The Divided Horsecloth part 8
“Fair, sweet son, my heart trembles within me, so greatly do I dread the cold. Give me, then, the cloth you spread upon your...
The Divided Horsecloth part 7
“Ah, fair, sweet son, what is this thou sayest to me! For the love of God turn me not from thy door. I lie...
The Divided Horsecloth part 6
Thus before the witnesses he divested himself utterly of all his wealth, and became naked as a peeled wand in the eyes of the...
The Divided Horsecloth part 5
The eldest of these brothers had a daughter, but the mother of the maid was dead. Now this damsel owned in Paris a certain...
The Divided Horsecloth part 4
For very greatly are those loved and esteemed by their fellows who are courteous in speech` and address. He who has fair words in...
The Divided Horsecloth part 3
Bernier
(12th or 13th Century, a.d.)
Nothing is known of the author of this story except his name, which is signed on the MS. The Divided...
The Divided Horsecloth part 2
With the opening of the Seventeenth Century the short story was overshadowed by the drama and the long-winded sentimental ro¬mance, although such writers as...
The Divided Horsecloth part 1
France
There are probably more short stories, as there is assuredly a longer and more continuous development of the form, in the French than in...
The Story of Devadatta 1
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 Prodigal Son 2
Music and dance
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music...
