The Miracles of Antichrist

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Lagerlöf Selma. The Miracles of Antichrist

INTRODUCTION

I. THE EMPEROR’S VISION

II. ROME’S HOLY CHILD

III. ON THE BARRICADE

FIRST BOOK

I. MONGIBELLO

II. FRA GAETANO

III. THE GOD-SISTER

IV. DIAMANTE

V. DON FERRANTE

VI. DON MATTEO’S MISSION

VII. THE BELLS OF SAN PASQUALE

VIII. TWO SONGS

IX. FLIGHT

X. THE SIROCCO

XI. THE FEAST OF SAN SEBASTIANO

SECOND BOOK

I. A GREAT MAN’S WIFE

II. PANEM ET CIRCENSES

III. THE OUTCAST

IV. THE OLD MARTYRDOM

V. THE LADY WITH THE IRON RING

VI. FRA FELICE’S LEGACY

VII. AFTER THE MIRACLE

VIII. A JETTATORE

IX. PALAZZO GERACI AND PALAZZO CORVAJA

X. FALCO FALCONE

XI. VICTORY

THIRD BOOK

I. THE OASIS AND THE DESERT

II. IN PALERMO

III. THE HOME-COMING

IV. ONLY OF THIS WORLD

V. A FRESCO OF SIGNORELLI

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It was at the time when Augustus was emperor in Rome and Herod was king in Jerusalem.

It happened once upon a time that a very great and holy night sank down over the earth. It was the darkest night ever seen by man; it seemed as if the whole earth had passed under a vault. It was impossible to distinguish water from land, or to find the way on the most familiar paths. And it could not be otherwise, for not a ray of light came from the sky. All the stars stayed in their houses, and the fair moon kept her face turned away.

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When she had said that, she was at last silent and listened breathlessly for what Giannita should say.

And Giannita told her story to her.

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