Saturday, November 1, 2025

Literature. Part hundred twenty eight.

                                                              "The Rescue of Fatima" by Wilhelm Hauff.

Once upon a time there was a family: father, son, and daughter. Brother and sister supported their father.

Mustapha and Fatima were the children's names.

Fatima was kidnapped by pirates. Her father was very worried about it. Mustafa decided to save his sister.

He set out on a journey, encountering various creatures along the way. At the end of the fairy tale, he was able to save Fatima.

Great people: Strabo.

Strabo (Στράβων) (Strábōn) was born in 64 or 63 BC, in Amasya, Pontus.


He was an ancient Greek geographer. Strabo lived in Asia Minor.

The Geographica or Geography (Γεωγραφικά) (Geōgraphiká) was his famous work.


Strabo died in c. Ad 24, in Roman Empire.


Famous people and their quotes. Part hundred thirteen.

                                                                  Jane Austen.
Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/ru/image-photo/currency-great-britain-england-pound-banknotes-2284983137



“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.”

“but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.”

“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1265.Jane_Austen