Easter Torch Part 4
What followed must have undoubtedly filled the driver with respect. The young passengers were two students, one of philosophy, the other of medicine; they...
Easter Torch Part 3
On the main road there was a good deal of traffic, an unceasing noise of wheels accompanied by -the rhythmic sound of horses` hoofs...
Easter Torch Part 2
Leiba went to the town hall, then to the sub-prefecture to denounce the threatener, begging that he might be watched. The sub-prefect was a...
Easter Torch Part 1
Ion Luca Caragiale (1852 —1912)
Caragiale first came to the attention of his country`s readers through the pages of Convorbiri Literare, a] literary periodical to...
The Shepherdess and the Sweep part 4
The Sweep spoke most reasonably and sensibly to her, spoke of the old Chinese, and of the Goatsleg High adjutant general military commandant, but...
The Shepherdess and the Sweep part 3
“I cannot bear this,” she said, “I must get out of the cupboard.” But when they were out and looked up at the table,...
The Shepherdess and the Sweep part 2
There he stood, with his face red and white, just like a girl, and that was a mistake, for it might have been blackened...
The Shepherdess and the Sweep part 1
Denmark
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
Andersen was born at Odense. His parents were so poor that he had no chance at first of securing the education...
A Legend of the Dance part 4
When, now, the dances and songs and all the ceremonies had come to an end and the heavenly company sat down, Musa was taken...
A Legend of the Dance part 3
As this involuntary twitching would not forsake her, and often seduced her to a little skip before she was aware, she caused her tender...