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The ideal introduction to the genius of Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories contains ten of Hemingway's most acclaimed and popular works of short fiction. Selected from Winner Take Nothing, Men Without Women, and The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, this...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Andrew Scott, star of Sherlock, Fleabag and Black Mirror, also known for his on-stage roles in Present Laughter and Hamlet. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Terence Brown. Joyce's first major work, written when...

‘You can’t ask for more emotionally moving entertainment’ Stephen King Don Winslow’s acclaimed fiction collection featuring 'Crime 101' the upcoming major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, Halle Berry, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, and Monica Barbaro. A riveting collection of...

Form-defining short stories. First published in 1914, James Joyce defined what the short story could be with his collection The Dubliners. A mixture of prose and poetry, each story can be listened to independently, or as a collection. From childhood to maturity, we see what life - and ultimately death - can be, via an extraordinary cast of characters, all of whom experience an epiphany. There’s Father Flynn, the priest; Evelyn, the shop girl who dreams of escape; Mrs Mooney, the butcher’s daughter, who runs a boarding house.

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.

“A culturally layered and gripping collection of stories that are also a testament to their resilience.”—Vanessa Walters, the author of The Lagos Wife ?In this stunning collection, nine Nigerian women discover what it means to confront traditional expectations that have held them hostage...

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】麹町三番町に住んでいた当時、私は枕許に五、六冊の本を置いて寝るのが習慣だった。その晩もランプを点けたまま、読みさしの本を脇に置いてうとうとしていた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

科学的小説家である鵜照（うてる）は、子供の頃から「新年」に恐怖を抱いていた。晴れ着を着せられ親類を訪問させられたり、意味のない祝詞を暗唱させられたりしたのが原因だった。26歳で年賀状を初めて作った時は満足したが、それが常習化すると苦労の種となり、「同じ文句を印刷して交換するなら、最初から交換しなくても同じ」と年賀状全廃説を唱えるようになってしまった。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】中島敦による随筆。南洋の島で戦争を迎えた中島が、文学と戦争について思索する。中島は東京に戻って文壇の議論に驚き、文学が戦争にどう役立つか考える。しかし、南洋で文学と戦争を別物と見なしていた中島は、文学が時局に応じた宣伝手段とされることに抵抗を覚えていた。

At the age of 12, Joel Knox is summoned to meet the father who abandoned him at birth. But when Joel arrives at the decaying mansion in Skully's Landing, his father is nowhere in sight. What he finds instead is a sullen stepmother who delights in killing birds; an uncle with the face - and heart - of a debauched child; and a fearsome little girl named Idabel who may offer him the closest thing he has ever known to love. 

In this filthy audiobook you will find the hottest taboo and erotic stories, which will open the sexual horizons of your mind, igniting every dirty and unspoken hidden desire submerged in you. This collection of stories was designed and written to offer you some of the most scintillating, dirtiest erotic stories out there.

One of 46 books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives listeners a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

Trick I - The first thing to vanish is a worthless doorstop. Then, in the twinkling of an eye, goes its rich and elderly owner. And, for the grand finale, both reappear - each as dead as the other. Trick II - From the House of Darkness issues more bafflement. In total darkness and from a distance of 12 feet, four bullets are pumped within an inch of each other into a spectator's back - a feat utterly impossible to perform yet brazenly and undeniably done.

"Die Schule ist die einzige moderne Kulturfrage, die ich ernst nehme und die mich gelegentlich aufregt. An mir hat die Schule viel kaputt gemacht, und ich kenne wenig bedeutende Persönlichkeiten, denen es nicht ähnlich ging." So Hermann Hesse über sein viel diskutiertes Werk an einen seiner Brüder, der sich später - nicht zuletzt aufgrund in der Schulzeit gelegter Probleme - umbrachte.

The early fiction of one of the nation’s most celebrated writers, Truman Capote, as he takes his first bold steps into the canon of American literature Recently rediscovered in the archives of the New York Public Library, these short stories provide an unparalleled look at Truman Capote...

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

暖かい日が続いた後の珍しい雪の朝、夫婦は門を閉めて炬燵に向かい合っている。夫が妻に「私と一緒になる前に本当に自分から思っていたという男があったか」と尋ねると、妻は初恋として米屋の娘だった頃、問屋から来る手代の青年のことを思っていたと打ち明ける。彼女は当時「嫁に行くならこういう人の処に行っていっしょに稼ぎたい」と思っていたという。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

春の朝、たね子は一枚の招待状を手にやや浮き足立っていた。帝国ホテルで行われる実業家令嬢の結婚披露式――華やかな場に自分も出席していいのか、そして何より「洋食の食べ方」がわからない。夫に「出るべきではない」と軽くいなされ、かつての家政読本を引っぱり出し必死に食卓作法を探すが見つからない。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

季節が寒くなり始め、義雄の母親は綿入れの仕事に精を出していた。ある晩、母親はなかなか針に糸を通せなかったので、義雄に糸を通してほしいと頼んだ。義雄は母親が老いたことを感じて悲しくなるが、母親は「もうおばあさんなんですよ」と答える。それを聞くと義雄はますます悲しくなり、目の端に涙を浮かべた。ふと庭に目をやると、赤い実が目に入った。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

不景気な村で暮らす仙太は、妻に隠れて大切な納税用の五円札を握りしめ、「今日は山だ！」と唐鍬を担いで家を出る。実は競馬場へ向かうのだ。村人たちは地道な農作業では小遣い銭も稼げず、一攫千金を夢見て馬券に熱中していた。一枚の馬券がたった五分間で五円も十円も稼いでくれる―そんな誘惑に村全体が疫病のように取り憑かれている。

Classic short stories from a master of American fiction exploring relationships, war, and sportsmanship. First published in 1927, Men Without Women represents some of Hemingway’s most important and compelling early writing. In these fourteen stories, Hemingway begins to examine the themes that...