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...
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...
