Fiction
Lestat de Lioncourt - the character of the "Vampire Chronicles"
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Handsome blue-eyed blond looks inquisitively, slightly haughtily. In his eyes - insight and deep age-old wisdom. He knows a certain universal secret, to the solution of which he was selected for a very long time. He reads the interlocutor, understands him from a half-word, and even seems to see the thoughts and the most intimate intentions. Meet Lestat de Lioncourt
The novel "Eragon" is an exciting fantasy in the best traditions of the genre
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Popular tetralogy by Christopher Paolini. The novel "Eragon" is a world bestseller that has won recognition from critics and fans of the fantasy genre around the world. A story about a simple boy who turns out to be a descendant of the legendary dragon riders. "Eragon" - a book about duty and courage, about selflessness and true friendship
Summary of "Farewell to arms!": heroes, theme. Ernest Hemingway novel
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Besides honesty, Hemingway also considered clarity as his motto. “Writing with honest clarity is harder than writing with deliberate complexity,” are the words of the author of A Farewell to Arms! Reviews about Hemingway are different. But many people who grew up in the USSR remember the 80-90s, when almost every house hung a portrait of the American writer Ernest Hemingway
"Notes of a hunter" Turgenev: summary of the collection
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Today, any educated person is familiar with Turgenev's collection of stories and essays "Notes of a Hunter". A brief summary of them, however, each states in his own way. One reader likes the deep folk wisdom embedded in Chora and Kalinich more; to another, fleeting watercolor strokes of Bezhinoy Meadow; the third one can't isolate something, stringing like beads, story after story, trying to capture the essence of each
Summary of "The Life of Archpriest Avvakum" and the fate of its author
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One of the most interesting monuments in ancient Russian literature is the famous "Life of Archpriest Avvakum". Its summary is an autobiographical story about the fate and deeds of the elder, about his faithful service to God
Analysis and summary: "The Bronze Bird" as the best children's story by A. Rybakov
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The writer already had a number of works that brought him the love of a domestic reader, awards from the USSR and the RSFSR. Among them are the familiar trilogy of stories "Krosh's Vacation", the stories "Dagger", "Bronze Bird", "Shot". This article is about one of his youth stories
Summary: “Natalya, the boyar daughter” by N. M. Karamzin
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No more than an announcement, we will present a summary for this story by Karamzin. "Natalya Boyar's Daughter", however, deserves to be read
A touching story written by Andrey Platonov. Summary: "Cow" - a work about people and animals
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Writer Andrey Platonov was born in 1899, on September 1st. His father worked as a mechanic in the railway workshops of the city of Voronezh and as a locomotive driver. Therefore, the writer knew the basics of this profession from childhood. It is not surprising that in his story "The Cow" he introduces the reader to a boy whose father was a traveling watchman
Chekhov, "White-fronted": a summary of the story
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Why did Chekhov write the story about the she-wolf and the puppy? "White-fronted" demonstrates the author's personal attitude to nature and animals. Moreover, this work, which is classified as “for children”, is not the first attempt at writing: Anton Pavlovich created it at the age of 35
"Man on the clock", Leskov. Summary of the story
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Wrote the story "The Man on the Clock" by Leskov. The summary will introduce the reader to this work in just a couple of minutes, the original would have taken much longer to read
If you want to quickly learn the plot of the story - read the summary. "Spring Changelings" is a great story about a teenager
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The reader's attention is invited to a summary of "Spring Changelings" - a story about honor, courage, first love. We offer to save 2 hours by reading the work in 5 minutes
Rereading the classics: Tolstoy's "Prisoner of the Caucasus" - summary and issues of the work
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Tolstoy's "Prisoner of the Caucasus", a summary of which we will consider, is called by researchers a short story or a big story. The confusion in the genre nature of the work is associated with its non-standard sizes, a large number of characters, several storylines and conflicts
We read the summary: "Kashtanka" (Chekhov A.P.)
