Summary of Odoevsky’s “Town in a snuffbox”

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1. Spring drops I am an original citizen, but I do not live in a large multi-storey building, but in a house with only one floor. Our whole street consists entirely of such houses. They are buried in the green of fruit trees. In the spring, when the gardens are in bloom, it seems that snow-white fragrant clouds […]...
2. “Town” Bronte in a summary Lucy Snow soon lost her parents, but she was lucky with close people who did not leave the girl to the mercy of fate. So, often Lucy lived in the house of her godmother, Mrs. Bretton, an immature widow and a sweet woman. Mrs. Bretton had a son, John, who, however, did not pay any […]...
3. Summary of “China Town” Netov, learning about this, goes mad with joy, and Maria Orestovna… “Not the desired birth of a healthy child presented itself to her, and his own death…” Two months later, on Christmas week, the action is transferred to a one-story house on Spiridonovka, where, under the guidance of Katerina Petrovna, eighty, the vast noble family […]...
4. 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 […]...
5. Summary “Thick and thin” The satirical story “Thick and thin” by Anton Chekhov wrote in 1883. In the work, the author ridicules the existing human vices in any society: hypocrisy and “riches”. For the first time Chekhov’s story “Thick and thin” was published in the humorous edition of “Shards”. Main characters Porphyry is a thin, collegiate assessor. Misha is […]...
6. The Painting Surikov “The capture of a snow town” The Cossacks had ancient fun, they liked to gather in crowds and storm the fortress, which was made from snow, this tradition was carried out on the last day of the Shrovetide week. This moment, and captured in the picture Surikov, look at such a bright and colorful presentation came a lot of people. All […]...
7. Summary of “Merry Family” Nosov After an unsuccessful testing of the steam engine, two cronies Mishka and Kolya decide to make an incubator to remove the chickens. From a pile of old junk they master the apparatus and with the help of an electric lamp set the desired temperature. Taking the eggs in the village, which the chicken just took, […]...
8. Summary “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” by Andersen Texts of fairy tales seem to the child something kind in any case. Only with age, when a person grows up, he fancies that fairy tales are not really children’s works, but very much even adults, philosophical and profound. Of course, it is very important and how this or that story is submitted. Today we […]...
9. For what I love spring Of all the seasons, I like spring most of all. In spring most flowers blossom, trees and grass are green. Long-awaited warm days are coming, rains are getting smaller and they are getting warmer and warmer. Mom hides the winter things in the closet, and Dad takes out the tourist equipment from the box in […]...
10. Summary “Kusaka” Andreeva The story of Andreev’s “Kusaka” narrates about the hard share of the stray dog. The summary will help the reader to learn the plot, to get acquainted with the main characters in less than 5 minutes. Who is Kusaka? Previously, this dog had no name. The author acquaints the reader with the homeless animal. His […]...
11. Summary “It’s hard to be afraid of happiness and happiness” The Old Woodcutter cuts wood in the woods and always remembers grief and wickedness. His niece Nastya brings him dinner. The woodcutter rebukes the girl that she is waiting for her beloved, soldier Ivan Tarabanov, who is naked as a falcon, but rejects the rich miller. The woodcutter continues to cut down the forest, remembering […]...
12. My day off This weekend was remembered to me by the fact that my family became a participant of an unusual holiday – the Spring Festival. This spring is located in the city forest park. There is a place that townspeople rarely visit. This is a deep, many kilometers long, where a spring breaks through. For a long […]...
13. 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 […]...
14. Summary “Puss in Boots” Perrault The tale “The Cat in Boots,” a brief summary of which can be useful to schoolchildren in the lessons of foreign literature, is one of the most famous works of the writer Sh. Perrault. An indicator of the popularity of the book is its repeated screen versions both in feature films and in cartoons. In […]...
