Books
automatic translateBoris Akunin’s "Tresorium," a summary
This novel, written in 2019, intertwines three dramatic storylines set during the final months of World War II. Events link the destinies of a young Soviet officer, an innovative German educator, and a half-breed girl.
"The Third Key" by Tatyana Korsakova, summary
Tatyana Korsakova’s 2011 detective novel "The Third Key" is a mystical work in which detective investigation is closely intertwined with family secrets of the past and paranormal phenomena. The
"The Third Map" by Yulian Semenov, summary
The novel was created in 1973. Soviet intelligence officer Vsevolod Vladimirov, known by the name Maxim Isayev and the German rank of Obersturmbannführer Stirlitz, conducts operational work for the SD political intelligence service on the eve of June 22, 1941.
"Three Days of Indigo" by Sergei Lukyanenko, summary
"Three Days of Indigo" is a 2021 novel by Sergey Lukyanenko, the second book in the "Changed" series, continuing the events of "Seven Days to Megiddo." The action takes place in post-apocalyptic Moscow, where the alien Insec has destroyed the Moon, turning it into a Lunar Ring containing large fragments—Selena and Diana.
A summary of "Three Comrades" by Erich Maria Remarque
German writer Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, published in 1936, is an honest account of the fate of the "lost generation"—World War I veterans struggling to find their place amid the acute economic crisis and political instability of Weimar Germany in the late 1920s.
A summary of Erich Maria Remarque’s "Arc de Triomphe"
German writer Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, published in 1945, is a drama about the lives of German émigrés forced into hiding in France on the eve of World War II.
"Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome, summary
This humorous novella by English writer Jerome Klapkey Jerome was written in 1889. The author originally conceived the book as a geographical and local history guide to the River Thames, highlighting local history, but comical everyday anecdotes supplanted the dry, educational content.
"Three Men on Four Wheels" by Jerome K. Jerome, summary
Jerome K. Jerome wrote the humorous novel "Three on Four Wheels" in 1900. This book is an ironic account of a bicycle tour of three English gentlemen across Germany, where vivid travel experiences are intertwined with comical anecdotes and everyday scenes.
Alexander Ostrovsky’s "Hard-earned Bread," a summary
This book is a classic play of Russian realism, written in 1874. The playwright juxtaposes two opposing worlds against the backdrop of Moscow’s bourgeois world. Honest poverty clashes harshly with the thirst for easy money.
A summary of Victor Hugo’s "Toilers of the Sea"
Victor Hugo’s novel "Toilers of the Sea" was written in 1866 during his extended exile on the English island of GuernseyThis book is the final part of the writer’s ideological trilogy about the crushing forces weighing on humanity, following the religious fanaticism of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and the social oppression of "Les Misérables" to explore the confrontation between man and the blind forces of nature.
"The Corpse in the Library" by Agatha Christie, summary
The novel begins in the quiet English village of St. Mary Mead, in the Gossington Hall estate, owned by Colonel Arthur Bantry and his wife Dolly. One morning, their measured life is disrupted by a shocking event - the maid Mary discovers the body of an unknown young woman in the library.
"The Tubur Game" by Max Fry, summary
Max Fry’s fantasy novel was published in 2013. This book is the culmination of the protagonist’s long exile far from the magical capital. The text reveals the mechanism by which people move between worlds through deep dreams.
There and Back Again by Clifford Simak, summary
The work remains a standalone book, separate from any seriesEarth’s civilization in the eightieth century has conquered the galactic expanse thanks to the labor of disenfranchised androids and robots. An Earth scout returns from a closed star system with an inhuman metabolism and a philosophical doctrine of universal equality in the face of Destiny.
"Dumb artist" N.S. Leskova: two sides of the Russian character
Once Leskov was called the most Russian writer of all Russian writers, a man who knows the soul of an ordinary peopleIndeed, each work of the author is imbued with love for the Motherland and the Russian people. Leskov knows what the people live: he is having fun and suffering with him, having fun and crying.
Turandot by Carlo Gozzi, summary
Carlo Gozzi’s tragicomic tale was performed in 1761. The author deliberately abandoned theatrical magic typical of his work. The playwright wanted to prove to strict critics his absolute ability to hold audiences’ attention through sheer dramatic tension.