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【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

横浜で日華洋行という貿易会社を営む陳彩の元に、今日もまた同じ内容の手紙が届く。それは貞操を守らない妻の房子との離婚を勧めるものだった。一方、鎌倉の家では、房子は誰かに監視されている不安に駆られていた。夫は今夜も帰って来ない。寝室の窓から外を眺めていると、何か眼に見えない物が部屋に潜んでいるような、不思議な感覚に襲われる。神経が疲れているせいかもしれない。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

文政四年の師走、加賀の宰相治修（はるなが）の家来、細井三右衛門が、闇討ちをしようとした衣笠太兵衛の次男数馬を斬り伏せるという出来事があった。治修は三右衛門を呼び出して事情を聞くと、納会の試合の行事で依怙があると疑われて数馬から恨みを買ったらしい。同門の相弟子である数馬と多門の試合は伯仲していた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

その親子三人は、北の岬の燈台に住んでいた。父親は燈台守として働き、姉の須美と弟の摩耶と暮らしている。ある霧の深い日、燈台から遠くに何か変なものが見えたあと、海難事故が発生してしまう。父は救助ボートを出し、須美は村人に知らせに行き、十二歳の摩耶は燈台で霧笛を吹き続けるよう命じられるが──。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

早春の日、勇吉は山百合を二つ買い、一つを庭の花壇に、もう一つを小高い所へ植える。ところがある日、彼は花壇の山百合を不注意で踏み折ってしまう。残った方の山百合は大事に育てられ、初夏になって花を咲かせた。数日後、隣のおじさんから山百合の咲く山に誘われ、一緒に行くことに。電車やバスを乗り継いでしばらく歩くと、谷川のほとりに出る。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

美しい出石少女をめぐる神々の物語。秋山の下氷男と春山の霞男という兄弟神がいた。兄が出石少女を嫁にしたいと言うと、弟は自分ならもらえると言い、二人は競争を始める。母神の助けで、弟は藤のつるで着物や弓矢を作り、少女の家へ行く。藤の花が咲き乱れる美しい姿となった弟に、少女は魅了され妻となるが──。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

朝に奈良の宿を発って高野山に向かう。吉野川を渡り乗合自動車に乗った後、O先生と私は駕籠に乗り、T君とF君は徒歩で登り、奥の院で護摩の火に一燈を献じて宿坊に戻る。その夜、仏法僧鳥が啼くのを聴くため、再び奥の院に行く。仏法僧鳥は高野山の霊鳥で、運がよければ聴けるが、後生のよくない者は聴けない。私達は奥の院の裏手で待っていた。

In the opulent ballrooms of Regency-era London, Mercy Ainsworth plays her part flawlessly. By day, she's the poised daughter of an esteemed earl, an embodiment of grace and decorum. But when the moon ascends and the city's shadows lengthen, she transforms into a clandestine artist of Drury Lane, her paintings ablaze with untamed passion.

A spellbinding urban fantasy that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

This star-studded anniversary anthology features over twenty-five unforgettable stories from internationally bestselling authors and literary legends. From the Nordic noir of Jo Nesbø and the lyricism of Tennessee Williams to the timeless imagination of Ray Bradbury and the courtroom wit of John Mortimer, these vivid tales reflect the range and tone that have defined The Strand Magazine for a quarter century.

In honor of her 250th birthday, eight authors have come together with wildly imaginative reboots of the lives of several of Jane Austen’s minor characters. Written with plenty of love and wit, these clever stories star everyone from Pride and Prejudice’s snobbish Caroline Bingley to the modern descendant of Sense and Sensibility’s Eliza Williams and much more. Blurring genres and taking us across the oceans, Ladies in Waiting is a heartfelt celebration of Jane Austen and her timeless masterpieces.

From bestselling author Beth Wiseman—winner of the Carol and Inspirational Reader’s Choice Awards—comes the beloved Daughters of the Promise series. In this six-book series set in Lancaster County, six women discover that God’s promises are never out of reach—even when the path is unexpected.

Do we accommodate ourselves to death, or rail against it? Do we spend our “eleventh hour” in serenity or in rage? And how do we achieve fulfillment with our lives if we don’t know the end of our own stories? The Eleventh Hour ponders life and death, legacy and identity with the penetrating insight and boundless imagination that have made Salman Rushdie one of the most celebrated writers of our time.

Leave your preconceived notions at home as you embark on a mind-bending journey with six of today’s most visionary authors. Brimming with humor and heartache, this collection of short stories maps the roads we took to get here and the paths that lie ahead. The present may be a gift, but the future and the past both come with a price.

Oliver wants to give his best friend Lara the happy Christmas she deserves, and he hatches a plan - with disastrous consequences. Zoe just hopes the season will pass without a hitch for her and her almost four-year-old - but the universe seems to have other ideas. Hannah is determined to show her girlfriend just how much she loves her - if only she could think away from the chaos of the Fitzpatrick household. And Sean knows it will take something pretty spectacular to sweep Colleen off her feet. Four short stories. Four Christmas wishes.

Ein Junggeselle hat seinen Alltag so organisiert, dass dieser aus den immer gleichen Handlungen zu immer den gleichen Zeiten routiniert und problemlos bewältigt wird. Bei einem seiner seltenen Konzertbesuche erregt die Mutter einer etwa gleichaltrigen Frau sein Interesse und er spricht diese (die Mutter) an: Die beiden treffen sich nun öfters und verstehen sich so gut, dass er glaubt seine Seelenverwandte getroffen zu haben. Dennoch verlässt er sie.

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Four is the fourth instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Four features 12 timeless works that largely focuses on the greats of American and British literature, with novels from Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, Thomas Hardy, Victor Hugo, and others. Read by a cast of incredible narrators including Miranda Raison, Pearl Mackie, Adam Sims, David Rintoul, and more, this is a chance to expand your listening with some of the greatest authors of all time.

Gathering ten modern masters of the strange and unsettling, Unquiet Guests sets fire to the blueprints and reimagines the haunted house from the foundations up. From dreamlike visions of an abandoned future mansion to a sentient building grown tired of its owners, these rooms echo with whispers of the disenfranchised and the lost.

Step into the bustling streets of Victorian London with Sketches by Boz: The Complete Collection, which includes Volume 1, 2, and 3 of Sketches by Boz, where Charles Dickens brings the city’s diverse characters, neighborhoods, and daily life to vivid, unforgettable life. From the grimy alleys to the grandest ballrooms, this collection of sketches captures the essence of the people and places Dickens encountered, offering a sharp yet affectionate portrait of a society in flux.

Beloved naturalist and author Gerald Durrell introduces an eccentric cast of characters in this entertaining collection of stories, first published in 1991. Which of these stories is true and which is semi-true I have, of course, not the slightest intention of telling you, but I hope this will...

In her second volume of short stories, which follows the hugely successful 'Encounters', Barbara Erskine has created a compelling world of love, betrayal, suspense and grief. A biographer investigating a tragic death hears voices from the past drawing her towards the truth… A nineteenth century parson’s daughter is caught up in the excitement and romance of a smuggling intrigue… A young boy from a deprived background finds his own haven in the wastelands of the inner city…