The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse 2
A mouse, you know, does not live forever. So come with me and Ill show you life and the town.” Overpowered with such fine...
King Rhampsinitus and the Thief 2
King`s treasury
The daughter did as her father willed, whereon the thief, who was well aware of the kings motive, felt a desire to outdo...
The Long Exile part 7
Those who knew would not betray Makar Semyonich, knowing he would be flogged almost to death. At last the Governor turned to Aksionov whom...
The Long Exile part 6
Then he saw his children, quite little, as they were at that time: one with a little cloak on, another at his mothers breast....
The Long Exile part 5
“Where are you from?” asked some one.
“From Vladimir. My family are of that town. My name is Makar, and they also call me Semyonich.”
Aksionov...
The Long Exile part 4
And Aksionov wrote no more petitions; gave up all hope, and only prayed to God.
Aksionov was condemned to be flogged and sent to the...
The Long Exile part 3
The police-officer ordered the soldiers to bind Aksionov and to put him in the cart. As they tied his feet together and flung him...
The Long Exile part 2
When he had gone about twenty-five miles, he stopped for the horses to be fed. AJcsionov rested awhile in the passage of the inn,...
The Long Exile part 1
Leo Tolstoy (1828 1910)
Tolstoy is the most celebrated of all Russian writers. This extraordinary man, after serving in the army and leading a wild...
A Wagner Matinee part 6
During the intermission before the second half, I questioned my aunt and found that the “Prize Song” was not new to her. Some years...
