Based on Japanese literature and foldlore, Kwaidan contains 17 stories. The story of Loichi, the blind biwa player who was called to perform for the dead; of Muso, the journeying priest who encountered a man eating goblin; of the samurai who outwitted the ghost of a dead man. All these plus 14 other spooly tales are included in this collection.

星新一の傑作ショートショートが英語で聴ける！　Miss Bokko（「ボッコちゃん」）、A Secretary on Your Shoulder（「肩の上の秘書」）、Hit Woman（「殺し屋ですのよ」）など、25編の代表作を収録。

Traditional tales are a well-established part of all cultures. Retold from the originals, these lively stories will captivate listeners.

「・・このことを だれにも いっては いけないよ・・・・」 少年は、うつくしい女のそのいいつけを、成長し、青年となり、妻を娶り、子をなしてもずっと守りつづけていたのでした。それを、ある日、妻にもらしてしまいます・・・。オーディオブックヒット作「羅生門」ドラマバージョンを制作したスタッフたちが、再びドラマバージョンにチャレンジしました。お得な両言語セットです。学習教材として利用してみてはいかがでしょうか?余談ながら、この物語のもととなったのは、 現在の東京都青梅市中部多摩川沿いの地方での言い伝えであったようです。現代は、ずいぶんと暖かくなったものです。(C)ことのは出版「ことのは出版オーディオブック作品一覧はhttp://www.kotonoha.co.jpにて」

A wealthy widowed merchant lives in a mansion with his three daughters. All are equal in beauty, but the youngest, Beauty, is kind and pure of heart; while the two elders, in contrast, are wicked, selfish, vain and secretly taunt and treat Beauty more like a servant than a sister. The merchant eventually loses all of his wealth in a tempest at sea.

Magical retellings of four classic fairy tales. In "Rapunzel" read by Tamsin Greig, beautiful Rapunzel has been imprisoned by an evil enchantress. Every day, she sits at the window of her high tower, and sings as she lets down her long hair. Then one day, a prince comes riding by.... In "The Tinder Box" read by Stephen Mangan, a wizened old woman promises a soldier riches beyond his wildest dreams. All she wants in return is a small tinderbox - but is there more to the tinderbox than meets the eye?

Aladdin is a tailor's son who dreams of making his fortune and marrying the Sultan's daughter, but is tricked into becoming apprentice to a cunning magician. He needs Aladdin to do a very special job - climb down into a deep, dark cave and fetch an oil lamp.... A magical retelling of the classic tale, read by Stephen Mangan.

Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is one of Japan's most beloved writers and poets, known particularly for his sensitive and symbolist children's fiction. This volume collects stories which focus on Miyazawa's love of space and his use of the galaxy as a metaphor for the concepts of purity, self-sacrifice and faith which were near and dear to his heart.

日本文学の名作10編を、アメリカ生まれの日本文学研究者が英語に翻訳。

Here are 22 charming Japanese Fairy Tales, translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki, including "My Lord Bag of Rice", "The Tongue-Cut Sparrow", "The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad", "The Farmer and the Badger", "The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage", "The Adventures of Kintaro, the Golden Boy", "The Story of Princess Hase", "The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die", "The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moonchild", "The Mirror of Matsuyama", and more.