Russian literature

The Cherry Orchard

“Oh, my orchard! After the dark, stormy autumn and the cold winter, you are young again and full of happiness…” Act 1 The play opens at the estate […]

American literature

The Outsiders

“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.” Chapter 1 Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year-old Greaser, introduces his life in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where social divisions between the working-class Greasers and the wealthy […]

English literature

Howards End

“Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at […]