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"The Peasant Woman from Getafe" by Lope de Vega, summary
This play by a Spanish playwright explores class prejudices, genuine emotions, and the power of feminine ingenuity. Written in 1609, it is a striking example of the classic comedy of intrigue.
Plato’s Critias, Summary
This is an unfinished philosophical dialogue written by the great ancient Greek thinker Plato around 360 BC. The work serves as a direct continuation of the dialogue Timaeus and contains the most detailed surviving description of the legendary Atlantis, its political structure, geography, and destruction.
"Cool" by Victor Pelevin, summary
"Cool" was published in 2024; it is Viktor Pelevin’s 21st novel, a direct sequel to "Journey to Eleusis" and a new installment in the Transhumanism Incseries. The action takes place in the third century of the Green Era, and at the center once again is the canned operative Markus Sorgenfrei, who, after his previous mission, has been restored to his operational status, given a second tier, and assigned a new task, this time related not to an ancient simulation, but to a threat to the entire world.
"Wings" by Christina Stark, summary
"Wings" is the debut novel by contemporary writer Kristina Stark, published in 2015 by AST. It tells the story of seventeen-year-old Lika Werner from Simferopol, who discovers an uncontrollable ability to "throw herself" from her own body into another’s—under the influence of pain, fear, or extreme shock.
"Kuban Fire" by Nikolai Svechin, summary
"Kuban Fire" is a detective novel by Nikolai Svechin from the series about detective Alexei Lykov, set in 1911. The book combines criminal investigation with the historical backdrop of the Kuban oil rush and pre-war military-technical developments.
"Culture: The Origins of Enmity" by Evgeny Elizarov, summary
This book is a profound philosophical essay written in the 1990s. The text connects the highest achievements of the human spirit with biological processes, arguing that the origins of ethnic hatred lie in the body’s physiological rejection of alien life rhythms.
"The Cabriolet Driver" by Alexandre Dumas, summary
Alexandre Dumas’s novella, written in the early 1830s, is a masterpiece of Romantic prose, where a mundane sketch of Parisian life seamlessly transitions into a dramatic tale of honor, love, and self-sacrifice.
"L is for People" by Sergey Lukyanenko, summary
This book is a comprehensive collection of science fiction works, published in 1999. Collected under a single cover, the stories and short stories are united by reflections on humanity, moral choice, and the limits of absolute freedom.
A summary of Sergey Lukyanenko’s "Labyrinth of Reflections"
"Labyrinth of Reflections" is a 1997 novel, the first in a cyberpunk trilogy about the virtual city of DeeptownLukyanenko created it as a result of a debate about the nature of the genre, wanting to prove that cyberpunk could be not only asocial and rebellious but also lyrical, with living characters and moral questions at its core.
"Laurus" by Evgeny Vodolazkin, summary
"Laurus" is a 2012 novel written in the form of a hagiography, but deliberately subverting it from within: the speech of 15th-century characters unexpectedly incorporates modern words and expressions, and the style of a chronicle sits alongside the colloquial intonations of our time.
"Methuselah’s Lamp, or the Ultimate Battle of the Chekists with the Masons" by Victor Pelevin, summary
"Methuselah’s Lamp, or the Ultimate Battle of the Chekists with the Masons" is a novel by Viktor Pelevin, published in September 2016 by Eksmo. The book consists of four independent but interconnected stories, set in different eras—from the late 19th century to the present day.
"The Legend of Princess Olga" by Yuri Ilyenko, summary
The work was created in 1983 as the literary basis for a film. The text tells the ruler’s life story through the memoirs of three different people: a monk, a housekeeper, and her grandson.
Walter Scott’s "The Legend of Montrose," a summary
This historical novel, published in 1819, recounts the events of the 17th-century Scottish Civil War, set against the majestic and rugged backdrop of the Highlands.
"The Icy Wind of Suomi" by Nikolai Svechin, summary
This book is a historical detective story, written in 2023. The plot unfolds in the Grand Duchy of Finland in the autumn of 1913. The text’s documentary basis deserves special attention.
"The Blade of Era" by Vlad Rayber, summary
"The Blade of the Era" is a fantasy novel, dated 2013 in the text itself, in which everyday Moscow life, with its hospital, buses, school, and cramped apartment, gradually reveals itself as a thin veneer over an alien and far more brutal reality.