Lulu`s Triumph part 1
Matilde Serao (1856-1927)
Matilde Serao was born at Patras, Greece, in 1856, and was the most distinguished of the older generation of modern Italian women...
Michael IV part 15
He was expert in the conception and planning of unlikely designs. He showed no consideration for benefactors, no gratitude to anyone for friendship or...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 8
So, with small food and much of Homer and the accordion, a week I inssed over the heads of the outcasts. The sun again...
St. John`s Eve part 15
They chattered about this, that and the other among the rest about various marvels and strange things. Well, they saw something; it would have...
Michael IV part 16
31. It was now evident that the whole of the emperor’s body was swollen, and nobody could fail to notice the hydropsy from which...
History of Bulgaria part 16
On a mission to explain the principles of the Muslim religion and jurisprudence to the new Bulgarian Muslims on the Volga. Here are some...
St. John`s Eve part 1
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
Born in the Ukraine, Gogol was in many respects the founder of modern Russian literature. His stories of rural life collected under...
History of Bulgaria part 17
“Those same Bulgarians completely destroyed the Avars. Krum asked the Avar prisoners of war, “What do you think your leader and your whole people...
St. John`s Eve part 2
My grandfather (the kingdom of heaven be his! may he eat only wheaten rolls and poppy-seed cakes with honey, in the other world!) Could...
History of Bulgaria part 18
Emerging from the tyranny of the Ottoman Empire, the Bulgarians rejoiced in their new freedom and protected it in battles and wars. They lived...
