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"The Innkeeper’s Tales" review by Walter Scott, summary
This is a critical review, written in 1817, in which the author anonymously analyzes his own works published in the "Tales of an Innkeeper" series ("The Black Dwarf" and "The Puritans").
A summary of Georgy Polonsky’s "The Tutor"
Written in 1996, this novella is a classic resort romance set on the Riga seaside in the late 1970s. The author builds the narrative around the social and intellectual contrast between a brilliantly educated Muscovite and a local lifeguard.
"Republic" Plato
Plato’s "Republic" defied classification for a long time: it’s a philosophical masterpiece, it’s a sharp political theory, it’s great literatureAlthough some inconsistencies, philosophical and otherwise, were subsequently discovered, there is no doubt that the " Republic " is a work of genius.
"Russian Prize" announced a long list of nominees
MOSCOW. According to the results of 2014, the long list of nominees for victory in the prestigious award “Russian Prize” was announced by the organizing committee of the international literary contest and the Presidential Center B.N. Yeltsin. "
"Russian Prize" announced the completion of applications
MOSCOW. Yesterday, the organizers of the "Russian Prize" announced the completion of accepting applications for the award.
"Russian Booker" on the eve of the December finals
MOSCOW. The list of finalists of the Russian Booker lacks many famous surnames.
"The Russian People and the State" by Nikolai Alekseev, summary
Nikolai Alekseev’s treatise was written in exile after the 1917 Revolution. The work explores in detail the political worldview of the Russian masses, sharply distinguishing it from the Westernizing views of the upper classes.
"Three apples fell from the sky," or five years after Manyuni
KIROV. Alexander Green Prize for Narine Abgaryan. A new book about the history of a mountain village supplanted Tatyana Tolstoy’s book in the readers rating.
A summary of Alexander Markov’s "The Saga of the Western Lands"
This book by Alexander and Elena Markov is a historical adventure story based on Scandinavian sagas about the Vikings’ discovery of Greenland and America, published in 1996It is stylized as an Old Icelandic saga and conveys with documentary accuracy the harsh life, laws, and spirit of the era of Norse seafarers, uniting and literary complementing the classic stories of The Saga of Eirik the Red and The Saga of the Greenlanders.
A summary of "The Saga of Harald the Sailor" by Alexander Markov
This book is the story of Norwegian Vikings and Irish monks whose destinies are tragically intertwined by the desecration of an ancient tombThe events of the saga take place in 789. Scandinavian tales of the dead are closely intertwined with Celtic legends of a fairy people, set against the backdrop of early voyages to the shores of North America.
"The Longest Straw" by Grigory Kanovich and Saulius Shaltenis, summary
Grigory Kanovich and Saulius Šaltenis’s film novella was created in the early 1980s. The work immerses readers in the harsh reality of the first post-war years in Latvia. The authors convey an atmosphere of widespread suspicion and difficult choices against the backdrop of a devastated world.
"The Shortest Night" by Roald Nazarov, summary
"The Shortest Night" is a collection of four plays by Leningrad playwright Roald Viktorovich Nazarov, published in 1973 by Sovetsky PisatelThe book includes "The Shortest Night," "Chance Encounters," "Hello, Krymov," and "Daughter." All four texts are based on a direct moral conflict, where personal fate comes to a head against duty, the memory of war, work, and family choice.
A summary of the Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenal
This celebrated work of Roman literature, composed in the first third of the second century AD (c. 100–127), is a collection of sixteen verses written in dactylic hexameter.
"Svetoslavich, the Enemy’s Pet" by Alexander Veltman, summary
This book is an early example of Slavic historical fantasy, published in 1835. The plot centers on a mystical struggle between good and evil, unfolding against the backdrop of historical events in Ancient Rus’ during the Christian era.