The novel describes how a Chicago mystic sparks a religious revival in the community that leads people to sell their possessions and conduct a mass pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
When Jimmy Skunk curls up to take a nap in an old barrel, the imp of mischief gets the better of Peter Rabbit. Tons of trouble plague the long-eared prankster after he decides it'd be great fun to see the barrel — with Jimmy inside — roll down from it
The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for literature, Lagerlöf assured her place in Swedish letters with this 1891 novel. The eponymous hero, a country pastor whose appetite for alcohol and indiscretions ends his career, falls in with a dozen vagran
A tale of jealousy and revenge from beyond the grave, as a stolen ring brings suffering and violent death to innocent and guilty alike until it is restored to its rightful owner in his tomb. Selma Lagerlof was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in liter
Dottern Klara Fina Gulleborg är livets ljus för den värmländske torparen Jan i Skrotlycka. När hon ger sig iväg till storstaden och dras till det lättsinniga livet där spränger hans vanmäktiga faderskärlek allt förstånd, och han vandrar in i
When I was five years old I had such a great sorrow! I hardly know if I have had a greater since then. It was then that my grandmother died. Up to that time, she used to sit every day on the corner sofa in her room, and tell stories. I remember grandmothe
Everyone who believes Easter is about more than bunnies and eggs will be grateful for this new collection of short stories that shed light on the deeper meaning of the season. Selected for their spiritual value and literary quality, these classic tales ca
