A large man in a neatly patched ship's uniform, sitting on a rocky ledge, looked thoughtfully down, where at the foot of the mountain the skeletons of two crashed spaceships rested side by side. Next to the man was a massive bow leaning against a rock, and a creature the size of a thrush, with yellow eyes and a lively disposition named Bird was spinning at his feet....
Gun is an interesting weapon; of course, it can be fired, and of course it doesn't matter who fires it. Something the same can be said about weapons....
The English writer Richmal Crompton is best known for his funny tales of William Brown. Children and adults fell in love with this inexhaustible hero. Simply, William is the first book of children's stories about a young school boy, William Brown, written by Richmal Crompton and published in 1922. The book was the first in a series of books by William Brown, which was the basis for numerous television series, films and radio adaptations....
The Jew of Malta named Barabbas fights the whole Christian world for the liberation of his enslaved nation and wins in this world. Marlo’s heroes are ambiguous; they cause spectators horror and admiration at the same time. He rebelled against the medieval humility of man before the forces of nature, against the humble acceptance of life circumstances. Mars was designed to hit contemporaries with unexpected theatrical effects....
Life is a dream - a play by the Spanish playwright Pedro Calderon de la Barca, first presented in 1635. It is considered the most famous and significant play of Calderon. At the center of the work is the conflict between fate and duty, man and nature, power and personality....
That year was arid. It had not rained for several days, and Caleb Hunter was hiding from the heat in the shadow of the porch of a huge white house near the river. Caleb's father came to this area, tired of the bloody wars for freedom. And when he had to leave this house, he transferred with him to his son both the habit of being lazy and the love of mint....
"The Way of the World" is the last of four comedies written by William Congreve, the most famous of the plays of English playwrights of the Renaissance and the most perfect of the entire Kongre heritage. This is due to the fact that all these phenomena are associated with well-known, non-involvement in the time of its creation, in the specific circumstances of life in London at the end of the XVII century. I want to say that everyone has significant manifestations, most importantly - in human manifestations, they are inherent....
The Tale of Johnny Town House is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. The plot is based on Aesop's fable "The City Mouse and the Village Mouse." He talks about his friends in his homes. After studying the lifestyle of the other, both express a strong preference for their own. The book was critically well received....
"Phaedra" (French Phèdre) - a tragedy in five acts, a work of the French playwright Jean Racine. The play, originally called "Phaedra and Hippolytus" (Fr. Phèdre et Hippolyte), is written in an Alexandrian verse. The premiere took place in 1677. "Phaedra" is considered the pinnacle of Racine....
