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Peter the Great

The poem is dedicated to the patron of Lomonosov, curator of Moscow University, Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov. In dedication, the author hopes to cope with the subject of the poem, which is far superior in importance to the Iliad and Aeneid. Only two songs of the poem are written, the action of which dates back to 1702, to the time ...

Time to live and time to die

: A young German rides from the front on vacation. In his hometown, he meets his love and marries. Now he knows how terrible any war is and wants to make the most of his time at home to live. April. In the Russian village are German soldiers. Snow is melting, the bodies of those killed in winter peep out of the mud mixed ...

Gunnlaug Saga of the Serpentine Language

The saga begins with a story about the parents of the main characters. Thorstein, son of Egil and grandson of Scallagrim, lived in the Settlement. He was an intelligent and worthy man; everyone loved him. Once, he sheltered a Norwegian. He was very interested in dreams. Thorstein dreamed that a beautiful swan was sitting on the roof of his house, ...

The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights

: The queen organizes the murder of her stepdaughter because she is more beautiful than her. The poisoned girl falls asleep in a dead sleep, but the bridegroom finds and awakens her, and the queen dies of anger and envy. The king bid farewell to his queen wife and set off on a long journey. Sitting by the window, the queen waited a long time for her beloved husband. Across ...

Iron stream

The novel takes place after the 1917 revolution, during the Civil War. A huge stream of people - either a camp of immigrants, or an army - entered the Cossack village. There are no Cossacks, only women and children. On the mound near the windmills a rally. People scream, rebel, want to disperse, but ...

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Analysis of Chekhov's story “On Love”

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is a Russian writer of the late 19th century, a short genius, the author of the famous dictum “brevity is the sister of talent”, the author of many concise stories, short stories and plays. One of Chekhov's most popular creations is the Little Trilogies series. The final piece of this cycle ...

Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Peace is not for Robinson, he hardly hats in England for several years: thoughts about the island haunt him day and night. His wife's age and prudent speeches hold him for the time being. He even buys a farm, intends to engage in rural labor, to which he is so accustomed. The death of his wife breaks these plans....

The image of the poet in the work of A.S. Pushkin

(318 words) Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is undoubtedly the most important and beloved poet of our country. More than one generation of true connoisseurs of Russian literature has grown on his work. It is no secret that the theme of the poet is key in his poetry. The image of a lyrical hero helps us ...

What is Khlestakovism in the play The Examiner?

In his play The Examiner, N.V. Gogol showed all the most immoral, unjust, immoral that was in Russia of the 19th century. The author portrayed an ordinary small district town, mired in problems and vices, masterfully ridiculed its inhabitants and officials, showing all their wrong side. One of the main ...

Orpheus

The action takes place in the living room of the country villa Orpheus and Eurydice, resembling the salon of an illusionist; despite the April sky and bright lighting, it becomes obvious to the audience that the room is dominated by mysterious charms, so that even familiar objects in it look suspicious. In the middle ...

Nightingale

Behind the garden of the Chinese emperor, a forest began, and a nightingale lived in the forest, who sang so well that even the poor fisherman forgot about his net, but then he set to work again and did not think about the nightingale until the next night. Travelers said that the nightingale is the best that the emperor has. Learning from books ...

Quiet Don

At the end of the penultimate Turkish campaign, the Cossack Prokofiy Melekhov brought home a captive Turkish woman to the village of Veshenskaya. From their marriage, a son was born, called Pantelei, as dark and dark-eyed as his mother. Subsequently, Pantelei Prokofievich was engaged in the arrangement of the economy and significantly expanded ...

US Literature

Radiance

Part 1. Preliminary questions School teacher Jack Torrance is an alcoholic in the eyeballs, sometimes losing control of himself. During one of the binges, he breaks the hand of his son, who scattered the sheets with the play on which he is working. Then he beats his student when he sees that he is piercing the tires of his car....

Soviet literature

Meanwhile, somewhere...

: The boy accidentally finds out that his father’s first wife had trouble. The boy searches for a lonely woman, begins to patronize her and becomes her closest person. The narration is conducted on behalf of the sixth grader Sergei Emelyanov. Sergei Emelyanov has the same name as his father, therefore ...

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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Amazon Era

Learn from the creator of Amazon In 1994, only a handful of people understood the opportunities that opened up with the advent of the Internet. At that time, Bezos dreamed of creating a universal online store, which would become the main link between the manufacturer and the consumer. Impressed by the rapid development of the Internet, ...

British literature

Identification

: For a girl with a good dowry, the bridegroom disappears just before the wedding. Sherlock Holmes discovers that the stepfather of the girl, who did not want to miss the income from her fortune, played the role of the groom. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes are sitting in his apartment on Baker Street and argue that "life is incomparably more bizarre, ...