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La Vénus d'IlleProsper Mérimée La Vénus d'Ille LA VÉNUS D'ILLE (1837)Je descendais le dernier coteau du Canigou, et, bien que le soleil fût déjà couché, je distinguais dans la plaine les maisons de la petite ville d'Ille, vers laquelle je me dirigeais.«Vous savez, dis-je au Catalan qui me servait...

Nirvana DaysCale Young Rice Nirvana Days FOREWORD A few of the poems of this volume are retained from two of the author's earlier volumes which are now out of print. The rest are new.INVOCATION (From a High Cliff) Sweep unrestOut of my blood,Winds of the sea! Sweep the fogOut of my brainFor I am ...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 349, Supplement to Volume 12.Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. / Volume 12, No. 349, Supplement to Volume 12 PREFACE The present sheet completes the TWELFTH VOLUME OF THE MIRROR. This circumstance alo...

The IdiotJohn Kendrick Bangs The Idiot I For some weeks after the happy event which transformed the popular Mrs. Smithers into the charming Mrs. John Pedagog all went well at that lady's select home for single gentlemen. It was only proper that during the honey-moon, at least, of the happy couple...

The Battle of Life. A Love StoryDickens Charles The Battle of Life. A Love Story PART THE FIRST Once upon a time, it matters little when, and in stalwart England, it matters little where, a fierce battle was fought. It was fought upon a long summer day when the waving grass was green. Many a wild...

Anna Karenina, 1. BandAnna Karenina, 1. Band Erster Teil „Die Rache ist mein, ich will vergelten.“1 Alle glücklichen Familien sind einander ähnlich; jede unglückliche Familie ist auf ihre Weise unglücklich. —Im Hause der Oblonskiy herrschte allgemeine Verwirrung. Die Dame des Hauses hatte in Erfa...

Oscar Wilde: An Idler's ImpressionSaltus Edgar Oscar Wilde: An Idler's Impression Oscar Wilde: An Idler's Impression Years ago, in a Paris club, one man said to another: "Well, what's up?" The other shook a paper: "There is only one genius in England and they have put him in jail."One may wonder ...

Where Love is There God is AlsoTolstoy Leo, graf Where Love is There God is Also In the city lived the shoemaker, Martuin Avdyeitch. He lived in a basement, in a little room with one window. The window looked out on the street. Through the window he used to watch the people passing by; although o...

The Blue GooseNason Frank Lewis The Blue Goose "So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise and behold a shaking, and the bones came together bone to bone."And, lo, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, but there was no breath in them."Son of man, prophesy unto t...

An Enchanted Garden: Fairy StoriesMrs. Molesworth An Enchanted Garden: Fairy Stories Chapter One. Madam Wren “No,” said Alix, “that’s not a good plan at all. It’s perfectly stupid. If you’ve no better ideas than that, Rafe, we needn’t talk about it any more.”Rafe looked and felt very snubbed inde...