Cavalleria Rusticana part 3
“I`d like to take her from under his very eyes, the dirty dog!” he muttered.
Across from Alfio`s 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 Necklace part 7
She came to know what heavy housework meant and the odious cares of the kitchen. She washed the dishes, using her rosy nails on...
The Necklace part 6
She wrote at his dictation.
At the end of a week they had lost all hope.
And Loisel, who had aged five years, declared:
“We must consider...
The Necklace part 4
She saw first of all some bracelets, then a pearl necklace, then a Venetian cross, gold, and precious stones of admirable workmanship. She tried...
The Necklace part 3
But, by a violent effort, she had conquered her grief, and she replied, with a calm voice, while she wiped her wet cheeks:
“Nothing. Only...
The Necklace part 2
When she sat down to dinner, before the round table covered with a table-cloth three days old, opposite her husband, who uncovered the soup...
The Necklace part 1
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
De Maupassant was born at the Chateau de Miromesnil in 1850. Distinguished though he is as a master of the novel...
How Lazaro Served a Bulero part 4
While this was proceeding, my sainted master was on his knees in the pulpit, his hands and eyes turned towards heaven, apparently filled with...