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Agatha Christie’s Greenshaw’s Folly, Summary
The story, published in 1960, is typical Christie: a complex plot, deception and revelation through Miss Marple’s observation.
Marina Surzhevskaya’s "Penetration," a summary
This 2019 romantic fantasy novel tells the story of a clash between a high-tech civilization and a magical world inhabited by dragon-peopleOlivia Orway, an anthropologist at the Academy of Progress, embarks on an expedition beyond the Great Mist—an anomalous barrier that separated part of the planet hundreds of years ago.
Aeschylus’s "The Suppliants," a summary
The Suppliants is one of the oldest surviving tragedies by Aeschylus, dedicated to the theme of refuge and divine protection.
"Simply about art: What they keep silent about in museums" by Maria Santi, summary
This book is a provocative guide to the history of fine art, created in 2017. The work’s main appeal lies in its rejection of boring academicism: the author removes the bronze veneer from great artists, revealing them as living people with flaws, fears, and everyday problems.
A summary of Sergei Lukyanenko’s "The Jump"
This book is the conclusion to the massive space epic "The Accord," created in 2022 and published in 2023. It describes an expedition by an Earth corvette to the mysterious star Liss to confront a powerful enemy.
A summary of Victor Pelevin’s "Journey to Eleusis"
"Journey to Eleusis" is Viktor Pelevin’s twentieth novel, published in 2023 by EksmoIt completes the trilogy begun with "Transhumanism Inc." and "KGBT+" : all three books are set in the same posthuman world, where a corporation sells immortality to the wealthy in the form of a brain stored in an underground cerebrocontainer.
Gennady Mamlin’s "Journey to the South," a summary
Playwright Gennady Mamlin’s book brings together plays written between 1966 and 1982. The texts explore people’s moral development, moral choices, and the clash of different life positions.
A summary of "The Travels of Dumont d’Urville" by Anatoly Varshavsky
This book is a biographical account of the life of the French navigator Jules-César Sébastien Dumont d’Urville, published in 1977It tells the story of a man whose circumnavigations of the globe enriched European science with numerous geographical discoveries, and whose discovery of an ancient statue became the property of the Louvre.
A summary of Leon Bakst’s "The Paths of Classicism in Art"
This book is a philosophical and critical essay from 1909, reflecting on the crisis of European visual art and the constant struggle between classicism and romanticismThe author draws a sharp line between the lost authentic craft of the Renaissance and the fragmented artistic movements of the twentieth century, demonstrating the loss of a vital connection between contemporary painters and the long-standing tradition of mastery.
A summary of Andrei Zhirov’s "The Path to Space"
This book is a collection of dramatic works by Soviet writers, published in 1986This title brings together texts by several authors, telling the history of Russian aeronautics and cosmonautics, from the first attempts to soar into the air in the 18th century to the expeditions to Mars planned by the writers for 2001.
"The Fifth Dragon" by Leah Arden, summary
This book is the culmination of an Asian duology about humans and divine beings, published in 2023. The main action revolves around the protagonists’ attempts to stop a powerful being once and for all.
Hesiod’s Works and Days, Summary
Hesiod, an ancient Greek rhapsode of the late 8th and early 7th centuries BC, combines didactic epic poetry with fundamental cosmogony in this corpus of textsThe most important feature of these works is that, for the first time in European literature, the author asserts himself as a real person, addressing a specific addressee—his brother Perses—and systematizing disparate mythological concepts into a unified genealogical structure.
A summary of Andrei Amalrik’s "Rasputin"
This documentary novel by Soviet historian and dissident Andrei Amalrik, completed in the late 1970s, is a meticulous study of the phenomenon of Grigori Rasputin and his influence on the collapse of the Russian Empire.
"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.