The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse
Jesop (6th Century, B.C.?)
Jesop was “not a poet,” says Gilbert Murray, “but the legendary author of a particular type of story.” This type is...
The Story of Serapion part 9
“He then related a regular romance, with a plot and incidents such as only the most imaginative poet could have constructed. The characters and...
The Story of Serapion part 8
I have no dread of the terror of the deepest solitude. It is only there that a life like this can dawn upon the...
The Story of Serapion part 7
Our old discussion would go on forever. Then there is another point which you ought seriously to consider. You must, I should suppose, perceive...
The Story of Serapion part 6
And such is my fortune also. Every now and then there appear to me emissaries, sent by Satan, who try to persuade me that...
The Story of Serapion part 5
“ `That was so,` said Serapion, turning pale, and his eyes glowing with a somber fire. `But Serapion the martyr, had no connection with...
The Story of Serapion part 4
“Thus equipped, I set out one fine morning in search of my anchorite. “I found him working in his garden with hoe and spade,...
The Story of Serapion part 3
He was taken to the lunatic asylum at B, and there the methodical system, based upon profound psychological knowledge, pursued by the medical man...
The Story of Serapion part 2
“With which he arose and walked down into the ravine.
“I felt as if I must be in a dream. Presently I heard the sound...
The Story of Serapion part 1
E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776—1822)
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a master of one particular type of short story, which was to a great extent...
