The Torture of Hope part 1
Villiers de L`isle Adam (1838-1889)
Count Villiers de l`Isle Adam, bom in Brittany in 1838, led a strange life. “Born without average will-power,” says Huneker,...
Michael IV part 13
24. What had taken place was, in reality, the beginning of mighty disasters in the future, and what was, to all appearances, the foundation...
Sidonius tells the story of a brave Roman war
The landscape was not without alarms and overreactions, betraying the tension in the air. In a poem of praise for the emperor Majorian, whose...
Michael IV part 14
26. Let me now give some account of this man.**50 His family, on his father’s side, was altogether insignificant and completely obscure. His father...
Most likely of Scirian ancestry
The pattern Odoacer represents will be familiar by now. He is marked as a barbarian even though his success was entirely Roman. His father,...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 7
At midnight the storm abated, the rolling clouds parted, and the stars glittered keenly above the sleeping camp. Mr. Oakhurst, whose professional habits had...
St. John`s Eve part 14
She ran into the passage in her terror, but, on recovering herself a little, wished to help Peter. In vain! The door had slammed...
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...