15. Summary “The Boy at Christ on the Christmas Tree” by Dostoevsky Sometimes there is not enough time to read the full work of one of the great classics of literature. Quickly get acquainted with it, the main characters will help a brief summary. “The Boy at Christ on the Christmas Tree” – a story written by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky. In it, the famous writer shares his […]...
16. Summary Steadfast Tin Soldier G. H. Andersen Steadfast Tin Soldier A small boy was presented with 25 tin soldiers in a box. One of them did not have a foot – evidently, there was not enough tin. On the first day he saw a beautiful toy castle, and in it – a beautiful dancer, who stood on one leg. […]...
17. Summary of “Little Muk” by Gauf Wilhelm Gauf is a well-known German novelist and writer. We know him because of his wonderful fairy tales. The story of their creation is interesting: he wrote them when he worked as a tutor in the family of the Minister of Defense. The tale “Little Muck”, the summary of which is given here, was included […]...
18. Summary of the “Deniskin stories” of the Dragoon “He is alive and glowing” This story begins with the fact that Denisk’s boy is waiting in the yard for his mother. She probably stayed in the institute or in the store, and does not even suspect that his son has already missed her. The author very subtly emphasizes that the child is tired and […]...
19. The summary of “Echo” Nagibina In 1964, the screens of the USSR released the film “Girl and Echo.” You can now look at it using sources from the Internet. Anyone who wants to learn the plot of the movie to decide whether to watch it can read the summary of “Echo”. Nagibin, known more as a writer who created a […]...
20. Summary of “Gambrinus of Ivan Kuprin” A. Kuprin. “Emerald”: a summary of 1-3 chapters Emerald is a four-year-old horse of the American warehouse of gray suit, often participating in cross-country competitions. It is contained in the stables of an Englishman, keen on horseback riding. Next to the stallion, there are other horses in their stalls. This is a young filly of […]...
21. Summary “Sand teacher” Platonova In 1927 A. Platonov’s story “The Sandy Teacher” was written. The prototype of the main character was the bride of the writer M. Kashintsev, who, like Maria Naryshkina from the work, was engaged in the elimination of illiteracy in a remote village near Voronezh. In the story, Platonov refers to the theme of the struggle […]...
22. Summary “From Goethe” The novel was written in 1774. The story was based on the story that Goethe himself witnessed. In 1772, the writer was in Wenceslas, a small town. Here in the office of the imperial court, he was practicing law. Fate brought him with a certain Kestner, who served as secretary of the Hanoverian Embassy. Goethe […]...
23. Summary “Warm bread” by Paustovsky The narrative begins with a sad event. A wounded horse stands clearly in front of the reader. The animal regretted the miller of Berezhki village and sheltered it at home. But it was not easy for the elderly man to feed his horse in the winter. In fact at this time there is no fresh […]...
24. Summary “Tsvetik Semitsvetik” Kataev In 1940, a famous fairy tale by V. Kataev appeared, “Tsvetik-Semitsvetik”, a brief summary for which the reader’s diary is offered to read. It’s about how the usual girl Zhenya had to make a difficult choice: to wish for something for herself or to help another person. Harmful dog One day my mother sent Zhenya […]...
25. “The Boy and the Giant” Wilde in a brief summary Every day children played in the beautiful garden of the Giant, but when he returned from the guests, where he stayed for 7 years, he kicked out of his possessions all the children, built a fence and hung the sign “No Trespassing.” Children did not find another place to play, sadly remembered the garden. Spring […]...
26. Summary of “Starfall” – And shoitka idleness z cholovikom not zrobyt? – As if justifying himself for all, said the guard, confidingly looking at Lida, and then thought and added already strictly-officially: – I can go out the gate to the bench. I was sitting on a bench near the gate of the shipment, staring at my feet. […]...
27. 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 […]...
28. Summary of Emerald by Kuprin A. Kuprin. “Emerald”: a summary of 1-3 chapters Emerald is a four-year-old horse of the American warehouse of gray suit, often participating in cross-country competitions. It is contained in the stables of an Englishman, keen on horseback riding. Next to the stallion, there are other horses in their stalls. This is a young filly of […]...
