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The Poor Man and the Rich Man

One day the Lord travelled in disguise wanting to test who will welcome him in his home. He knocked first on a rich man’s door but he was impolite and rude and sent the Lord away. ...


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How Six Men Got On in the World

A soldier is not properly paid for his service to the country so he decides to take his revenge on the king. He however realizes that it would be almost impossible to succeed by hi ...


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Allerleirauh

The queen’s wish before she died was that the king would marry a woman as beautiful as her and with hair as golden as hers. The king did everything he could to keep the promise he ...


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Faithful John

There was once an old king. His last wish was to keep his son away from the picture of the princess of the Golden Dwelling. You may wonder why? Well by seeing the picture the young ...


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The Masque of the Red Death

E. A. Poe’s short story follows Prince Prospero and his friends’ futile attempt to outrun and outsmart a deadly plague, called the Red Death. The heart of the story is presented as ...


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The Offshore Pirate

Ardita is a young and rich flapper girl who is spending time at her uncle's yacht. She is not interested in the things her family wants to do; she would rather spend her time sunba ...


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Coward 

Wealth, wit, natural grace, and an air of nobility makes the perfect 19th century French gentleman. Add a certain amount of pride and you have Viscount Gontran-Joseph de Signoles, ...


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The Diamond Necklace

'The Diamond Necklace' by Guy de Maupassant portrays the complexities and consequences of keeping up appearances in the 19th century. Mathilde is a young and beautiful woman, strug ...


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On a Spring Evening

Can a single evening be perfect? It can if you ask a couple in love. The short story 'On a Spring Evening' by Guy de Maupassant, who is widely considered the master of French Natur ...


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The Night: A Nightmare

Guy de Maupassant's short story 'The Night: A Nightmare' depicts a vivid portrayal of the streets of Paris. Our narrator roams the streets of the city after hours, embracing and ex ...


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Vildmark och rosengård

Min väg går än genom vildmarkoch än uti rosengårdMen min vildmark är människosjälensom ofta syns mörk och hårdOch möter jag därför en mänskasom synes mig mörk och hård,jag anar doc ...


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Näverkonten

Torpet låg vid en stenig gångstig som ledde in i den värmländska storskogen. Det stod, lutande av ålder, på en grund som mest liknade ett stenröse, med en skorsten och ett torvtak ...


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Med färglåda och slungsten

Aldrig förr hade pastor Ahle haft så vilda läspojkar och värst av alla var Jan med slungan. Så länge vinterns köld dämpade livsandan en aning gick det väl an, men när våren kom ste ...


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Legender

En dag när lille Esra följer med sin far till synagogan händer något mycket underligt. Esra känner igen mannen som går fram för att läsa ur de heliga skrifterna. Var har han sett m ...


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The Seven Swabians

Do you want to hear a funny story about seven Swabians? They were willing to go on an adventure, but it turned out that their courage was not enough. And you agree that you have to ...


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The Water of Life

A king gets so sick that only some magic spell can cure him. His devastated three sons set out in the world searching for the Water of Life. It is said that only this can help thei ...


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Hans in Luck

Hans was a faithful and honest servant and his master granted him with a piece of gold. Hans was however not satisfied. This piece was too heavy to carry around all the time. So he ...


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The Wolf and the Fox

The wolf and the fox were into some type of agreement which is hardly called friendship. The wolf needed the fox’s help to get food because every time he tried to snatch something, ...


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Jorinde and Joringel

Jorinde and Joringel are a couple in love who wander around in the forest without realizing that they have come too close to a witch’s castle. The witch throws a magic spell over J ...


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The Golden Goose

Many tales have proven that kindness pays back. Once lived a boy who was so kindhearted that he received a golden goose as a gift. There were however many greedy people who wanted ...


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Little Snow-White

Snow White is a marvelous girl "with skin white as snow, lips red as blood and hair black as ebony". Her step-mother however wants to be the most beautiful of all and when one day ...


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King Thrushbeard

There was once a king who wanted to find a proper suitor for his precious daughter. The princess was however always finding some flaws in the future princes, so she sent all of the ...


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Little Briar-Rose

The king and the queen’s long expected child is born and they decide to hold a feast. However a problem occurs. There are thirteen wise women in the land and they have only twelve ...


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The Six Swans

A king got lost in the woods and unfortunately he stumbled upon a witch who was willing to show him the way only if he married her daughter. After he agreed, the poor king’s misfor ...


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Thumbling

There lived once one poor family who wished nothing more than to have a child, even if it is no bigger than a thumb. And do you know happened? They finally got a son and he was rea ...