"The Wild White Stallion" is a novel about a neverending friendship between a boy and a wild horse. Written by Rene Guillot, this novel keeps on winning over the hearts of the children since 1959., the year the first edition was published. Similar to the rest of this writer's work, this novel also tells a story about … [Read more...] about The Wild White Stallion
The Cherry Orchard
"The Cherry Orchard" is the last work written by the famous Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekov. This play written in 1902 tells the story about the destruction of the Russian aristocratic society at the given time. A family portrayed in this play is at the edge of a financial meltdown, living the last moments of its … [Read more...] about The Cherry Orchard
Two Friends
"The Two Friends" is a simple, yet powerful story from the French master in writing stories, Guy de Maupassant. The story is about two friends who meet in Paris during the Franco-Prussian war that brought them nothing but sorrow, poverty, and hunger, taking away the everyday pleasures of life, freedom, and … [Read more...] about Two Friends
The Fatalist
"The Fatalist" is a name of the story from Lermontov's novel "A Hero of Our Time". This story takes place at the very end of the novel, and also can be read separately. The other parts of the novel also maintain their independence, being connected only through the main character Pechorin. The novel is divided into … [Read more...] about The Fatalist
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" is a large lyrical epic poem written by George Gordon Byron. He started on writing this poem during his stay in Albania in 1809, publishing the first two parts in 1812, followed by the third one in 1816, and the last in 1818. This long pauses during making this poem, made the stylistic … [Read more...] about Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
Dead Souls
"Dead Souls" is the unfinished novel written by Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol. Published in 1842, and used as a setting point for the Russian literary realism. "The Dead Souls" consists out of three different poems, only five fragments of the second one saved, and the third one being lost completely. Gogol was writing … [Read more...] about Dead Souls
The Master and Margarita
Mihail Bulgakov the author of the novel "The Master and Margarita" got the idea for the plot in 1920's and kept working on it until his death. In mid-1920's, he pictured yet another novel based on the motives of Pontius Pilatus and added it in this novel as it was, after some work on the details. This novel is divided … [Read more...] about The Master and Margarita
The Day of the Bomb
"The Day of the Bomb" is a children novel describing the childhood of a four-year-old Sadako, a nice yet sensitive and naughty child. It was written by Austrian author Karl Bruckner. The novel has been published in 1961., soon becoming a worldwide success translated into over 70 different languages and sold in over … [Read more...] about The Day of the Bomb
William Wilson
"William Wilson" is a short story written by Edgar Alan Poe, best known as the first and most noticeable writer of fantastic poetry and prose. The story of W. Wilson is no exception; in this story Poe is using surreal motifs, i.e. introducing to elements of mystique and occult by creating a character with split … [Read more...] about William Wilson
The Gypsies
"The Gypsies" is a narrative poem by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, written in 1824., and published in 1827. This poem belongs to the cycle of so-called "southern poems", which we wrote during his exile at his mother's Mihaylovski estate in northern Russia. The main idea of this poem, and also the theme as well is … [Read more...] about The Gypsies
