The Silver Hilt part 1
Ferenc Molnar (1878-1952)
Molnar was born in 1878 in Budapest, the son, according to the translator of his plays, “of a Jewish medical practioner. He...
Easter Torch Part 8
The trap was ingeniously contrived: a long rope fastened round a block of wood; lengthwise, at the place where the sawn panel had disappeared,...
Easter Torch Part 7
In a few moments, this same gimlet would cause the destruction of Leiba and his domestic hearth. The two executioners would hold the victim...
Easter Torch Part 6
His throat was parched. He was thirsty. He washed a small glass in a three-legged tub by the side of the bar and tried...
Easter Torch Part 5
Then he had passed under the portico, and had listened at the top of the stone steps by the door which was secured with...
Easter Torch Part 4
What followed must have undoubtedly filled the driver with respect. The young passengers were two students, one of philosophy, the other of medicine; they...
Easter Torch Part 3
On the main road there was a good deal of traffic, an unceasing noise of wheels accompanied by -the rhythmic sound of horses` hoofs...
Easter Torch Part 2
Leiba went to the town hall, then to the sub-prefecture to denounce the threatener, begging that he might be watched. The sub-prefect was a...
Easter Torch Part 1
Ion Luca Caragiale (1852 —1912)
Caragiale first came to the attention of his country`s readers through the pages of Convorbiri Literare, a] literary periodical to...
Two Worlds part 3
“No. Now listen,” someone said; “it is true that the ideal conversation gets as far away as possible from what one is talking about;...
