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Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949)MauriceMaeterlinck was born at Ghent in 1862. He studied for the law, but left forParis after a short career as a lawyer. In Paris he became acquainted withseveral writers who exercised considerable...

VI. The Melody of GriefA pale dawn hovered. With the first gleams the sea awoke, stretching its golden scales. Across the heavens as purple as martyred flesh flew black arrows of birds. And a...

V. FeverAnd because on one dazzling morning the light revealed her de-formation, Pygmalion foresaw her inevitable fate. Without wakening her, when night came he took his chisel and struck her bosom a blow. There...

IV. WearinessThought Pygmalion, not daring to say it in words: “O godly form, despite your divine origin, you shall die. Worm and rot, instead of the eternity that I have dreamed. To reveal to...

III. The InitiationPygmalion became her master and her guide. This manner of teaching filled him with a confused intoxication, like to that of one who models the cherished image in wax. And, as the...

II. The MiracleEvening descended upon these virginal forms. But the white mass resisted the shadows, and when the walls were draped in mourning, these bodies still shed light. The very gloom lent them grace...

PeruVentura Garcia-Calderon (1890—1956)Ventura Garcia-Calderon, born at Lima of an old Peruvian family, was one of the most distinguished critics and literary historians of South America. He was also a fastidious writer of verse. His...

Selma Lagerlof (1858-1940)Selma Lagerlof came of a family of landowners, from that part of rural Sweden which she described in many of her most delightful books, particularly in Gosta Berling`s Saga. In her youth...

The `Pearl of the Black Sea` is impatient to see you enjoying your Bulgaria vacationBulgaria vacation in Nessebar– the scent of the sea and of journey through times long since passedOften referred to as...

Wake your senses up with private Balkan tripA private Balkan trip in the Balkan countries means a good possibility to sink into the history of the region and put the pieces of the jigsaw...