'The Rose and the Cross' - is a wok by the classic author of Russian literature of the XX century, one of the greatest Russian poets A. A. Blok (1880 - 1921). This is the greatest author's dramatic work. The main topic of the psychological drama - is the author's reflections about the essence of art and its role in our life. The play opened the new period in Blok's creative work - «the tragic tenor of the epoch» as Akhmatova named him. He says good-bye to the literary movement - to the Symbolism
As you can guess from the title of Nikolai Gogol's book "Petersburg Stories", the works included in it are united by a common place of action. Even the literary critics consider the "Petersburg" period of the writer's work a special stage in his life. At this time he wrote his well-known novellas "Nevsky Prospekt", "Nose", "Portrait", "Overcoat", "Notes of a Madman". In them he considers the problem of the "little man". In addition to Nikolai Gogol's Petersburg Story, in our electronic library,
A nobleman Velkarov trusts upbringing of his daughters to their aunt Madame Grigri. The aunt brings the girls up in the "best French traditions", but when the father returns, the new girls` manners unpleasantly surprise him and he starts re-educating them himself.
"People - are Brothers" - is a short story by the famous Russian poetess and prose writer Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869-1945). In her sixteen the heroine of the short story does not know anything about the school education, being content with the home lessons. When she is sent to the Mrs Roll's boarding school, she starts thinking about the life she will have in the surrounding of her teachers.
"The Wedding of Balzaminov" ("For What You Will Go and You Will Find") is a fascinating play by the famous Russian playwright Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky (1823-1886). *** Poor young official Misha Balzaminov obsessed with the idea of finding a rich bride, but he never succeeds. Charter to watch the wanderings of his son, his mother decides to arrange her own destiny and turns to the matchmaker Akulina Krasavina for help. Alexander Ostrovsky became famous for his works "Do not get along wit
'Gold portfolio of world literature'' - is a collection of electronic books that includes the best works of world literature. It represents extremely comprehensive list of widely read books. Each work that belongs to this library is included to one or at once several lists of the best books of different categories. These works aren't contradistinguished each other, they are harmonically united to provide a reader with a great deal of choice.
