The prologue Ursus (in Latin the Bear) was a versatile person. It hid a philosopher, and a poet, and a healer, and a street hangman, and a ventriloquist, capable of accurately reproducing any sound. Ursus wandered throughout England with his faithful wolf Homo (Latin Man). He served as a refuge ...

: Young and wealthy Frenchman Jean Grandier voluntarily travels to Africa to help the Boers in the war against the British aggressors, and creates a fighting squad. For courage Jean nicknamed "Captain Tear Off-Head." Part one. Skins Boer farm. The military court. British officers sentenced to death ...

: The poor girl comes from the province to Paris. After going through hardships and hardships, she finds her happiness in marriage with the wealthy owner of a large store. After the death of his father Denise Baudoux with his brothers, sixteen-year-old Jean and five-year-old Pepo, he is left without a livelihood. They come to ...

Letters to Aisse - the recognized "little masterpiece" of French prose. The fate of their author is amazing. In the spring of 1698, the French diplomat Count Charles de Ferriol bought for a thousand and five hundred livres in the Istanbul slave market a Circassian girl of about four taken prisoner during one of the Turkish raids....

"People inexperienced in the feat of virtue may find it advantageous to indulge in vice instead of resisting it." Therefore, “it is necessary to imagine the power of examples of unfortunate virtue,” which can lead to good “a corrupted soul, if at least, ...

: The plague captures the Spanish city of Cadiz and establishes its order in it. Only those who overcome the fear of the Plague will free people. “State of siege" is a three-part view. In the preface, the author points to his alleged co-author Jean-Louis Barrot, who owns the idea of ​​the myth ...

Marcel, exhausted by passion and jealousy, imprisoned Albertina in his apartment. When the jealousy subsided, he realized that he no longer loved his girlfriend. In his opinion, she became very ill and in any case could not reveal anything new to him. When jealousy flashed again, love turned into flour....

The plot of the novel is based on the story of the really conspiracy of the favorite of King Louis XIII, the Marquis of Saint-Mar, against the all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu. 1639 Young Henry d’Effia, Marquis de Saint-Mar, goes to serve the king - goes to the siege of Perpignan captured by the Spanish troops....

... May 1660. An incognito heir to the English throne, who lives in exile, Charles II meets with his cousin, the king of France, and asks for his support in restoring the throne. The powerful Cardinal Mazarin declines to Louis the financing of this plan. King Charles seeks help ...

In French, this novel is called The Great Families, and it mainly deals with the old aristocratic family of La Monneri and the family of large Schudlers financiers who came from Austria. In one of the Parisian maternity hospitals in January 1916, representatives of these two families visited ...

Rene, a young man of a noble family, settles in a French colony in the wilds of Louisiana, among the Native American tribe. His past is shrouded in mystery. Renee's penchant for melancholy makes him shun society. The only exceptions are his adoptive father, the blind elder Shaktas, and the missionary ...

Captain Ledoux was a brave sailor. Having entered the service as a simple sailor, after some time he became an assistant helmsman. But in the battle of Trafalgar, in the heat of battle, his left hand was crushed, which had to be amputated in the future, and the once-remote soldier was decommissioned from the ship. In order not to languish ...

“War is declared!” First World War. "Our company is in reserve." “Our age? we are all of different ages. Our regiment is a reserve; he was consistently replenished with reinforcements, either personnel units or militias. “Where are we from? From different areas. We came from everywhere. ” “What did we do? Yes, whatever you want. Who we were ...

Merceau, a petty French official, a resident of the Algerian suburbs, receives news of the death of his mother. Three years ago, unable to support her on his modest salary, he placed her in an almshouse. After receiving a two-week vacation, Meursault goes to the funeral that day. After ...

The narrator, at the request of Mr. de P., goes to the Catalan town of Ille. He must examine all the ancient monuments in the area, which will be indicated by the local lover of antiquity, Mr. de Peyrorad. On the way, the narrator learns from his guide that a copper idol was dug up in the garden of Mr. de Peyrorad ...

At nine in the evening, the author and four of his friends returned from a house in the vicinity of Paris. The full moon was shining in the sky, attracting the eyes of revelers and exciting wit, already honed on the stones of the pavement. One suggested that this is a heavenly dormer from where the radiance of the blessed shines through. Another assured ...

Eugenia Grande was considered the most enviable bride in Saumur. Her father, a simple bochar, became rich during the Revolution, having bought confiscated church estates for nothing - the best vineyards and several farms in the Saumur district. At the Consulate he was elected mayor, and during the time of the Empire he was already called ...

Talisman At the end of October, a young man entered the Palais Royal building - Rafael de Valantin, in the eyes of which the players noticed some terrible secret, his face expressed the impassivity of a suicide and a thousand deceived hopes. The loser Valanten sank the last Napoleonder and in a daze ...

The action takes place from March 19 to March 26, 1815 in France, during the last week before Easter, in the Catholic calendar called passionate. The novel is based on historical events related to the return of Napoleon Bonaparte to Paris, who fled from the island of Elba, where he was in exile. ...

1572. In France, religious wars between Catholics and Huguenots are in full swing. There is a fierce struggle for power, in which the interests of three main parties clash - Protestants or Huguenots (it is led by the valiant Admiral Gaspard de Coligny after the death of Prince Conde), the royal party, the weakest ...