One Night part 2
The darkness grew thicker and thicker. Unbroken chains of lights glowed along the thoroughfares. One belfry after another awoke and great bells began to...
One Night part 1
Emile Verhaeren (1855-1920)
Emile Verhaeren was one of the most widely read poets of modern Belgium. Influenced at first by the French Parnassiens and Natura-lists,...
The Invisible Wound part 8
“Then she said that she had entrusted a bundle of letters to my late wife; she could not possibly keep them at her own...
The Invisible Wound part 7
“We chatted, had supper together and went to bed as usual, each in Our own room. I had by that time decided upon a...
The Invisible Wound part 6
“I can`t say what it was that brought me to the belief that this was but pretense. Man is foolish enough to seek misery...
The Invisible Wound part 5
“I never experienced or heard anything like this before.”
There was nothing to be done but to repeat the operation. Everything passed off as it...
The Invisible Wound part 4
“Stop,” he shouted, afraid lest the sufferer should sever a vein. “Since you believe it must be done, very well, I`ll do it.”
He then...
The Invisible Wound part 3
“Is that where it hurts?”
“Yes. Terribly.”
“Do you feel the pressure when I place my finger on it?”
The man could not answer, but the tears...
The Invisible Wound part 2
The Invisible Wound
Early one morning before the famous surgeon was even out of his bed he received an urgent caller who insisted that his...
The Invisible Wound part 1
Hungary
Introduction
It would be possible to begin the history of the short story in Hungary with the transplanted legends of St. Francis in the Ehrenfeld...
