Kun lordi Angelosta tulee Wienin väliaikainen johtaja, alkavat paikallisten syntisten housut tutista. Angelo ei nimittäin pidä minkäänlaisista huvituksista, hulivileistä, eikä huor ...

Toivo Pekkasen läpimurtoteos ja suuri työläisromaani. Tehtaan varjossa on yksi Suomen tunnetuimmista työläisromaaneista. Se on sekä päähenkilönsä kehityskertomus että sisällissodan ...

Nuottaniemen talo ei ole mikä tahansa maalaistalo – yhdessäkään talossa Tornionjoen varrella ei ole yhtä suurta pirttiä kuin Nuottaniemessä. Talon suuruus ei kuitenkaan ole viime v ...

Talossa on suuri suru – perheen pienin poika on kuollut. Äiti uppoutuu suremiseen ja unohtaa kaksi muuta lastaan. Voiko hän ikinä päästä tästä yli? Äiti on vihainen elämälle ja Ju ...

Saduissa paha saa palkkansa ja kärsimyksistä palkitaan. Tosielämässä palkkio tulee usein vasta henkilön kuoltua. Tämän osoittavat Andersenin välähdyksenomaiset tuokiokuvat historia ...

Karl XIIs krig rasar för fullt och på ett gods i Finland bor familjen Boije. Normalt är det männen som styr och ställer i hemmen men nu har de av förklarliga skäl annat att göra, d ...

Människornas diktatur ska störtas och orättvisorna avskaffas. Djurens gård ska bli ett jämlikhetensparadis. Så lyder idealen när djuren, med grisarna i spetsen, gör uppror mot männ ...

The short story 'Nam-Bok the Unveracious' by Jack London maps the unbelievable story of Nam-Bok, who returns from the sea. Set in a remote fishing village with Native American inha ...

The short story 'The Law of Life' by Jack London is a study on the human psyche, as one faces the familiar cycle of life and death. Old Koskoosh, who is the father of his Native Am ...

In Jack London's short story 'In the Forests of the North,' two cultures clash with grave consequences. Explorers discover unmapped territory far in the North, where they encounter ...

The teapot was very proud of its spout because the cups had a handle and the sugar jar a lid, but the teapot had more than one handle and a lid and it was the only one to have a sp ...

In every peasant dwelling, lives a goblin, a small invisible creature, who plays all kinds of tricks on the inhabitants. At least, that is what the peasants believe, but one woman, ...

Yukon was not a place for only the gold miners – there were dozens of different indigenous tribes living in the area. ‘Children of the Frost’ is a short story collection by Jack Lo ...

In the short story 'The League of the Old Men' by Jack London, an old Native American man called Imber steps forth before the law and reveals that he has slayed numerous people. As ...

In Jack London's short story 'Li Wan, The Fair,' a woman called Li Wan is journeying a long trail with her husband, a commanding Native American named Canim. When they come across ...

'Blood for blood, rank for rank,' runs the code of the intense Thlinket people in Jack London's 'The Death of Ligoun.' A man recounts the tale of a mighty warrior called Ligoun and ...

'Keesh, the Son of Keesh' is a short story by Jack London on a love that requires sacrifices. Keesh, the chief of the Thlunget people, wants to trade goods for the hand of Su-Su, w ...

In 'The Sickness of Lone Chief' by Jack London, the once-mighty Lone Chief has fallen far from his glory days and describes the memorable events that made him rise to power long ag ...

The Mandell village in Jack London's short story 'The Sunlanders' is quite unlike any other village. It is remote, and because there are much more men than women, also polygamous. ...

Jack London's 'The Master of Mystery' is set in a Native American fishing village in Alaska. A woman has lost her most valuable possession: the blankets of a deceased Englishman. T ...

The sun, the dew and the rose bush were all very proud of the young buds that were gently growing on the rose bushes’ branches. Each bud would become a rose and they wished each of ...

Today, is the birthday of little Marie, she is overwhelmed with gifts, each one more beautiful than the last: a toy kitchen, a doll, a picture book and more. But for Marie the best ...

Once upon a time there were two large islands off the coast of Zealand in Denmark: Vänö and Glänö. But a very long time ago, during a stormy night, Vänö was swallowed by the waves. ...

In front of a factory were piles and piles of rags and, among these rags, a Danish rag and a Norwegian rag found themselves side-by-side. They each extolled their country and their ...

The chamberlain had a special gate key: if you knew how to go about it, it would reply truthfully to any question it was asked! At least, that is what the chamberlain thought... Bu ...