitan’s painting “In the Whirlpool” To admire the beautiful paintings of Levitan Isaac Ilyich is a pleasure. In each there is a story, a whole story, which is revealed to the eyes of the viewer. His landscapes are fascinating and attractive. Among his many works one of the most insightful and interesting, in my opinion, is the picture “In the […]...
10. Summary The Frog Princess In a certain kingdom, in a certain state the king lived and had three sons. Younger was called Ivan Tsarevich. One day the king called the children and said that it was time for them to find brides. The father ordered everyone to take the arrow and let them go in different directions. Where the […]...
11. Grandpa Mazai and hares Each summer the narrator came for a week to the village of Malye Vezha to stay with the old hunter Mazai and to hunt with him. One day during the hunt a heavy rain began, and the narrator and Mazai took refuge in the shed. The old man began to tell stories about village hunters: […]...
12. Summary Generation P Pelevin VO Pelevin Generation P “You, Vavan, do not look for symbolic meanings in all, but you will find it.” – With these words Fareykin refers to the main character of the book Tatarsky. Or, most likely, this author turns to the critic, anticipating the exposure of the idea. And I did not heed the warning, […]...
13. Summary “Finist’s feather is clear falcon” Once upon a time there was a merchant, he had three daughters. One day my father gathered in the city, asked what gifts to bring to the daughters. The eldest asked to buy a cloth on the dress. And the middle asked for a cloth on her dress. The younger asked to bring the feather […]...
14. Summary “Bezhin Meadow” IS Turgeneva During the hunting for black grouses in the Chern district of the Tula province, the author lost his way in the forest. He walked a long time in the forest, until by nightfall he came to a vast plain, surrounded by steep hills, Bezhin Lug. Here he noticed, in the gathering darkness, a flame of […]...
15. Summary “The war does not have a woman’s face” Aleksievich The novel is collected from the voices of real women. They say that their destinies are entwined with the war. Among the voices of the living is the author’s excited comment. The idea that war is murder and hard work, and next to it ordinary life with songs, loves, curlers, attire. Death is near – […]...
16. Summary of “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka” by Gogol Sorochinsky Fair The action takes place at the fair in the town of Sorochinets. The inhabitants of the surrounding villages gather in it. At the fair come Solopii Cherevik with his daughter Paraska. At the fair, a couple is wedded to her, Cherevik gives consent, but his wife opposed such a hasty decision. At the […]...
17. Summary of the story “Kasyan with Beautiful Swords” IS Turgenev Somehow returning from a hunt, the author noticed a funeral procession. The coachman acknowledged the relatives of the deceased: it turned out that they were burying Martyn the carpenter. At the bar’s cart at this time broke the axis, in which the coachman saw the consequence of the appearance of the deceased. The author had […]...
18. Summary of “Vasilisa the Beautiful” In a certain kingdom there lived a merchant. His wife died, and he remained with the only daughter Vasilisa the Beautiful, who was then 8 years old. Dying, the mother blessed her daughter and gave her a doll, saying: – Take care of the doll, and when you have some kind of grief, give her […]...
19. “Biography of Ren” Shen Jiji in summary This story I heard from one of its participants, the prince’s grandson Inya, and remembered it almost verbatim. Ina had a relative, husband. his cousin. His name was Zheng. He was very eager for wine and women. Somehow friends went on a feast. Zheng suddenly remembered an urgent matter and set off on a donkey […]...
20. The attitude of man to animals It seems to me that the motto of every person should be a phrase from the story-story of A. S. Exupery “The Little Prince”: “We are responsible for those who have tamed.” Indeed, a person endowed with reason simply does not have the right to be indifferent to the fate of our smaller brothers. Thus, […]...
21. The summary of “Olesya” The story of Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin “Olesya” was written in 1898. For the first time the work was published in the newspaper “Kievlyanin”. The leading theme of the story “Olesya” is the tragic love of the panitch of Ivan Timofeevich and the young girl Olesya. In the image of the protagonist Kuprin embodied the type […]...
22. Summary “It’s hard to be a god” Strugatsky The story “It’s hard to be a god” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky was written in the last “thaw” year. This work clearly traces the radical nature of the writers’ work. The title of the story quickly attracted readers, and after reading it, the reader begins to think about many things directly related to the […]...
23. Summary “Cloud, lake, tower” Vasily Ivanovich, a Russian emigrant living in Berlin, was a modest, gentle bachelor with intelligent and kind eyes. Once, at a charity ball, arranged by emigrants from Russia, he won a ticket for a fun trip. He did not want to go anywhere, but he could not sell the ticket. At the station he saw […]...
24. Summary of “How much is the debt” Pogodin Radiy Petrovich Pogodin is a Soviet writer, artist and poet. The heroes of his stories are children with their own inner experiences and thoughts. One of the pearls of his work is the work “How much is the debt”, the summary of which is presented in this article. A real man The main hero of […]...
