Galgano part 3
The moment the latter had turned his back, our poor lover began to upbraid himself bitterly for not availing himself of the invitation, exclaiming,...
Galgano part 2
A prey to the excessive cruelty and indifference of one dearer to him than his own life, who neither noticed nor listened to him,...
Galgano part 1
Ser Giovanni (Flourished about 1380)
This writer was called simply Ser Giovanni II Fiorentino, the Florentine. Very little is known about him, except that he...
He who Married a Dumb Wife
Frangois Rabelais (149-?-1553)
Rabelais was born at Chinon in Touraine during the last years of the Fifteenth Century. He studied medicine at Montpellier and then...
Little Red Riding-Hood part 2
The wolf began to run as fast as he could, taking the nearest way, and the little girl went by that farthest about, diverting...
Little Red Riding-Hood part 1
Charles Perrault (1628—1703)
Perrault, one of several talented brothers who graced the age of Louis XIV, was a scholar, government official, and writer. He lived...
The Story of Devadatta
Somadeva (Flourished about 1070 A.D.)
Somadeva (Soma with the Brahminical suffix deva) was a poet of Kashmir. His celebrated collection, the Ocean of Streams of...
The Matron of Ephesus
Petronius (Died 66 A.D.)
Gaius Petronius Arbiter was born some time early in the First Century of the Christian era, and committed suicide in the...
The Ass in the Lion`s Skin
Ancient India
Sanskrit is the classical language of the Hindus of ancient India. Practically the whole of that extraordinary literature which began with the Vedas...
