The Story of Saidjah part 5
“I will gladly marry you, Saidjah, when you come back. I will spin and weave sarongs and slendangs, and be very diligent all the...
The Story of Saidjah part 4
Afterwards she hoped that the buffalo understood her, for he must have known why she wept when he was taken away, and that it...
The Story of Saidjah part 3
Once when they were in the field, Saidjah called in vain to his buffalo to make haste. The animal did not move. Saidjah grew...
The Story of Saidjah part 2
The buffalo turned willingly, on reaching the end of the field, not losing an inch of ground when plowing backwards the new furrow, which...
The Story of Saidjah part 1
Eduard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli) (1820—1887)
Dekker was for many years an Assistant Resident official of the Dutch government in Java. Out of his bitter experiences...
The Story of Abou Hassan the Wag or the Sleeper Awakened part 14
The caliph then seated himself at the heads of the two pretended corpses, and said, By the tomb of the Apostle of Allah (God...
The Story of Abou Hassan the Wag or the Sleeper Awakened part 13
They all four arose, laying wagers with each other, and went forth and walked from the gate of the palace until they entered the...
The Story of Abou Hassan the Wag or the Sleeper Awakened part 12
Then Abou Hassan laid himself along, and Nouzatalfuad covered him, and bound his eyes and his feet, and seated herself at his head, weeping....
The Story of Abou Hassan the Wag or the Sleeper Awakened part 11
Accordingly, Nouzatalfuad extended herself, and Abou Hassan cov-ered her with her veil, and seated himself at her head, weeping. And lo Mesrour the eunuch...
The Story of Abou Hassan the Wag or the Sleeper Awakened part 10
And the Lady Zobeide re- joined, In truth he was not with thee, nor, didst thou see him; and none was with me just...
