Sjömansbiblioteket

Once lived a little peasant who had a cow which he could not feed. So he killed it. And he headed out to the city to sell its skin. On the way there a storm caught him and he begge ...

The poor dog in our story is so badly treated by his master, that he decides to leave home. He meets a sparrow, who convinces him to head out to the city. His life however changes ...

Once lived an evil witch who wanted to kill her step-daughter. The girl was however not only kind and beautiful, but smart as well. She changed places with her step-sister so the w ...

Do you think it is smart to exchange a magical table cloth which fills with food every time it is spread out with a simple sack with seven soldiers inside? Well the youngest brothe ...

Do you expect something in return when you offer somebody your help? Well, you should not. The wolf in our story however did. He helped his poor old friend, the dog Sultan, by plot ...

A word has it that Frau Trude was a wicked witch so people were doing everything they could to avoid her. A girl was however not willing to obey so she went to Frau Trude’s home. D ...

Once lived a father who had to decide on a godfather for his child. He could not come up with a better plan, so he chose the Death. It sounds like the stupidest decision ever but i ...

A hen and a rooster are about to pay a visit to Herr Korbes. They travel with a carriage and they stumble upon some other adventurers on the way. They pick all of them up. And by a ...

There was once a tailor who wanted to be admitted to Heaven. He was so exhausted and he was begging St. Peter so badly, that St. Peter took pity of him and let the tailor in. He ha ...

Did you manage to read "Clever Hans" already? Do you remember how clever he actually was? Well Elsie turns out to be as clever as him? One day a boy came to her house. He was going ...

Can you imagine having a father who would give you to the Devil in exchange for riches and wealth? The poor girl in our story had to endure not only this but getting her hands cut ...

A fisherman and his wife lived poorly by the sea. One day the fisherman caught a flounder and he promised the fisherman to grant him wishes, if he was willing to let him go. The ma ...

Do you want to join the journey of one straw, coal and a bean? It is a strange company, but why not? You may learn something new. Like for example have you wondered why beans have ...

Kuka tarttuu aseisiin, kun sankarit ovat kuolleet? Pimeys on valtaamassa Allwardin. Viimeinen maailmat yhdistävä kehrä on sammunut jo tuhat vuotta sitten, ja sen myötä ovat katkenn ...

I en stad invaderad av magi får föremål slumpmässigt magiska krafter. Alla vill lägga vantarna på varan med högst värde. Mira stjäl magiska föremål för att försörja sig. I senaste ...

Segern känns nära. Svala och hennes allierade är bara ett steg ifrån att skapa det mäktigaste vapnet på jorden – draken. Men när något oväntat inträffar går hela planen om intet.I ...

Helst skulle jag vilja ställa mig upp och skrika. Jag vill inte vara med, hör ni det! Förnuftet sa åt mig att det var för sent, att det troligen varit för sent långt innan jag född ...

Bella is an android that is made to serve. According to humans, people like her are not capable of feeling, thinking, or wanting. Bella, however, thinks a lot. She feels, she wants ...

Elizabeth Gaskell’s ‘A Dark Night’s Work’ was first published in serial form in weekly magazine ‘All The Year Round’, which was edited by Charles Dickens. The lovely young Ellinor ...

Newly orphaned Lois Barclay is forced to leave England and sail to America to join her only remaining distant family. Set in Salem against the hysteria of the witch trials, the hon ...

A collection of five short stories from popular Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. The collection includes the tales ‘The Poor Clare’, ‘Lois the Witch’, ‘The Grey Woman’ and ‘The ...

Miss Greatorex is invited to join a group of friends who meet weekly at Mrs Dawson’s house. When Miss Greatorex asks to hear more about Mrs Dawson’s cousin Lady Ludlow, the friends ...

The wife of the town drummer gave birth to a child with red hair that everyone called ‘the drummer’s redhead’. Except for his mother, who called him ‘golden treasure’. His father d ...

Do you like Harry Potter but always thought the Dursley house was a little too serene and pleasant? What if Harry also had a bum leg, lived in a slum and Hagrid actually was a filt ...

Två år av pandemikarantän. Instängd i sin lägenhet. Alice blir galen! Hon står inte ut. I en virtuell värld finns ingen karantän. Oändliga möjligheter. Träffa vem hon vill. Kyssa s ...