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THE SHOES OF FORTUNE (I)

THETương tự truyện cổ Grim, truyển cổ Andersen cũng là 1 trong những tác phẩm nổi tiếng thế giới . đây là bản tiếng anh cảu bộ truyện này. SHOES OF FORTUNE (I) | THE SHOES OF FORTUNE I A Beginning Every author has some peculiarity in his descriptions or in his style of writing. Those who do not like him magnify it shrug up their shoulders and exclaim there he is again I for my part know very well how I can bring about this movement and this exclamation. It would happen immediately if I were to begin here as I intended to do with Rome has its Corso Naples its Toledo Ah that Andersen there he is again they would cry yet I must to please my fancy continue quite quietly and add But Copenhagen has its East Street. Here then we will stay for the present. In one of the houses not far from the new market a party was invited a very large party in order as is often the case to get a return invitation from the others. One half of the company was already seated at the card-table the other half awaited the result of the stereotype preliminary observation of the lady of the house Now let us see what we can do to amuse ourselves. They had got just so far and the conversation began to crystallise as it could but do with the scanty stream which the commonplace world supplied. Amongst other things they spoke of the middle ages some praised that period as far more interesting far more poetical than our own too sober present indeed Councillor Knap defended this opinion so warmly that the hostess declared immediately on his side and both exerted themselves with unwearied eloquence. The Councillor boldly declared the time of King Hans to be the noblest and the most happy period. A.D. 1482-1513 While the conversation turned on this subject and was only for a moment interrupted by the arrival of a journal that contained nothing worth reading we will just step out into the antechamber where cloaks mackintoshes sticks umbrellas and shoes were deposited. Here sat two female figures a young and an old one. One might have thought at first they were servants come to accompany their mistresses home but on looking nearer one soon saw they could scarcely .