The supreme day is the holiest day. It is when we are near death and we must face what we have done with our life. The noblest face it without fear, others tremble. However, when i ...

My grandfather, who became a great-grandfather with the birth of the son of my brother, Frederik, was a profoundly good man. He loved us greatly and loved telling us stories. But, ...

When I was a child, my godfather offered me a picture book for Christmas every year. He made the books himself and the best part was when he looked at the pictures with us and told ...

Even though Aunt Malle thinks that the young student who has come to teach Amalie’s brothers does not know how to deal with children, Amalie gets on very well with him and understa ...

Apart from the milkmaid’s donkey, no one paid much attention to the mighty thistle that lived just behind the hedge, outside of the seigniorial garden. Until the day that a beautif ...

At a place where there was once a mighty knight’s castle, today stands a small house, built for chickens and ducks. Poultry Meg was the only person who lived there, and only the ol ...

The wind and the rain are arguing: they both think it is their turn to tell a story. Even though the rain does not entirely agree, in the end the sunbeam takes over to tell the sto ...

You should have known our Aunt – what a funny person she was! She could easily have acted in any play, and with good reason: she lived only for the theatre! Hans Christian Andersen ...

The general’s family lived on the first floor of the house. The concierge and his wife lived in the cellar. They had a son, Georg, who was allowed to play with Emily, the general’s ...

Once upon a time there was a man who knew how to tell stories better than anyone – until the day he knew no more. Even though he spent the whole day looking for stories, he still h ...

Anna’s parents have gone to the theatre with all her brothers and sisters. She is the only one to stay at home with her godfather, but she will not be bored! They will themselves b ...

The air is still cold outside, but already the rain and sun are tickling the snowdrop, who is still nice and warm in her bulb under the earth and snow. The snowdrop would like the ...

"From my father, I received the best part of my inheritance... a cheerful temper." And who was his father? The hearse driver! And his son is just as willing as his father and loves ...

"In thousands of years they will come on wings of steam, through the air, across the Atlantic! The young inhabitants of America will visit old Europe. They will see the monuments a ...

One hundred years ago, a lord lived happily in his castle. Alcohol flowed freely and the festivities were endless. One day, while he was out hunting, he jostled a young goose herde ...

The new year had begun and January was already nearing its end, but it was still very cold. The sparrows found it strange, that the men had declared that it was the new year, as ev ...

There is an old house near the ramparts of Copenhagen. From its window, an old maid looks down on the children playing, who know nothing of the history of this place.Hans Christian ...

Pietarilaisen parturi Jakovlevitšin aamu alkaa ikävällä yllätyksellä. Hän nimittäin löytää aamiaisleipänsä sisältä nenän. Nenä kuuluu kollegioasessori Kovaljoville, joka tuntee olo ...

Arkadi Kirsanow on juuri valmistunut Pietarin yliopistosta. Hänen isänsä Nikolai iloitsee pojan palaamisesta perheen kotikonnuille, ja poika tuo mukanaan myös ystävänsä Bazarowin. ...

Nuori Wilhelm Meister päätyy kauppiaaksi mutta haluaisi teatterikuuluisuudeksi. Aikuistuvalla porvarisperheen nuorukaisella on vaikeuksia sopeutua suvun ja ympäröivän yhteiskunnan ...

Aikoinaan eräällä tietyllä kööpenhaminalaisella kadulla työskenteli yllin kyllin vanhoja saksalaisia miehiä myymässä mausteita. Vanha Anton oli yksi näistä miehistä, joista käytett ...

Mitä kaikkea vanhat esineet ovatkaan elämänsä aikana nähneet? Paljonkin, ajattelee rikkinäinen pullonkaula, joka nyt toimittaa mykkänä linnun vesiastian virkaa vanhan neidin ullakk ...

Laivat tekevät hidasta matkaansa kohti pohjoisnapaa tavoitteenaan selvittää sen rajat. Ilma käy ensin kylmäksi ja sitten niin hyytäväksi, ettei sitä osaa ajatellakaan. Lopulta laiv ...

Nuori ylioppilas astuu junasta ulos Helsingin vilinään. Kukaan ei ole häntä vastassa, ja kaupunki näyttäytyy nuorukaiselle muutenkin aivan erilaisena kuin aikaisemmin. Viimeksi kun ...

Saapuessaan maaseudun seurapiireihin nuori ja komea Aleksis Berestov torjuu lemmenkipeiden aatelisneitojen huomionosoitukset. Kun neuvokas Liza saa selville, että Aleksis viihtyyki ...