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New American Stories presents diverse stories of contemporary American life and dreams lost and found, by four of the best young contemporary writers - Jhumpa Lahiri, Sherman Alexie, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Aleksandar Hemon - as performed by terrific stage and screen actors. All four writers have a unique perspective on the American experience, which is reflected in their work.

『エモい古語辞典』の著者最新作。2024年大河で話題！「紫式部日記」を令和言葉で超訳。1000年前も現代も|悩むことは皆同じだった――

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

コスモスの花が咲き乱れている。暗い土の底で、土の上へ出てみたいともぐらの子供が母に言うと、太陽の光を見たら危ないから夜まで待つことに。山の端に出た月が庭の真上に見えてくる頃、もぐらの母子は土の上に出る。赤、白、深紅、桃色のコスモスの花が月の光に浮いて見える。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

北海道の家庭に三人の子供たちが生まれる。最初の子供の出産は困難を極めたが、無事に生まれた。その後、二人目、三人目と子供が生まれ、若い夫婦は三人の子供の親となった。しかし、幸せな日々は長く続かなかった。母親が結核を患い、入院することになる。父親は仕事と子育ての両立に苦心し、母親は一時退院することになったが、病状は悪化の一途をたどってしまう。

곽재식은 누구보다도 재미난 이야기 소재들을 사랑하는 작가입니다. 비단 SF뿐만 아니라 동서양의 판타지와 전설 등, 현실 밖의 꿈과 상상과 환상 속에 담긴 이야기들을 찾고 수집하죠. 다루는 소재를 고려하면, 곽재식은 확실히 '장르 소설가'에 속합니다. 전형적이라고 할 수도 있겠죠. 하지만 이 작가는 특별합니다. 현재 장르 소설계에서 이렇게 웃긴 작가는 존재하지 않습니다. 특히 이공계를 졸업하고 사회에 진출한 사람들이 겪는 부조리한 사회생활에 관한 블랙 코미디는 타의 추종을 불허합니다.

By turns funny, moving, romantic and surreal, and filled with unexpected twists and turns, each of the tales on this lineup has a magical element.

朗読むすめの朗読Bookシリーズが『平家物語』全192弾にチャレンジ！鎌倉時代から700年あまりも読み継がれ、令和の今もアニメになり話題になるほどの人気の『平家物語』をお届けします。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

この田舎の教会では、いつでも現世的な思いに押し返されるが、唯一人、真のキリスト教信者らしい憐れな老婆がいた。ある朝、私は人夫達が墓を掘っているのを教会の丘から眺めていた。その墓はあの老婦人の一人息子のためのものだった。近づいていくと、老母は息子の遺骸を見るのもこれが最後と、切ない思いにむせんでいるのが分かった。

The Music Coming from the House by Paulo Coelho is a story of human values and the Christmas spirit.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】戦争に負けて、北海道へ出征中のお父さんが三年ぶりに帰ってきた。ようやく会社に勤めるようになり、今にきっといいことがあると真面目に働く。

In this classic collection of four novellas, the grand master takes you on irresistible journeys into the far reaches of horror, heartache and hope. 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption' is the story of two men convicted of murder - one guilty, one innocent - who form the perfect partnership as they dream up a scheme to escape from prison. In 'Apt Pupil' a golden schoolboy entices an old man with a past to join in a dreadful union.

Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The stories comprise a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle-class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences.

A lot can happen on the way from one place to another, especially when an overnight flight makes for an unexpected romantic encounter between strangers seated together; a trucker finds life beyond the ranch where he grew up; and a bored Midwestern housewife tries to escape Kansas City.

All of Edgar Allan Poe’s great short stories in one 16-hour collection.

How well do you know people? How well do they know you? Six award-winning, bestselling authors of suspense explore the lingering threat of secrets and the inescapable fear that they can’t stay buried forever. No matter how dark the hiding place, the consequences of revealing the truth can bring out the worst in lovers, friends, family, and strangers.

French literature may be said to begin with the ninth century "Song of Roland," and it has since then churned out masterpiece after masterpiece in every century right up to the present. Beginning with Balzac and Dumas in the early part of the nineteenth century and proceeding to Sartre and Camus at the midpoint of the twentieth, the stories in this collection showcase the talents of some of the greatest French masters of the short story.

What makes love stick? Is it the irresistible spark when you lock eyes across a piazza in Rome? Is it feeling the earth move under your feet? (Wait—that was an actual earthquake.) In these six serendipitous short stories, bestselling authors turn improbable first encounters into hopelessly romantic happy ever afters.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】ベルギーにある科学研究所で、モール博士は人造人間の設計図を二本の黒い筒に分けて、弟子の千吉とハンスに預ける。

Forty-eight of H.P. Lovecraft’s most important stories are brought together in this collection–available only from Audible–selected and with introductions by the award-winning, best-selling Lovecraft editor Leslie S. Klinger. Howard Philips Lovecraft was the early 20th-century genius who, almost singlehandedly, pioneered horror and scientific fiction, only to die in near-obscurity. Rediscovered by critics and scholars in the 1970s, Lovecraft’s work has influenced—by their own admission—every major horror or science-fiction writer of today.

My Man Jeeves, first published in 1919, introduced the world to affable, indolent Bertie Wooster and his precise, capable valet, Jeeves. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in English literature are woven around the relationship between these two men of very different classes and temperaments. Where Bertie is impetuous and feeble, Jeeves is coolheaded and poised.