Mateo Falcone

by Prosper Merimée · Upper-Intermediate

Honour is a way of life in islands like Corsica. Hospitality is given to anyone who needs it but the treatment of people who break the unwritten rules is harsh and unforgiving. So what will the man in this story do when he returns home to find that his son has shamed him. (3,015 words)

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