E-böcker / Noveller
Glädjens väktare
Kyrkoherde Ahlman stannade och såg ut över sjön. Här var sannerligen platsen där en människa kunde vilja dö, om hon nu inte längre orkade leva. Kyrkoherden hade aldrig träffat henn ...
Julros och slåtterblomma
Om bara en timme skulle han kliva in i kyrkan och påbörja sin predikan, men aldrig förr hade han känt sig så tom i huvudet och tom i hjärtat. Och detta trots att han hade gått och ...
När dimman lättar
När dimman lättar<br/>Nils vaknar i hotellets dubbelsäng vid sidan av en okänd kvinna. Varifrån har hon kommit och törs han väcka henne? <br/> Under en stormnatt med spökerier bli ...
Sommarnattligt skeende
Tankar vindlade fram genom hennes huvud när hon som barn sprang ensam runt i skogen. Där fanns en annan verklighet och i den spenderade hon de flesta av sina eftermiddagar. Skogen ...
Diademet
Tänk att fröken Essie Jansson blivit bjuden på militärmaskeraden av självaste baron von Klissow! En tillställning så prestigefylld att till och med kungligheterna tar sig dit. Det ...
Den stora glädjen och andra noveller
'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 ...
Livet är rikt
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 ...
Från fjäll och gata
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 ...
Gråa stugor, gyllne slott
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 ...
Sevastopoli
Leo Tolstoi vie lukijansa Sevastopoliin joulukuussa 1854. Päähenkilö astuu sisään seurahuoneen suureen saliin, joka on muutettu sotasairaalaksi. Hän keskustelee loukkaantuneiden ka ...
The Most Incredible Thing
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 ...
The Great Sea Serpent
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 Gardener and the Noble Family
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 ...
The Cripple
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 ...
Luck May Lie in a Pin
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 ...
The Shepherd Boy
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 ...
The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat
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 ...
Stories about Snakes
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 ...
The Willow-Wren and the Bear
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 ...
The Goose-Girl
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...