Balkan Monastery: A NovelFrederick A. Stokes, 1936 - 328 pagine "An unusual novel, of a little known facet of the war -- not in the front trenches, but in a Serbian monastery where 80 young girls from Belgrade have been placed for safety. The relief forces fail them -- the advance of the Germans finds them deserted even by the old monks. One child runs away to seek her brother, and -- at the time of the realignment of races and boundaries, she is adopted by Bulgarians, and her Serbian heritage comes militantly to the fore. Eventually, she runs away again and is found by her father." --Kirkus review. |
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Pagina 73
... coming to me , " said the soldier in a drunken voice . " What's the use of telling my fortune ! " " All the same , you have a future , perhaps wealth , perhaps a beautiful bride ; my baba can tell you what's coming to you . She foretold ...
... coming to me , " said the soldier in a drunken voice . " What's the use of telling my fortune ! " " All the same , you have a future , perhaps wealth , perhaps a beautiful bride ; my baba can tell you what's coming to you . She foretold ...
Pagina 91
... coming of the army and the increasing fear of a Bulgarian in- vasion . While the old men were confident that the Serbs would repel the invader , the women frightened one another by talking of Austrians and Turks and Germans and Bulgars ...
... coming of the army and the increasing fear of a Bulgarian in- vasion . While the old men were confident that the Serbs would repel the invader , the women frightened one another by talking of Austrians and Turks and Germans and Bulgars ...
Pagina 302
... coming . They're coming ! " One could not mistake the meaning of his voice , which was drunk with joy . He only stopped for a moment to give the news , waving his arms above his head as if to signalize wings . He returned hallooing ...
... coming . They're coming ! " One could not mistake the meaning of his voice , which was drunk with joy . He only stopped for a moment to give the news , waving his arms above his head as if to signalize wings . He returned hallooing ...
Sommario
ALL MUST LEAVE THE CITY | 1 |
GRANDFATHER RUSS | 14 |
FLOGGING THE DEVIL | 35 |
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Parole e frasi comuni
Abbot Michael Albanian Anna asked astery Aunt Mary Austrian Baba began belfry tower Belgrade Bora Bosnian bread Brother Moses Brother Seraphim Bulgarian Bulgars carts cell Cheeka church coffee dead Desa Desa's Dmitrief door Drin enemy exclaimed face fire Frau Schmidt French frocks Georgevitch Germans Gitsa gone Grandfather Russ guns gypsies hair hand horses Junis Kafana King Peter kitchen knew Krushevats landlady little girls looked lorry maize marched Marya Mateivitch Milan Miss Rada monastery monastery of St monk from Alexinats Morava morning mother night Nish Panta Prasco priest Prishtina Prizren Prokuple rakkia Razhan refectory Ribari road Roman Russian sack Salonika Sava seemed sent Serbian army Serbian flags Serbs sergeant shell Sister Martha sleep slept snow Sofia soldiers Stanka stared stepmother stood told took Travnik typhus village waiting window woman yard Yelitsa and Militsa