25. Summary “The Bear in the Province” by Saltykov-Shchedrin In the fairy tale “The Bear in the Voivodeship,” which is summarized below, M. Saltykov-Shchedrin writes about the unrestrained obscurantism of officials of various ranks. In his desire to curry favor with the authorities, which in the work personify Leo – a manifestation of strength, and the Donkey – a symbol of stupidity, they do […]...
26. Summary “Spring Island” Astafyev The author sails along the Yenisei, a strong, wide river. Sails to the homeland of his childhood. Standing on the deck of the ship, licking drops of spray from the lips, he, like many – many before him, asks a rhetorical question – why? Why so little time devoted to what is really expensive, why […]...
27. Summary In more often R. Akutagawa In more often The story of the Japanese writer Akutagawa Ryunoske is considered the best in the world story ever written. Several people talk about the murder, everything is different, and it is difficult for the reader to establish what really happened in the thicket of the forest and in the wilds of […]...
28. Summary “Biryuk” Story “Biryuk” by IS Turgenev was written in 1847 and entered the cycle of the writer’s works about the life, traditions and way of life of the Russian people “Notes of a Hunter”. The story refers to the literary realism direction. In “Biryuk” the author described his memories of the life of peasants in Orel […]...
29. Summary of the story “Biryuk” by IS Turgenev Once, during the hunting, the author was caught in a strong thunderstorm and he had to look for shelter in the forester’s cottage. The forester was incredible growth and enormous strength. His name was Foma Kuzmich, he had the nickname Biryuk. The author had already heard about him. The peasants believed that no more such […]...
30. Summary of the story “The Chorus and Kalinich” by IS Turgenev The author begins the narrative by comparing the Oryol and Kaluga peasants, but then he gives an example of how in one place absolutely different people can live, between whom a very friendly relationship has been established. In the Zhizdrinsky district of the Kaluga province, the narrator became acquainted with the small landowner Polutykin. They […]...
31. Summary of the “Old Woman Izergil” Romantic story of Maxim Gorky “Old Woman Izergil” was written in 1894. The composition of the work is “a story in a story”. The narration is conducted on behalf of the author and the heroine of the story of the old woman Izergil. Three parts are subordinated to a common idea: meditation on the true […]...
32. Summary Victim of the evening PD Boborykin The Victim of the Evening Rainy November evening in 186 * in St. Petersburg Mary Mikhailovna – twenty-three-year-old rich widow of the Guards adjutant – begins to keep an intimate diary to understand the reasons for his constantly bad mood. It turns out that she never loved her husband, that she is bored […]...
33. Summary of “Beautifully around” The stories that the author tells his readers, he heard in Bessarabia, working with Moldovans to collect grapes. One evening, having finished working, all the workers went to the sea, and in the shade of the grapes only the author and an elderly woman named Izergil were left to rest. The evening came, the shadows […]...
34. Summary of “Time Found” Rainy November evening in 186 * in St. Petersburg Mary Mikhailovna – twenty-three-year-old rich widow of the Guards adjutant – begins to keep an intimate diary to understand the reasons for his constantly bad mood. It turns out that she never loved her husband, that she is bored with her son, a three-year-old “sour” Vodka, […]...
35. Summary “The Man in a Case” The story “Man in a case” Chekhov wrote in 1898. The work is the first story of the “Little Trilogy” of the writer – the cycle, which also included the stories “Gooseberries” and “About Love.” In “The Man in a Case” Chekhov talks about the teacher of the dead languages ​​Belikov, who tried to conclude […]...
36. Summary of the “Sinichkin Calendar” Bianchi Day and night the snowstorm raged, and when she lay down and Zinka looked out of the hollow, she did not recognize the forest, so it was covered with snow. And the last month, the twelfth, the tail of the year – December. She observes nature, makes friends with many animals, releases ptarmigan from a […]...
37. Summary “Grandfather Mazai and hares” Nekrasov They took shelter in a shed, where funny conversations immediately began. Grandfather Mazai was a great mastak for different tales and interesting stories. At first he poisoned village hunters, among whom one broke the trigger of a rifle and went hunting with a box of matches, another always had his hands cold and he was […]...
38. “Great ore” of Vladimir in the summary Victor Pronyakin stood over a giant oval pit of the quarry. Shadows of clouds walked along the ground in a jamb, but not one could cover the entire quarry, the entire motley, moving crowd of cars and people below. “It can not be that I’m not caught here,” thought Pronyakin. But it was necessary. It’s […]...
39. Biography of Peter Chernyshev Peter Chernyshev – skater, coach, five-time champion of the United States. Peter Chernyshev was born in St. Petersburg, then Leningrad, in 1971 in a family of figure skaters. His grandfather Peter, after whom he was named the boy, four times became the champion in solo skating. Peter Chernyshev is a skater with experience. At first […]...
40. “Fiametta” Boccaccio in brief summary This is a love story told by a hero named Fiametta, addressed primarily to women in love, who have a young lady looking for sympathy and understanding. The beautiful Fiametta, whose beauty captivated everyone, spent her life in a continuous feast; loving spouse, wealth, honor and respect – all this was given to her by […]...