Zoe and Theodora part 57
135. There was a fellow in my time, a filthy barbarian scoundrel who far outdid the Romans in arrogance and was so brazen that...
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...
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 Old Man`s Tale of the Queer Client part 10
“ `But the costs, my dear sir, the costs of all this,` reasoned the attorney when he had recovered from his momentary surprise. `If...
