Launcelot`s Tourney part 4
Then I will counsel you,” said the King, “that ye go unto Sir Bors, and pray him to do that battle for you for...
Launcelot`s Tourney part 3
And, therefore, Sir Mador, be not so hasty; for it may happen she shall not be all friendless: and, therefore, desire thou the day...
Launcelot`s Tourney part 2
For Sir Gawaine was a passing hot knight of nature; and this Sir Pinell hated Sir Gawaine, because of his kinsman. Sir Lamoracke de...
Launcelot`s Tourney part 1
Sir Thomas Malory (Flourished Late 15th Century)Practically nothing is known of this first great writer of English prose romance. Malory`s significance in the development...
The Story of Devadatta 1
Somadeva (Flourished about 1070 A.D.)Somadeva (Soma with the Brahminical suffix deva) was a poet of Kashmir. His celebrated collection, the Ocean of Streams of...
The Raising of Lazarus 1
The Raising of Lazarus (From the New Testament, John XI)Though this story is part of the larger narrative of the Gospel of St. John,...
The Jewish Mother 2
The literature of the New Testament (which was written in late Greek) is difficult to classify. It is Jewish, of course, but permeated by...
The History of Susanna 2
And the elders said:—“As we walked in the garden alone, this woman came in with two maids, and shut the garden doors, and sent...
The Dream 2
Howbeit the ways were unknown to me: and thereupon I took up my packet, unlocked and unbarred the doors, but those good and faithful...
The Book of Ruth 1
The Book of Ruth (From the Old Testament)Into the extremely complicated questions of authorship, origin and development of the Old Testament it is not...
