Saksagan
Orpheus and Eurydice 1
Ovid (43 B.C.—18 A.D.?)
Publius Ovidius Naso, better known to readers of English as Ovid, was born not far from Rome, and spent the latter...
The Ass in the Lion`s Skin 1
Ancient India
Sanskrit is the classical language of the Hindus of ancient India. Practically the whole of that extraordinary literature which began with the Vedas...
The Dove and the Crow 1
The Dove And The Crow (Anonymous: 2nd Century B.C. or later)
It is thought that the collection of fables now known as the Panchatantra had...
The Haunted House 2
Intermingle
On being thus left to himself, he marked the spot with some grass and leaves which he plucked. Next day he applied to the...
The Matron of Ephesus 2
Maidservant
But she was ill-pleased by such commonplace consolation, and smote her breast more violently than ever, tearing out her hair and throwing it upon...
The Shipwreck of Simonides 1
Phaedrus (15 B.C.?—55 A.D.?)
It was the chief distinction of this writer to have collected the Fables of Jesop (or whoever it was who wrote...
The Old Man`s Tale of the Queer Client part 1
Charles Dickens (1812—1870)
The son of a government clerk, Charles Dickens was born at Portsea in 1812. His family moved to London shortly after his...
The Old Man`s Tale of the Queer Client part 2
“Many eyes, that have long since been closed in the grave, have looked round upon that scene lightly enough, when entering the gate of...
The Old Man`s Tale of the Queer Client part 3
“The father and mother looked on upon this, and upon each other, with thoughts of agony they dared not breathe in words. The healthy,...
The Old Man`s Tale of the Queer Client part 4
“She had fainted one evening in her husband`s arms, and he had borne her to the open window, to revive her with the air,...
