Private Balkan trip
Wake your senses up with private Balkan tripA private Balkan trip in the Balkan countries means a good possibility to sink into the history...
The Bell of Atri part 2
With the beginning of the Nineteenth Century came the Romanticists, Manzoni, Foscolo and the rest. These were poets and novelists, to whom the Novela...
The Bell of Atri part 1
Gabriele D`annunzio (1863-1938)D`annunzio was born at Pescara in the Abruzzi in 1863. His first literary work was a volume of verses, published when he...
The Greek Merchant part 4
The Marquis then turned towards the old woman, observing, “Since it is clear that the money is none of his, but mine, and you...
The Greek Merchant part 3
The old lady appeared extremely confused at this accusation, exclaiming in a distressed tone to the Marquis, “Oh, signor, can that be possible? Is...
The Greek Merchant part 2
With great courtesy the Marquis acceded to this request, expressing himself at the same time concerned to witness the excessive affliction under which the...
The Greek Merchant part 1
Giovanbattista Giraldi Cinthio (1504-1573)Cinthio is another of the famous Italian story-tellers to whom Shakespeare is indebted for a good plot: the story of Othello...
The Roast-meat Seller part 2
Yes, by the blood of a goose, answered the Porter, I am content. Seiny Jhon the Fool, finding that the Cook and Porter had...
The Roast-meat Seller part 1
The Roast-meat SellerAt Paris, in the Roast-meat Cookery of the Petit Chastelet, before the cook-shop of one of the roast-meat sellers of that lane,...
The Last Lesson part 4
Then he opened a grammar and read us our lesson. I was amazed to see how well I understood it. All he said seemed...