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The idea of creating a work came to A.P. Chekhov, when a familiar artist told him the case of a dog that got into the circus. The story, originally titled "In the Learned Society", is published in 1887. Five years later, in 1892, the work "Kashtanka" by Chekhov was published with a different name
"Honest word", Panteleev - summary and main conclusions
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Wrote the story "Honestly" Panteleev. The summary will not only retell the plot of the work, but also allow readers to get acquainted with the main conclusions
Introducing A. Kuprin's story (summary): "The Wonderful Doctor"
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"This story actually happened," the author claims from the first lines of his story. Let's give a brief summary of it. "The Miraculous Doctor" is distinguished by its capacious meaning and vivid language. The documentary basis gives the story a special intriguing flavor
Can a summary convey the author's thoughts? Nekrasov, "Grandfather": a poem about a hero
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They say that Nikolai Alekseevich dedicated his work to Count Volkonsky, who was exiled to Siberia. You can agree or refute this by reading the summary. Nekrasov, "Grandfather" - a retelling of the work and conclusions are presented to your attention below
Interesting facts from the life of Turgenev. Years of Turgenev's life
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Controversial facts about the life and work of a classic of Russian literature. Turgenev and Russian social thought
Why does Anna Karenina throw herself under a train? The image of Anna Karenina. L.N. Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
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The author of the novel "Anna Karenina" is the national educator, psychologist, classic of romance, philosopher and Russian writer L.N. Tolstoy
Summary: Chekhov, "Defenseless creature" - current portrait
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Chekhov's story "The Defenseless Creature", written by him back in 1887, is more relevant than ever. Judge for yourself: a person who is distinguished by amazing meanness and cynicism, brazenly, openly, without embarrassment, offers, or rather, makes others believe in something else - in a weak, defenseless, sick creature, trampled down by everyone and unloved by anyone. The sugary-sweet wrapper cannot hide the truth, and people, nervous and angry, refuse the “applicant”
Who said, "Happy hours don't watch"? Schiller, Griboedov or Einstein?
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The German poet Johann Schiller was one of those who said: "Happy hours are not watched." He expressed his opinion, however, somewhat differently. In the drama "Piccolomini", written by him, there is a phrase that, in a free translation, sounds like this: "For those who are happy, the clock is not heard"
Summary of "The Man on the Clock" (Leskov N. S.)
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And again we have a Russian classic - Leskov, "The Man on the Clock" (summary follows). The work was written and published in 1887, but its title sounded different - "The Salvation of the Perishing". Subsequently, the author changed the title in order to show the reader that the story told is not just an entertaining, somewhere even a curious incident from everyday life, which can be forgotten after a while, but a deep question about what a person’s duty is, and for whom or what it is need to be fulfilled
Summary: Chekhov, "Muddy" - is it easy to be strong?
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A.P. Chekhov, "Scum" (summary follows) was written in 1889. This period in the writer's work is marked by a transition from short humorous stories to the “realm of seriousness”. Indeed, an ordinary conversation between the main character, on behalf of whom the story is being told, and the governess of his children, like a curtain in a theater, opens up a number of questions about understanding the concepts of "spirituality" and "morality"
"Traveler with luggage": summary, clear description
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Someone for the first time will learn the plot of Zheleznyakov's story "The Traveler with Luggage", others will have a great opportunity to mentally go back to childhood and imagine themselves in the center of events. The story "Traveler with Luggage" will help with this. A summary will allow the reader not to spend a lot of time reading the original, but to get acquainted with the work in a couple of minutes
Short biography: S altykov-Shchedrin M.Ye
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There are few writers in the history of Russian literature who would be so stubbornly and strongly hated as S altykov-Shchedrin. Contemporaries called him a "storyteller", and his works - "strange fantasies" that have nothing to do with reality
"Childhood" of Maxim Gorky as an autobiographical story
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In 1913, being a mature man (and he was already forty-five years old), the writer wanted to remember how his childhood passed. Maxim Gorky, by that time the author of three novels, five stories, a good dozen plays, the reader loved
