'Agneta stod en lång stund med brevet i handen innan hon öppnade det. Hon satte sig på golvet med spisluckan öppen, satt där i sin nattdräkt men kände inte kylan. Hela hennes varel ...

Det hade alltid förargat Hållnäsbonden att Snickar-Olles änka bodde i en fallfärdig liten kåk bara ett par hundra meter från hans egna granna bondgård. Hennes fattiga par tunnland ...

Klockan var bara fem på morgonen när Maja Berg låste dörren till sin lilla bostad och gav sig iväg på fjällbestigning. Att hon, en flicka från södra Skånes plana vidder, skulle tri ...

Isak Wallander hade en säregen förmåga att finna väg till människor som behövde hjälp. Han hade i sitt församlingsarbete varit en själavårdare som få. Hans intresse för människor o ...

Leo Tolstoi vie lukijansa Sevastopoliin joulukuussa 1854. Päähenkilö astuu sisään seurahuoneen suureen saliin, joka on muutettu sotasairaalaksi. Hän keskustelee loukkaantuneiden ka ...

The princess’s hand in marriage was promised to the man who could accomplish the most incredible thing. He would also receive half of the Kingdom. All the young men, and the not-so ...

One sunny day, when a little sea fish was swimming joyfully with his eighteen thousand brothers and sisters, the water was darkened by an enormous eel who came from above and was h ...

Larsen was a very good gardener, but the noble family he served always found fault with the fruit and vegetables he produced in the garden and the vegetable patch or with the flowe ...

Ole and Kristen worked for a lord who was both rich and good. Every year, for Christmas, together with his wife, he welcomed all the poor children of the area to the castle and tre ...

To every child born, God offers a gift – this gift is not placed in their cradle, but in a secret place, where no one would dream of looking for it. So, this gift can be found in m ...

There was a once a shepherd boy who was so clever that he could answer every question he was asked. The king in the kingdom had however three very specific questions. Do you think ...

An old miller who did not have a family of his own wanted to retire and leave his mill to one of his three apprentices. All he wanted from them was to bring him the finest horse ev ...

Do you want to read not only one but three stories about snakes? Then you have chosen the right Brothers Grimm’s folktale. It is about small children getting along with snakes whic ...

Kids you know that it is not right to insult other people, right? Nor animals? Apparently the bear in our story was not taught well. She insulted the wren’s children and called the ...

A beautiful girl with a golden hair was betrothed to a prince from a far kingdom. The girl and her maid headed out on the long journey towards the prince’s home. Little did the gir ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

'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 ...

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 ...

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 ...