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...
Victory over the Turks part 32
And I think that men who lived then and associated with him must even now be marvelling at what was done then and think...
St. John`s Eve part 2
My grandfather (the kingdom of heaven be his! may he eat only wheaten rolls and poppy-seed cakes with honey, in the other world!) Could...
Victory over the Turks part 17
Turks in Asia
Later he halted in a suitable spot and with all his kin and a goodly number of soldiers on either side he...
Victory over the Turks part 33
A year and a half had not passed after my father’s return from his expedition before a second terrible illness fell upon him, and...
St. John`s Eve part 3
These people laugh at everything you tell them. Along comes one of them and doesn`t believe in witches! Yes, glory to God that I...
Victory over the Turks part 18
Sultan’s bastard brother
On the morrow the Emperor again interviewed the Sultan called Saisan and after completing the treaty with him in the usual manner,...
Victory over the Turks part 34
“What in the world is this disease which has attacked my breathing? for I should like to take a deep, full breath and get...
