Cavalleria Rusticana part 5
Now that the husband was home again, Turridu no longer wasted his days in the little street, but drowned his sorrow at the tavern...
Cavalleria Rusticana part 4
“I am crazy about you,” Turridu would say; “I am losing my sleep and my appetite.”
“I dont believe it!”
“I wish I was the son...
Cavalleria Rusticana part 3
“Id like to take her from under his very eyes, the dirty dog!” he muttered.
Across from Alfios house lived Master Cola, the vine-grower, who...
Cavalleria Rusticana part 2
“It is a blessing to have sight of you!” said he.
“Oh, friend Turridu, I was told that you came back around the first of...
Cavalleria Rusticana part 1
Giovanni Verga (1840—1922)
With Verga we find ourselves in modern times. The dawn of the Nineteenth Century found Italy in the full flood of that...
The Shipwreck of Simonides 1
Phaedrus (15 B.C.?—55 A.D.?)
It was the chief distinction of this writer to have collected the Fables of Jesop (or whoever it was who wrote...
The Matron of Ephesus 2
Maidservant
But she was ill-pleased by such commonplace consolation, and smote her breast more violently than ever, tearing out her hair and throwing it upon...
The Jackal 2
The rest of the jackals, seeing him of such a fine complexion, prostrated themselves before him, and said: “According as Your Highness commands!” By...
The Haunted House 2
Intermingle
On being thus left to himself, he marked the spot with some grass and leaves which he plucked. Next day he applied to the...
The Dove and the Crow 1
The Dove And The Crow (Anonymous: 2nd Century B.C. or later)
It is thought that the collection of fables now known as the Panchatantra had...
