Deliciously funny, ‘Jemina’ is one of those rare things: a story for a story’s sake.Fifty years ago, way up in the mountains, the Tantrums and the Doldrums fell out over a game of ...

Do opposites actually attract? 'Head and Shoulders' features the intellectual Horace, who is totally absorbed in his studies at Princeton, but falls for a spirited dancer despite t ...

Dalyrimple is rich and arrogant and believes he stands above the standards of life itself. He can't find his place in society and flits between opportunities. F. Scott Fitzgerald a ...

Imagine if your entire village's survival depended on what the dead told the landowner at a seance.That is the crazy scenario in Leo Tolstoy's satirical play 'Fruits of Culture'.Wr ...

Family Christmas gatherings are always very... interesting.A wedding, sports on ice, Sexton stealing Goblins, merry voices carolling and jolly faces. The Pickwickians' Christmas tr ...

Between 1904 and 1918, Wallace collected tales about life in the British Army and the escapades and adventures of the troops. These led him to create the eponymous character, ‘Smit ...

Between 1904 and 1918, Wallace collected tales about life in the British Army and the escapades and adventures of the troops. These led him to create the eponymous character, ‘Smit ...

Between 1904 and 1918, Wallace collected tales about life in the British Army and the escapades and adventures of the troops. These led him to create the eponymous character, ‘Smit ...

In 1901, the author – the real Elizabeth – went on a trip to the Baltic island of Rügen with her maid, a chauffeur, a friend, and a carriage piled high with their luggage. From thi ...

Orphan Anna’s life is changed for the better when she inherits an estate from her maternal uncle. Kind and intelligent, Anna decides to pass on some of her wealth by setting up a h ...

‘Pott's Painless Cure’ (1898) is a short story by the American author, Edward Bellamy, most famous for his socialist and utopian novel ‘Looking Backward: 2000-1887’ (1888).College ...

Satiirinen kuvaus 1910-luvun Helsingistä, joka on muuttunut vallan moderniksi!Kunnallisneuvos Ståhle on myynyt kartanonsa ja muuttanut perheineen valloittavan vilkkaaseen Suur-Kaup ...

Sensuelleja novelleja pitkän linjan sanataiturilta!Entä jos vain sulkisi kaikki sometilit, lahjoittaisi läppärin pois ja lähtisi Pariisiin? Tai jospa saisi mahdollisuuden häipyä ko ...

Jens ser alarmerande samband. Hur förklarar man för allmänheten att det har begåtts ett fruktansvärt misstag? Att vi bär på en inre överlägsen fiende som fått oss att förbise den ö ...

Jens ser alarmerande samband. Hur förklarar man för allmänheten att det har begåtts ett fruktansvärt misstag? Att vi bär på en inre överlägsen fiende som fått oss att förbise den ö ...

Det är karneval, och Rolf och hans vänner spelar och dansar och har roligt på gatorna. Men inte alla. De som sitter i sina bilar kommer inte fram, och blir arga. Några tutar, och d ...

Bo Svensson lever ett vanligt liv. Han har sin dotter och han har sitt jobb. En dag är han hos doktorn, och hon kallar honom för Kaktus Svensson. Det visar sig att hans namn har än ...

Hulvaton satiiri kurkistaa tv-tuotantojen kulisseihin ja käsikirjoittajan salattuun elämään.Matias Hirvi on televisiokäsikirjoittaja, joka haluaisi luoda suurta taidetta ja unohtum ...

Elämänmakuinen, huumorin ja haikeuden täyttämä romaani lapsihaaveista ja lapsettomuudesta.Kolmekymppisellä Elinalla menee hyvin. On työ, ystävyyssuhteita ja sutinaakin riittää. On ...

Bodil gillar musik. Tänk om hon kunde spela gitarr! Hon köper en elgitarr och provar. Det låter mycket när hon spelar. Väldigt mycket. Plötsligt ringer det på dörren. Där står en g ...

‘The Stolen White Elephant’ is a funny and satirical short story, following the investigations of Inspector Blunt when a pale pachyderm is stolen. Gifted from a king to a queen, th ...

Grab a blanket, curl up with your sweetheart, and enjoy this whimsical tale of matrimony written by the father of sci-fi. When Rag Trafford crashes his plane on the property of Mar ...

"There are two kinds of clocks. There is the clock that is always wrong, and that knows it is wrong, and glories in it; and there is the clock that is always right—except when you ...

‘This is the story, among others, of Henry the waiter—or, as he now prefers to call himself, Henri—told to me in the long dining-room of the Riffel Alp Hotel, where I once stayed f ...

‘Three Men in a Boat’ (1889) is the bestselling comic masterpiece by English writer, humourist, and playwright Jerome K. Jerome. It follows the author and his two companions as the ...