29. Summary “Moscow River” Prishvin There is a legend that in one ancient city there was a watch bell, the sound of which reached Moscow. Therefore, the city received its name: Zveni-city. Near Zvenigorod, on the Moscow River is the village of Dunin. The river there is quite different than in the city. It is narrower, and the two boys, […]...
30. Summary “Oval Portrait” By Edgar Allan Poe was the very first professional American author. Before him, none of the writers tried to live their craft. He infinitely rules and rewrote his texts, so every word in Poe’s stories is at least the result of the third or fourth edits. He knew the value of art very well. Of course, […]...
31. Summary “A Tale of the Real Man” of the Field Front-line correspondent of the newspaper “Pravda” Boris Polevoy knew the war firsthand. He, who started his career as a technologist of a textile factory, helped to enter into journalism Maxim Gorky. And I was not mistaken. The inquisitive look of the writer among numerous frontline scenarios considered the “Story of a real man.” The summary […]...
32. Summary of “Pippi Long Stocking” Lindgren Astrid Lindgren composed a fairy tale evening after night about the girl Peppi for her daughter Karin, who was sick at that time. The name for the main character, long and difficult to pronounce for a Russian person, was invented by the writer’s daughter herself. This fairy tale in 2015 turned sixty years old, and […]...
33. Summary of “Red” Svirsky The story “Ryzhik” belongs to the pen of the writer Alexei Svirsky. The volume of the product is large, so it will take a long time to read it. To save precious minutes and hours, you can see the product in less than 10 minutes. To do this, just read the summary. Svirsky “Ryzhik” will […]...
34. Summary “The Wizard of the Emerald City” Volkova In 1939, Alexander Volkov, one of the famous writers of the Land of Soviets, created a novel that became a favorite for many children. Why is it so interesting? Your attention – “The Wizard of the Emerald City” (summary). It begins with the fact that this literary masterpiece is a kind of retelling of the […]...
35. A brief summary of “Spring Turners” by Tendryakova Spring flip-flops – a revolution in the minds of Dyushka – the main character of the narrative. Literally for one day the boy grew up and began to think about the meaning of life, about the transmigration of souls. The thirteen-year-old tried to solve the problem in mathematics, but she did not give in. At […]...
36. “Sunny day” composition The picture of Konstantin Yuon “Spring sunny day” raises the mood at first sight. So many bright colorful colors, so much light and sun, so many joyful emotions. This is a complex composition – an urban landscape and a genre picture with large groups of people. The author, with a slight elevation, perhaps from a […]...
37. Summary of Chekhov’s “Tosca” In January 1886, the work “Tosca” (Chekhov) was published in the “Petersburg newspaper”. The summary of the story is given in this article. Connoisseurs of literary works of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov “Tosca” is recognized as his best work in the initial period of the writer’s work. By this time the author already knew the general […]...
38. Summary of Chekhov’s “Chameleon” In this article, you will not read the whole of Chekhov’s work, but only a summary of it. “Chameleon” is a witty story, small in volume, so you might want to read it completely. So, let’s begin. Anton Chekhov. “Chameleon”. Summary On the market square is Ochumelov – a police overseer. A policeman steps after […]...
39. Summary “Winter Evening” In front of me is a picture of the famous Russian landscape painter N. P. Krymov “Winter Evening.” On this canvas is a small village in winter. Looking at the picture, the viewer has a sense of peace, tranquility and warmth, despite the fact that the author painted the winter. In the foreground of the […]...
40. Summary of “Dandelion Wine” by Bradbury The work of Bradbury is multifaceted. The protagonist Douglas keeps a diary of the summer of 1928, which he spends in the environment of his friends, relatives and residents of the town of Greentown – a small, green and quiet place. The narrative is conducted on behalf of an adult who tries through childhood memories […]...