“The oldest in the world” is how Sumerian literature is rightly called: of all the currently known literatures, it conveyed to us the ancient written word wi...

Kazakh folk lyric-epic poem, named after the heroine. Translated, it means Silk Girl, Silk Girl. This work is a pearl of Kazakh folklore. The Kazakh “Romeo a...

One of the most important topics in the life of every man is, of course, relationships with girls. But what kind of relationship can they have with them if m...

The stories presented here are a collection of tales floating around the Russian-language Internet.

The stories presented here are a collection of tales floating around the Russian-language Internet.

In this edition, for the first time, the full text of the Novgorod Chronicle is published according to Dubrovsky's list, which contains the most extensive No...

The Novgorod Karamzin Chronicle, which had never been published before, was preserved in a single list of the late 15th – early 16th centuries. (RNB, F.IV.60...

A long time ago, in France, when adults were children and fairy tales were true, all these amazing stories took place that you will find in this collection, ...

“The life of Lazarillo from Tormes, his hardships and misadventures”“La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes: y de sus Fortunas y Adversidades”Published anonymously i...

“Once upon a time there was a goat, she made herself a hut in the forest and gave birth to children. The goat often went into the forest to look for food. As...

“The greatest artist, sculptor and architect of Athens was Daedalus, a descendant of Erechtheus. They said that he carved such marvelous statues from snow-wh...

“High on bright Olympus reigns Zeus, surrounded by a host of gods. Here are his wife Hera, and golden-haired Apollo with his sister Artemis, and golden Aphro...