“This sight is unpleasant, painful! At the solemn moment of a person’s death, the soul involuntarily expects a strong shock, and you are cold; you are lookin...

“The bride and groom seemed made for each other. Equally young, equally full of life, equally beautiful, both with a good surname and, what a wonderful thing...

The book includes the once famous “Tales of Grandfather Irenaeus,” which tells about the life of children in the 19th century. For middle school age.

“...The road stretched between rocks overgrown with moss. The horses slid, climbing the steep slope, and finally stopped completely. We were forced to get ou...

“One of my friends told me a description of a strange adventure that happened to him during his trip to Italy. My friend is not an author and does not know h...

“Loud applause was heard throughout the hall. The success of the improviser exceeded the expectations of the listeners and his own expectations. As soon as a...

"The doctor was in despair. He came to Ivan Trofimovich with a skewer, and with a lancet, and with forceps: Ivan Trofimovich was not given. Finally, the mayo...

"-Do you want to venerate the ashes of a stranger to you, but a wonderful person? Come with me. Have you heard about Shuisky?..-Never,” I answered, “but I’m ...

It is no coincidence that Dostoevsky in his first work, “Poor People,” puts as an epigraph a quotation from Odoevsky’s “The Living Dead.” Even the intonation...

“I have long wanted to look at life from the exclusive point of view of two classes of people present at the decisive moments of our existence: the doctor an...

“...The villain triumphed. But at that moment I saw a man who fixed his eyes intently on the lucky man. In those motionless eyes I saw noble malice and insat...

“There was a young woman sitting in the carriage; a shiny bandage flowed between her black locks and intertwined with unblown roses; a blue velvet cloak sque...