What Vasile Saw part 4
Vasile shrugged his shoulders. “As you will,” he said, slinging his gun upon his back and without further protest set out, wading with stiff...
What Vasile Saw part 3
A gust of wind whirled up a great wave of snow and each man turned so as to meet the onslaught with his back.
“A...
What Vasile Saw part 2
Their burly guardians paid little attention to them; in short sentences which the wind seemed to rend, they were talking to their only young...
What Vasile Saw part 1
Marie, Queen of Roumania (1875-1935)
JUST as one never thinks of Conrad as anything but an English writer, so one considers Queen Marie as Roumanian....
The Father part 2
Eight years more rolled by, and then one day a noise was heard outside of the priest`s study, for many men were approaching, and...
The Father part 1
Bjornstjerne Bjornson (1832-1910)
Bjornson was one of the founders of modern Norwegian literature and as dramatist, poet, novelist, moralist and politician he was a leader...
The Hero part 3
“The place belongs to me,” he said simply, and offered his shoulder to support the statue. He set his teeth in fierce determination to...
The Hero part 2
The people crowded from every side to see the procession. The windows clattered with every gust of wind. The interior of the temple was...
The Hero part 1
Gabriele D`annunzio (1863-1938)
D`annunzio was born at Pescara in the Abruzzi in 1863. His first literary work was a volume of verses, published when he...
The Two Ambassadors part 4
I will tell them of the letter, and how he thinks himself highly honored by their alliance.” “That is well thought,” said the other;...
