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Omslagsbild för The Psyche
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The Psyche

The star that is brightest this morning knows many things: she has watched over the earth for centuries and knows many things that we men have long forgotten. Today, she tells us t ...


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In the Duck Yard

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 ...


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The Beetle

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 ...


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Anne Lisbeth

Anne Lisbeth was a beautiful young woman, but she gave birth to a repugnantly ugly child. That is why she gave it into the care of the wife of a man who worked in the fields. This ...


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The Child in the Grave

He had been ill a long time and God came for him – the parents and sisters of the little four-year-old boy who had died were inconsolable. No chagrin was greater than that of the b ...


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Something

Once upon a time there were five brothers who had arrived at the age where they asked themselves what they would become. Each of the brothers wanted to become "something" and each ...


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The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade

Have you ever wondered what would have happened if Scheherazade had not ceased with her tales and told the king another story that is actually a retelling of a previous story, but ...


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A Tale of the Ragged Mountains

An example of Poe’s mystery-laden and dream-oriented short stories, "A Tale of the Rugged Mountains" offers unique perspective on important notions at the time – mesmerism, alterna ...


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Morella

Poe’s symptomatic need to portray dying or already dead women is evocative of his own failed and miserably spent marriage life to his young cousin. "Morella", in a way similar to " ...


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A Dream Within a Dream

An example of Poe’s melancholic and morbid poetic pieces, "A Dream Within a Dream" is a poem that pitifully mourns the passing of time. The poet’s own life, teeming with depression ...


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The Premature Burial

The story unanimously voices Poe’s obsessive concern with premature burial. Dwelling on humanity’s fear of being buried alive, Edgar Allan Poe provides not only examples of such di ...


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The Fall of the House of Usher

Considered one of Poe’s most famous and best constructed terror short stories, "The Fall of the House of Usher" is most likely to grab the reader in its clutches and never let them ...


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Eleonora

"Eleonora" is a short story that draws heavily from E. A. Poe’s own life and marriage. Surprisingly optimistic and devoid of any real terrors, the tale, though dealing with similar ...


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The Cunning Little Tailor

The story that we are going to tell you is about one smart little tailor who was so wise that he managed to solve a princess’s riddle. Can you guess what the reward was? Of course ...


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The Wolf and the Man

The wolf hears the rumor that there is no stronger being than the human. So he is determined to see for himself. One day the wolf meets a hunter with a gun and a knife. Do you thin ...


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Foundling-Bird

Foundling was a little boy who was found in the forest by a kindhearted hunter. The hunter took Foundling home where he grew up with Lina, the hunter’s daughter. One day Lina heard ...


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Godfather Death

A poor man meets a dead end when he cannot decide on a godfather for his thirteenth child. He sees first the Lord but he does not think He will be a suitable godfather. Then he mee ...


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The Elves

Do you want to hear not only one but three stories about elves?In the first story the elves are quite helpful as they help a poor shoemaker finish his tasks faster. In the second s ...


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Drömmar om tomten

Caroline har de senaste två månaderna drömt om tomten och i det närmaste blivit besatt av honom. För att övertyga sig själv om att tomten inte existerar åker hon till Rovaniemi. Et ...


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Öster om månen, väster om solen

Ända sedan den blodiga statskuppen har general Kuklux styrt landet med järnhand. En rödskimrande stjärna ger Liv hopp och hon inser att tiden har kommit att agera. Kan tronarvinge ...


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Manaajan matka: Manaaja ja vaeltaja

Elanin maailma on romahtanut, mutta jumalilla on hänen varalleen vielä suunnitelmia. Hän liittyy pappi Fildusin tehtävään, ja yhdessä he matkaavat paitsi tunnetun maailman laidalle ...


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Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia oli kuuluisa italialainen aatelisnainen, joka eli 1400-luvun ja 1500-luvun vaihteessa. Borgiaan liittyy monia myyttejä. Häntä pidetään todellisena femme fatalena – ...


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De sovande barnen i Flumontis

Något är väldigt fel i den lilla staden Flumontis. Fast det är sommar är det mörkt och kallt som på vintern och flera barn har somnat i en djup sömn, omöjliga att väcka. Kan det fi ...


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Gradalis

I en avlägsen framtid; människorna har sedan länge lämnat sin hemvärld och skapat en praktfull civilisation bland stjärnorna. Men även interstellära imperier riskerar stagnation, n ...


Omslagsbild för Vaanila: Ystäviä, menestystä ja vaikutusvaltaa
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Vaanila: Ystäviä, menestystä ja vaikutusvaltaa

Tutkijatohtori Vaanilan elämä on ollut hallittu kokonaisuus, mukava ja järkevä. Nyt naisen mentävä särö rikkoo eheyden, alkaa hallita kokonaisuutta. Miehen mielen metsäpalo ei ota ...