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Vagaries

Axel Munthe

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .comfortable fur cloak, whilst the old man who tramped along in front of me had only a threadbare old coat? And why was it for me that luncheon was waiting, and not for him? Why should I have a good blazing fire burning in my cosy room, while the old man had to wander about the streets the whole day long to find his food, and in the evening go home to his miserable garret and, unprotected against the cold of the winter night, prepare for the next day's struggle for bread?

And it suddenly dawned upon me why I had blushed when I saw him at Notre Dame, and why I could not make up my mind to go and speak to him—I felt ashamed before this old man, I felt ashamed at life's unmerited generosity to me and its severity to him. I felt as if I had taken something from him which I ought to restore to him; and I began to wonder whether it might be the fur coat. But I got no further in my meditations, for the old man stopped and looked in at a shop window. We had just cr. . . Read More

Community Reviews

ESPAÑOL: Este libro es una reedición de 1930 del libro publicado en 1898, titulado en inglés Vagaries. Tras el éxito de La Historia de San Michele, Axel Munthe decidió reeditarlo, poniendo al día algunos artículos, eliminando algunos e insertando otros nuevos. El libro recopila 15 artículos, de los

ENGLISH: This book is a compilation of 14 articles written by Axel Munthe before 1898, the year in which it was published. It does not make a whole as coherent as his The Story of San Michele, one of my favorite books, although some of the articles tell anecdotes that are not too far behind. The bes