Interesting Articles

Black cat

From childhood, the narrator is distinguished by meekness of temper and love for animals. Having married early, the narrator gladly discovers similar features in his wife, and especially love for animals. At home they live birds, goldfish, a thoroughbred dog, rabbits, a monkey and a cat. Beautiful, all ...

The Life of Protopope Habakkuk, written by himself

Protopop Habakkuk wrote a life with the blessing of the monk Epiphanius, his spiritual father. A solar eclipse is a sign of God's anger. In Russia there was a solar eclipse in 1654, because then Patriarch Nikon distorted the faith. Fourteen years later, a new eclipse occurred. At this time, Habakkuk and his supporters ...

Viscount de Brazhelon, or Ten years later

... May 1660. An incognito heir to the English throne, who lives in exile, Charles II meets with his cousin, the king of France, and asks for his support in restoring the throne. The powerful Cardinal Mazarin declines to Louis the financing of this plan. King Charles seeks help ...

What qualities are inherent in a generous person?

(336 words) A person’s generosity is often indicated by his desire to help others, but even such an aspiration does not always personify sincerity and kindness. In today's world, even cruel people can be capable of displaying nobility, so you need to know other qualities ...

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Jodle, or Master Servant

The play takes place in Madrid. Don Juan Alvarado flew to the capital from his native Burgos on a date with his bride. Even the family misfortune did not stop the young nobleman: upon his return from Flanders, don Juan found out that his elder brother had been treacherously murdered, and that the dishonored sister Lucretia had disappeared ...

White Bim Black Ear

Beam's parents were thoroughbred Scottish setters with a long pedigree, but the puppy was born "defective." The correct setter "must be black, with a brilliant bluish tint - the color of the raven wing, and always with clearly delimited bright marks, red-red tan."...

Paul and Virginia

In the preface, the author writes that he set himself great goals in this small essay. He tried to describe in it soil and vegetation, not like European ones. The writers too long sat their lovers on the banks of the streams under the canopy of beech trees, and he decided to give them a place on the coast of the sea, ...

Russian Zhilblaz, or Adventures of Prince Gavrila Simonovich Chistyakov

In a small village on the border of the Oryol and Kursk provinces, the estate of Ivan Efremovich Prostakov, who lives with his wife and daughters, Katerina and Elizaveta, is spread. It is here that the author introduces us to the main character. Prince Gavrilo Simonovich Chistyakov is in a state of the most miserable and is accepted into the house only ...

The kingdom of ants

Captain Gerillo was ordered to help the inhabitants of Badama fight the invasion of ants. The captain suspected that the authorities were simply mocking him. He was a Creole and possessed purely Portuguese ideas about etiquette and discipline. He trusted only Holroyd and Lancashire, a young engineer on the ship. IN ...

The Story of a Real Man

: 1942 year. During an aerial battle, the plane of a Soviet fighter pilot crashes in the middle of a protected forest. Having lost both legs, the pilot does not give up, and a year later he is already fighting on a modern fighter.Part One Escorting Ilah, departing for the attack of an enemy airfield, fighter pilot ...

US Literature

Thomasina

In a small American town, veterinarian Andrew McDewey lives. He treats not only dogs and cats, but also livestock from surrounding farms, and is also a veterinarian in the area. Dr. McDewey is known as an honest but tough man: he ruthlessly euthanizes old animals and refuses ...

Soviet literature

House on the waterfront

The action takes place in Moscow and takes place in several time plans: the mid-1930s, the second half of the 1940s, and the beginning of the 1970s. A scientist, literary critic Vadim Aleksandrovich Glebov, who agreed to buy an antique table in a furniture store, arrives there in search of what he needs ...

British literature

Five grains of orange

: Father and uncle of a young man die in accidents. Sherlock Holmes discovers that the killings were committed by members of the secret society of the Ku Klux Klan. Sherlock Holmes seeks help from a young man, John Openshaw. John's father invented particularly durable bicycle tires and a well-off ...