The Deaf Satyr part 3
What forest better than the forest of the satyr, whom he would en-chant, where he would be held as a demigod; a forest all joy, and dancing, and beauty, and voluptuousness; where nymphs and...
The Deaf Satyr part 2
He was a capricious satyr.He had two court counselors: a lark and an ass. The first had lost her prestige when the satyr went deaf. Formerly, when, weary with lust, he softly played his...
The Deaf Satyr part 1
NicaraguaRuben Dario (1867-1916)Ruben Dario is one of the few Spanish-American writers who have won international celebrity. He first became known as a boy poet, but soon after his sensational appearance in the field of...
The Eclipse part 1
Selma Lagerlof (1858-1940)Selma Lagerlof came of a family of landowners, from that part of rural Sweden which she described in many of her most delightful books, particularly in Gosta Berling`s Saga. In her youth...
The Smith who could not get into Hell part 5
“Oh, ouch, oh!” shrieked the devil. “Oh, please let me out, and I`ll promise faithfully never to come back again.”“Well, now, I guess the joints are pretty well soldered,” said the smith, “so I`ll...
The Smith who could not get into Hell part 4
“Thanks,” said the devil, sitting down in the armchair. But no sooner was he seated than the smith told him that, as he looked his work over, he was afraid it would take him...
The Smith who could not get into Hell part 3
“Well, then, I wish, first, that whenever I tell someone to climb up into the pear tree outside the smithy wall, he will have to stay there till I tell him he may come...
The Smith who could not get into Hell part 2
The smith stood by all the time watching Him.“You`re not such a bad smith, after all,” he said.“Do you think so?” said Our Lord.Soon after the smith`s mother came to tell him dinner was...
The Smith who could not get into Hell part 1
NorwayPeter Christen Asbjornsen (1812—1878)Jorgen Moe (1813—1880)Both Asbjornsen and Moe came from the country, and belonged to families in modest circumstances. They made friends while preparing for a university career. Influenced by the Grimms, they...
