Love and Bread part 4
The young husband waits most attentively upon his fair bride. What a pleasure, too! Of course he has had good luncheons before, in his bachelor days; but what comfort or satisfaction had he ever...
Love and Bread part 3
At last the rooms were furnished. The sleeping chamber was like a small sanctuary, the beds standing side by side like chariots taking their course along life`s journey. The blue quilts, the snowy sheets,...
Love and Bread part 2
“I suppose you are both set on marrying, and I don`t doubt but what you are really fond of each other. So it seems as though I should have to give my consent after...
Love and Bread part 1
SwedenAugust Strindberg (1849-1912)August Strindberg, born of a poor and humble family, is one of the most celebrated figures in modern European literature. He engaged in many professions during his youth, and was a writer...
Private Balkan trip
Wake your senses up with private Balkan tripA private Balkan trip in the Balkan countries means a good possibility to sink into the history of the region and put the pieces of the jigsaw...
Mendicant Melody part 4
The exhausted and famished tenor sings to the capon hanging outside an upper window, as he inhales the appetizing aroma of the roast cooking in the kitchen on the ground floor, and while he...
Mendicant Melody part 3
What strange subterranean passages of sentiment and tone, from the lively airs of the opera-bouffe to the plaintive entreaties directed toward deserted windows!“Signori, something for charity`s sake! Take compassion on a poor unfortunate!”And what...
Mendicant Melody part 2
Evidences of poverty and misery and signs, of a life of hardship were manifested by the instruments themselves; the voice of weariness and anguish cried out in the squeaking violins, the discordant harps, the...
Mendicant Melody part 1
Edmondo De Amicis (1846— 1908)De Amicis is best known to the world as the author of the children`s classic, Cuore. De Amicis was a follower of the tradition of Manzoni, and wrote graceful travel...
