The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 4
“Then,” returned Messer Gherardo, “I am the man who found the bracelet; but I will never restore it, except it be to the lady...
The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 3
When he heard it amounted to at least two hundred ducats, he suddenly bethought him of the richly dressed lady who stood near him...
The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 2
Messer Gherardo turned his eyes towards her a few moments, anxious to profit by so lovely and edifying an example, without the least alloy...
The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 1
Carlo Gozzi (1720—1806)
After the first outburst of the Renaissance, Italy entered upon a period of intellectual and artistic decline extending into the Nineteenth Century;...
The Necklace part 7
She came to know what heavy housework meant and the odious cares of the kitchen. She washed the dishes, using her rosy nails on...
The Necklace part 6
She wrote at his dictation.
At the end of a week they had lost all hope.
And Loisel, who had aged five years, declared:
“We must consider...
The Necklace part 5
They went down towards the Seine, in despair, shivering with cold. At last they found on the quay one of those ancient noctambulant coupds...
The Necklace part 4
She saw first of all some bracelets, then a pearl necklace, then a Venetian cross, gold, and precious stones of admirable workmanship. She tried...
The Necklace part 3
But, by a violent effort, she had conquered her grief, and she replied, with a calm voice, while she wiped her wet cheeks:
“Nothing. Only...
The Necklace part 2
When she sat down to dinner, before the round table covered with a table-cloth three days old, opposite her husband, who uncovered the soup...
