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...
The Necklace part 1
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
De Maupassant was born at the Chateau de Miromesnil in 1850. Distinguished though he is as a master of the novel...
Adios Cordera Part 5
A few days later the separation took place; the butcher came and brought the money agreed upon. He was asked by Anton to take...
Adios Cordera Part 4
Anton de Chinta appreciated this in an indefinite way, and conse-quently said nothing to the children of the necessity for selling the cow.
One Saturday...
