False Confidences
by Pierre de Marivaux
Price: $2.99 USD. 19450 words.
Published by Fario on September 2, 2012. .
"A lover is permitted to look for ways to please, and he must be forgiven when he succeeds." Dorante, a well-bred and handsome but penniless young businessman, takes a position as an administrator for a rich and beautiful widow.
Location: France
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Fario publishes English-language electronic editions of older books or shorter pieces originally published in German, Catalan, French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. Several original English-language stories are available as well.
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The Secret Cause
by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Price: $0.99 USD. 4180 words. Published by Fario on May 10, 2012. .
The disquieting pleasures of a forty-year-old man are gradually made clear to a young doctor in this short story by the great Brazilian Machado de Assis. Translated by Juan LePuen.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4180 words. Published by Fario on May 10, 2012. .
The disquieting pleasures of a forty-year-old man are gradually made clear to a young doctor in this short story by the great Brazilian Machado de Assis. Translated by Juan LePuen.
The Mother
by Italo Svevo
Price: $0.99 USD. 1700 words. Published by Fario on October 11, 2011. .
"In a valley enclosed by wooded hills, cheerful in the colors of spring, stood, one next to the other, two large, unadorned houses, stone and lime. They seemed made by the same hand, and even the gardens, enclosed by hedges and located in front of each of the houses, were of the same size and shape. But those who lived in them did not share the same fate."
Price: $0.99 USD. 1700 words. Published by Fario on October 11, 2011. .
"In a valley enclosed by wooded hills, cheerful in the colors of spring, stood, one next to the other, two large, unadorned houses, stone and lime. They seemed made by the same hand, and even the gardens, enclosed by hedges and located in front of each of the houses, were of the same size and shape. But those who lived in them did not share the same fate."
The Gold Watch
by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Price: $0.99 USD. 3100 words. Published by Fario on May 12, 2012. .
When Luís Negreiros returns home from the office one evening, he finds a fine watch and chain on a table in his bedroom. The watch isn't his and can't be his young and beautiful wife Clarinha's, either. Whose is it then? Luís Negreiros's suspicions are immediately aroused.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3100 words. Published by Fario on May 12, 2012. .
When Luís Negreiros returns home from the office one evening, he finds a fine watch and chain on a table in his bedroom. The watch isn't his and can't be his young and beautiful wife Clarinha's, either. Whose is it then? Luís Negreiros's suspicions are immediately aroused.
The Privileges
by Stendhal
Price: $0.99 USD. 2040 words. Published by Fario on July 6, 2012. .
"On 1 February and 1 June of every year the clothes of the favored man shall become as they were the third time he wore them."
Price: $0.99 USD. 2040 words. Published by Fario on July 6, 2012. .
"On 1 February and 1 June of every year the clothes of the favored man shall become as they were the third time he wore them."
The Philter
by Stendhal
Price: $2.15 USD. 11510 words. Published by Fario on March 7, 2012. .
"The Philter" is a dual-language edition of "Le Philtre," Stendhal's brief tale of a young Spanish woman's inexplicable passion for a circus rider from Naples. Both the original French tale and the newly translated English version are hyperlinked to facilitate swift navigation from one language to the other.
Price: $2.15 USD. 11510 words. Published by Fario on March 7, 2012. .
"The Philter" is a dual-language edition of "Le Philtre," Stendhal's brief tale of a young Spanish woman's inexplicable passion for a circus rider from Naples. Both the original French tale and the newly translated English version are hyperlinked to facilitate swift navigation from one language to the other.
Trio in A Minor
by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Price: $0.99 USD. 3310 words. Published by Fario on November 5, 2012. .
In "Trio in A Minor," Machado's classic tale of a love triangle in Brazilian high society, the intrigue plays out to the tune of the old sonata of the absolute.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3310 words. Published by Fario on November 5, 2012. .
In "Trio in A Minor," Machado's classic tale of a love triangle in Brazilian high society, the intrigue plays out to the tune of the old sonata of the absolute.
Wedding Song
by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Price: $0.99 USD. 2000 words. Published by Fario on May 14, 2012. .
Failed composer Maestro Romão, ill, is seeking desperately to complete a piece of music he had abandoned in 1779, shortly after his marriage. In this brief and moving tale by the Brazilian master Machado de Assis, one of his finest, the frustrated artist Romão struggles momentarily against the oblivion that, he now sees, will be his lot.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2000 words. Published by Fario on May 14, 2012. .
Failed composer Maestro Romão, ill, is seeking desperately to complete a piece of music he had abandoned in 1779, shortly after his marriage. In this brief and moving tale by the Brazilian master Machado de Assis, one of his finest, the frustrated artist Romão struggles momentarily against the oblivion that, he now sees, will be his lot.
The Rosary
by Federico De Roberto
Price: $0.99 USD. 3880 words. Published by Fario on July 21, 2012. .
Between prayers, as she says the rosary ("forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us"), an old woman refuses to pardon her newly widowed and destitute daughter.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3880 words. Published by Fario on July 21, 2012. .
Between prayers, as she says the rosary ("forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us"), an old woman refuses to pardon her newly widowed and destitute daughter.
The Seducer
by Frank Wedekind
Price: $0.99 USD. 2500 words. Published by Fario on June 10, 2012. .
In this short tale by the German playwright Frank Wedekind, the narrator recounts the travails he goes through in an attempt to seduce a lovely young cousin. Translated by Juan LePuen.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2500 words. Published by Fario on June 10, 2012. .
In this short tale by the German playwright Frank Wedekind, the narrator recounts the travails he goes through in an attempt to seduce a lovely young cousin. Translated by Juan LePuen.
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