Zoe and Theodora part 56
If one took the liberty of rebuking him for this laxity, Constantine was not vexed about it, but he dismissed the reproach as unnecessary....
The Old Man`s Tale of the Queer Client part 7
“When the fever left him, and consciousness returned, he awoke to find himself rich and free: to hear that the parent who would have...
The Necklace part 6
She wrote at his dictation.
At the end of a week they had lost all hope.
And Loisel, who had aged five years, declared:
“We must consider...
King Rhampsinitus and the Thief 2
King`s treasury
The daughter did as her father willed, whereon the thief, who was well aware of the king`s motive, felt a desire to outdo...
The Old Man`s Tale of the Queer Client part 8
“The tale told itself at once; some scattered garments lay on the beach; a human head was just visible above the waves at a...
The Necklace part 7
She came to know what heavy housework meant and the odious cares of the kitchen. She washed the dishes, using her rosy nails on...
The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse 2
A mouse, you know, does not live forever. So come with me and I`ll show you life and the town.” Overpowered with such fine...
The Old Man`s Tale of the Queer Client part 9
“Three years had elapsed, when a gentleman alighted from a private carriage at the door of a London attorney, then well known as a...
Cavalleria Rusticana part 1
Giovanni Verga (1840—1922)
With Verga we find ourselves in modern times. The dawn of the Nineteenth Century found Italy in the full flood of that...
