Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him. A classic of Japanese literature, I Am a Cat is one of Soseki's best-known novels. Considered by many as the greatest writer in modern Japanese history, Soseki's I Am a Cat is a classic novel sure to be enjoyed for years to come.

2003年に刊行されたCD付き書籍『声に出して読みたい日本語CDブック』の音源。ベストセラー『声に出して読みたい日本語』に掲載されているほとんどの作品を、俳優・小林薫や元NHKキャスター・平野啓子、歌舞伎役者・四代目市川猿之助、落語家・立川談四楼などの豪華キャストが朗読する。「僕の前に道はない　僕の後ろに道は出来る」「祇園精舎の鐘の声、諸行無常の響あり」「知らざあ言って聞かせやしょう」など、聞いたら思わず自分も暗唱したくなる名文名句の数々。

Tokyo, 1979. Yoriko Shindo, a workhorse of a woman who has been an outcast her whole life, is kidnapped and dragged to the lair of the Naiki-kai, a branch of the yakuza. After she savagely fends off a throng of henchmen in an attempt to escape, Shindo is only permitted to live under one condition: that she will become the bodyguard and driver for Shoko Naiki, the obsessively sheltered daughter of the gang’s boss.

Essentially the start of Dazai's career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against them—a theme that occupied Dazai's life both personally and professionally. This new translation preserves the playful language of the original and offers the listener a new window into the mind of one of the greatest Japanese authors of the 20th century.

聖書は多くの人の手によって書かれた、神と人間との歴史における出会いの物語です。今から3000年ほど前の紀元前10世紀頃にその最も古い部分が書かれ、紀元後2世紀に最後の書が書かれました。