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Tales of Men and Ghosts

Tales of Men and Ghosts

著者： Edith Wharton
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Delve into the intriguing interplay between humanity and the ethereal in "Tales of Men and Ghosts." This podcast invites listeners to explore a captivating collection of stories where the complexities of human nature are examined alongside fleeting glimpses of the supernatural. Each episode features a new complete audiobook that showcases a variety of narratives, primarily set against the backdrop of early 20th-century America, where moral dilemmas and societal norms are put to the test. With a focus on the lives of American gentlemen and gentlewomen, these tales reveal the nuances of character and the ironies of existence. While only a few stories embrace the ghostly, the themes of perception, reality, and the unseen forces that shape our lives resonate throughout. Join us on this literary journey and discover a new book with every episode, expanding your understanding of the delicate balance between the living and the spectral.Copyright Single Author Genre アート 文学史・文学批評 生物科学 科学
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  • Borough-George Crabbe

    Borough-George Crabbe
    2026/08/28
    Tales of Men and Ghosts was published as a collection in 1910, though the first eight of the stories had earlier appeared in Scribner's and the last two in the Century Magazine. Despite the title, the men outnumber the ghosts, since only "The Eyes" and "Afterward" actually call on the supernatural. In only two of the stories are women the central characters, though elsewhere they play important roles. Wharton enjoys subjecting her subjects -- all of them American gentlemen and gentlewomen, in the conventional senses of the word -- to various moral tests and sometimes ironic tests. Some of the stories deal with the intellectual fashions of the day -- "The Blond Beast" basing itself, to some degree, on Nietzsche, and "The Debt" on variants of Darwinism. Though "Afterward" is set in England, and "The Letters" in France, the rest of the stories are squarely in Wharton's own New York city, rather than (say) in what she calls "the soul-deadening ugliness of the Middle West," thus avoiding the need to come to terms with what fashion-conscious New Yorkers still today call "fly-over country" for everything that lies between the west bank of the Hudson River and San Francisco Bay. (Summary by Nicholas Clifford)
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    8 時間 35 分
  • Peasant Tales of Russia-Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko

    Peasant Tales of Russia-Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko
    2026/08/27
    Tales of Men and Ghosts was published as a collection in 1910, though the first eight of the stories had earlier appeared in Scribner's and the last two in the Century Magazine. Despite the title, the men outnumber the ghosts, since only "The Eyes" and "Afterward" actually call on the supernatural. In only two of the stories are women the central characters, though elsewhere they play important roles. Wharton enjoys subjecting her subjects -- all of them American gentlemen and gentlewomen, in the conventional senses of the word -- to various moral tests and sometimes ironic tests. Some of the stories deal with the intellectual fashions of the day -- "The Blond Beast" basing itself, to some degree, on Nietzsche, and "The Debt" on variants of Darwinism. Though "Afterward" is set in England, and "The Letters" in France, the rest of the stories are squarely in Wharton's own New York city, rather than (say) in what she calls "the soul-deadening ugliness of the Middle West," thus avoiding the need to come to terms with what fashion-conscious New Yorkers still today call "fly-over country" for everything that lies between the west bank of the Hudson River and San Francisco Bay. (Summary by Nicholas Clifford)
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    4 時間 2 分
  • Pot of Gold and Other Stories-Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

    Pot of Gold and Other Stories-Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
    2026/08/26
    Tales of Men and Ghosts was published as a collection in 1910, though the first eight of the stories had earlier appeared in Scribner's and the last two in the Century Magazine. Despite the title, the men outnumber the ghosts, since only "The Eyes" and "Afterward" actually call on the supernatural. In only two of the stories are women the central characters, though elsewhere they play important roles. Wharton enjoys subjecting her subjects -- all of them American gentlemen and gentlewomen, in the conventional senses of the word -- to various moral tests and sometimes ironic tests. Some of the stories deal with the intellectual fashions of the day -- "The Blond Beast" basing itself, to some degree, on Nietzsche, and "The Debt" on variants of Darwinism. Though "Afterward" is set in England, and "The Letters" in France, the rest of the stories are squarely in Wharton's own New York city, rather than (say) in what she calls "the soul-deadening ugliness of the Middle West," thus avoiding the need to come to terms with what fashion-conscious New Yorkers still today call "fly-over country" for everything that lies between the west bank of the Hudson River and San Francisco Bay. (Summary by Nicholas Clifford)
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    6 時間 12 分
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