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...
Cavalleria Rusticana part 2
“It is a blessing to have sight of you!” said he.
“Oh, friend Turridu, I was told that you came back around the first of...
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 Old Man`s Tale of the Queer Client part 11
“At length, late one night, Heyling, of whom nothing had been seen for many weeks before, appeared at his attorney`s private residence, and sent...
Cavalleria Rusticana part 3
“I`d like to take her from under his very eyes, the dirty dog!” he muttered.
Across from Alfio`s house lived Master Cola, the vine-grower, who...
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...
