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...
Falcon part 6
He lay thus, while the herald read aloud the law, “twelve sols in silver—six ounces of flesh from near the heart—thus Sir Enguerrand protects...
Falcon part 5
They formed a semi-circle, plume by plume, shoulder by shoulder, round a bush where the prisoner was tied. As the horse-cloths fluttered in the...
Falcon part 4
Wandering boys soon caught sight of Sir Enguerrand`s bird in Rengud`s hand; the knight`s menials seized him and led him to the castle, and...
Falcon part 3
Afterwards he did not fly again that day; when Renaud threw him aloft and ran with an enticing call, he beat his wings a...
Falcon part 2
And the falcon became his. He bent his head forward to listen, his eyes calm and watchful, when the frosty twigs cracked under Renaud`s...
Falcon part 1
Per Hallstrom (1866—1960)
Per Hallstrom travelled widely. He was for some time an ana-lytical chemist in Chicago, and his work shows traces of foreign influence....
