MYTHS OF THE MANN FAMILY
The story of the Manns is not only a story of great success in literature and high self-discipline as a writer; there was a...
A HOUSE FOR A DEAD MAN
When an important tribesman died, the nomads made considerable efforts to ensure a proper burial using simple tools. Among the guns are wedges with...
The Count’s Secret
In 1768, Count Mariusz August Beniowski, who defended the right of his homeland - Poland - to complete separation from the Russian Empire, of...
COURT PHOTOGRAPHER
In the first half of the XIX century, a new miracle of technology appeared to mankind - photography. It struck people's imagination almost more...
Favorite folk hero
The name of this hero is Mamai. In the homes of our ancestors, paintings with his image hung in the most honorable place. The...
Pazyryk outfit
Men wore fur trousers tucked into felt shoes or boots made of soft leather. The shirts were tailored, trimmed with a cord of bright...
Victims of war
On the trail, the man, the plaintiff for treason, was, perhaps, one of the first voluntary Robinsons. He did not retire to the island...
Baalbeck
Baalbeck is a city in eastern Lebanon famous chiefly for its magnificent, excellently preserved Roman temple ruins. It was a flourishing Phoenician town when
the...
POOR KNIGHT
When it came time to send the children to the gymnasium, the pharmacist father baptized everyone. So Sasha, having become Orthodox, was able to...
We are not local ourselves...
BLUE SHADOWS OF DEPRESSION
The novel "Buddenbrokes" brought Thomas Mann world fame. But under the usual mask of a family romance, not the most cloudless reality is hidden.
Only...
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“Confessions of the Son of the Century” by Musset
Musset began his novel in the summer of 1835, hastily dealing with other literary orders, and in February 1836 the novel was already published....
