It is 1900, give or take a few years. The Vajkays — call them Mother and Father — live in Sárszeg, a dead-end burg in the provincial heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Father retired some years ago to devote his days to...
Sodome, c'est M. de Charles et Gomorrhe, c'est Albertine. Entre ces deux figures, chacune étant le centre d'une tragi-comédie dont le spectateur ne fait que percevoir les échos mêlés, le héros du livre, celui qui parle...
Soldiers Three is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. The three soldiers of the title are Learoyd, Mulvaney and Ortheris, who had also appeared previously in the collection Plain Tales from the Hills. Soldiers Three and other stories...