Vasily Shukshin "Cut off". Summary of the story
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Writer, director, actor Vasily Makarovich Shukshin is known to many. In 1970 he wrote a short story. Vasily Shukshin called him "Cut off". A summary will help the reader quickly get acquainted with the plot of the work
Summary of Nosov's "Doll" - a story that will teach compassion
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Summary of Nosov's "Doll" will help the reader to quickly familiarize themselves with the work and draw their own conclusions
"The Adventures of Baron Munchausen". Summary of an incredible tale
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Which of us did not admire the main character of the work of E. Raspe, his inquisitive mind and ingenuity. The book "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen", a summary of which is presented in this article, is a favorite of many
The Tale of Ole Lukoye. Summary
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One of the most interesting fairy tales over the years has been the story of a sorcerer named Ole Lukoye. Summary, unfortunately, cannot convey all the fullness and beauty of this work. But if you are still not familiar with this literary masterpiece, then be sure to read our article, and then by all means proceed to familiarize yourself with the fairy tale itself, which was written in the distant 19th century by the great children's writer G. H. Andersen
Analysis "At the bottom" (Gorky Maxim). The character of the characters and the philosophy of the play
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Who were the main characters of this famous play? What was the author trying to convey to the reader? What philosophical problem is the great playwright trying to solve? This article provides a thorough analysis of "At the Bottom" (Gorky)
"Hotel". Arthur Haley. Review of the novel
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The famous English prose writer Arthur Hailey wrote the novel "Hotel" in 1965. In this work, the author tried to expose the acute social problems that were brewing in the society of that time, while Haley did not see any serious relationship between them and bourgeois reality
"Murzuk" Bianchi - a summary of the story
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Wrote the story "Murzuk" by Bianchi. A summary will introduce the reader to this interesting work. The story begins with a scene in the forest
VG Korolenko, a summary of "Instant" - a story about freedom
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In 1900, Korolenko wrote his story “The Moment”. A summary will help the reader understand the main storyline of the story in minutes
Paustovsky - "Buker", summary and conclusions
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K.G. Paustovsky wrote many interesting works that convey the beauty of his native land, nature, teach to love and respect all living things. Such is the story "Buker Man", which was also invented by Paustovsky. "Buker", a summary of this story, the conclusions will be revealed to the reader in this article
Summary of "Echo". Nagibin Yury Makarovich
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The name of the place where the action of the story takes place, the author came up with himself. This is Sinegoria. The story and summary of Echo begins with a description of this beach area. Nagibin narrates in the first person, on behalf of the boy Seryozha
Summary of "Khor and Kalinich" in the context of its understanding by Turgenev
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The essay "Khor and Kalinich" is a real decoration of Turgenev's collection of stories and essays "Notes of a Hunter". He absorbed both the personal observations of the writer and his views on the social structure of the Russian "backwoods". This narration is profoundly truthful, as evidenced by its summary. "Khor and Kalinych" - a real image of folk life for a wide readership
Griboyedov's characterization of Famusov in the comedy "Woe from Wit"
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The author's characterization of Famusov in the comedy "Woe from Wit" was performed by Alexander Sergeevich Griboyedov consistently and comprehensively. Why is so much attention given to him? For a simple reason: the Famusovs are the main bastion of the old system, hindering progress
Nekrasov "Railway": a summary of the poem
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In 1864 he created the poem by Nekrasov "Railway". A summary of the work will be discussed in this article
Characterization of Katerina in the play "Thunderstorm" by A. N. Ostrovsky
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Katerina's characterization in the play "Thunderstorm" is so ambiguous that it still causes conflicting opinions and disputes among critics. Some call her "a bright ray in a dark kingdom", "a decisive nature." Others, on the contrary, reproach the heroine for her weakness, the inability to stand up for her own happiness
The shortest content of The Queen of Spades. In pursuit of the mystery of the three cards
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At the center of the story is a young officer who decided at all costs to find out from the old countess the secret of three cards that always bring a win