On the day that the emperor’s horse received his golden horseshoes as a reward for his heroic deeds, the beetle who shared his stable was very jealous. The smith refused to make sh ...

One day a Portuguese duck arrived at the duck house. Some said she came from Spain, but from then on all her descendants were called ‘Portuguese’. Today, there is only one Portugue ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 'Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War: Bits of Autobiography,' Bierce recounts some of his experiences as a soldier. At the outset of the American Civil War, Bierce enlisted i ...

"The Parenticide Club" features four short-stories about a family murder, as seen from the eye of its most innocent member, who just might be the murderer himself. Ambrose Bierce ( ...

"All the World" (1919) takes place in the aftermath of the Great War. The soldiers are back but they are struggling to settle down again, and so are the women who worked so hard du ...

Yakov Ivanov is a seventy-year-old coffin maker and fiddler who hates Jews. Rothschild is a poor Jewish flautist, who plays in the village orchestra. When Yakov’s wife, Martha, bec ...

After Olenka Plemyannikova’s father dies, she marries Ivan Kukin – the owner of the local theater. She soon takes over some of his paperwork-related roles and becomes more involved ...

Lieutenant-General von Rabbek is a local aristocrat, who invites the officers of the Reserve Artillery Brigade to a cup of tea with brandy. Of all the guests, Ryabovitch is the mos ...

While hosting a party, a banker makes a bet with one of his guests, who is a lawyer. The topic of the bet is capital punishment and whether it is worse or better than a life senten ...

Ali Baba and Cassim are two Persian brothers. Ali Baba barely manages to put food on the table for his family, while his brother lives an easy life thanks to his rich wife. One day ...

Aladdin is a boy, who lives in poverty with his mother. One day, while he is playing outside, an African magician approaches him and claims that he is Aladdin’s uncle. The mysterio ...

Syksyllä 1865 maantie kutsuu köyhiä. Suuret nälkävuodet ovat aluillaan. Maantie kutsuu myös 22-vuotiasta Kaappo Sutkia, joka on jo kärsinyt selkänahassaan ensimmäiset raippansa ja ...

Kaikki on totta, kaikki on valhettaIlsa Raita on Alabamassa asuva kahden lapsen kotiäiti, jonka elämässä ovat asiat kohdillaan: hyvä aviomies, mukava koti, reippaat lapset ja omaa ...

Året är 1792. Stolmakare Kellaway flyttar till London med sin familj för att arbeta som snickare åt den store Philip Astley och hans cirkus. Sonen Jem kastas in i det tumultartade ...

Ella Turner och hennes man har flyttat från USA till en idyllisk liten by i sydvästra Frankrike. Ella förälskar sig genast i atmosfären i det gamla huset de får hyra. Men det visar ...

En tjej blir brutalt angripen utanför sin gymnasieskola. Hon räddas av en lärare som på avstånd ser angreppet. Kort därefter anländer Edvard från socialtjänsten till skolan, han tv ...

Utan Folke hade jag tveklöst dött, han släppte aldrig båren. På akuten på natten säger de till honom att: »Du måste stanna här, vi ska undersöka din pappa. Vi är strax tillbaka.«Fo ...

”Ne vaanivat saalistaan unien äärillä. Kun ne surmaavat uneksijan keskellä painajaista, osa tämän mielestä kuolee.” Alma Eriksson on jäänyt vangiksi avioliittoonsa sairautensa vuok ...

”Elämän ja kuoleman välissä on kirjasto”, hän sanoi. ”Kirjaston hyllyt jatkuvat ikuisesti. Jokainen kirja antaa mahdollisuuden kokeilla toisenlaista elämää. Millaista elämäsi olisi ...

Jag var livrädd. Det var som om resan till äldreboendet var en färd i kista till gravens mörka håla, fast levande. Fortfarande. Där skulle jag träffa andra i min ålder och jag viss ...