The Man and the Snake part 3
Beyond a smart shock of surprise and a shudder of mere loathing, Mr. Brayton was not greatly affected. His first thought was to ring...
Victory over the Turks part 29
Then all the Bogomils accused of heresy were placed together in the centre and the Emperor commanded each to be examined again. Some confessed...
The Man and the Snake part 4
Brayton lifted his right foot free of the floor to step backward. That moment he felt a strong aversion to doing so.
“I am accounted...
Victory over the Turks part 14
When day dawned Monolycus with the same intention ordered the Turks to do the same as before. In the meantime Clitziasthlan, the Sultan, arrived,...
Victory over the Turks part 30
X However all the members of the holy synod and the chief monks, as well as the patriarch of that time, Nicholas, decreed that...
The Man and the Snake part 5
The snake had not moved, and appeared somewhat to have lost its power upon the imagination; the gorgeous illusions of a few moments before...
Victory over the Turks part 15
VI When Nicephorus saw that the battle had become a hand-to-hand contest, he dreaded a defeat and therefore wheeled round with all his troops...
Victory over the Turks part 31
Now many tales were going round and his marvellous talk was bandied about on every tongue, so the executioners were afraid that the demons...
St. John`s Eve part 1
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
Born in the Ukraine, Gogol was in many respects the founder of modern Russian literature. His stories of rural life collected under...
Victory over the Turks part 16
Romans acting on the Emperor’s advice
On hearing this the Emperor formed the army into two divisions and ordered one half to keep watch inside...
