As they stood deliberating in the street, a man passed them, who glanced quickly at Walter as he went by, as if he recognised him; but seeming to corr...
'Ah! True! More shame for him,' thought Walter. After a minute's pause, during which he had been looking down upon the gentle patient litt...
The first meal I ate in Rome was nothing much. Just some homemade pasta (spaghetti cabonara) with a side order of sautéed spinach and garlic. (The gre...
In every major city in the Western World, some things are always the same. The same African men are always selling knockoffs of the same designer hand...
I've been trying to read through one newspaper article every day, no matter how long it takes. I look up approximately every third word in my dict...
Walter was not very long in mounting to his lofty garret and descending from it, but in the meantime Florence, overcome by fatigue, had sunk into a do...
'I told you, Louisa, that she would certainly be found,' said Mr Dombey, looking slightly over his shoulder at that lady, who wept in company ...
There are spontaneous conversation classes everywhere. Today, I was sitting on a park bench when a tiny old woman in a black dress came over, roosted ...
Still, despite all this, traveling is the great true love of my life. I have always felt, ever since I was sixteen years old and first went to Russia ...
First, though, I must get settled into school. My classes begin today at the Leonardo da Vinci Academy of Language Studies, where I will be studying I...