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An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered her husband. Elsewhere, an accomplished surgeon is approached by a cabaret singer, whose beautiful appearance belies the grotesque condition of her heart. And while the surgeon's jealous lover vows to kill him, a violent envy also stirs in the soul of a lonely craftsman. Desire meets with impulse and erupts, attracting the attention of the surgeon's neighbor - who is drawn to a decaying residence that is now home to instruments of human torture.

Benedict Cumberbatch reads five stories featuring the famous vegetarian railway detective, Thorpe Hazell, as heard on BBC Radio 4. In The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box, Hazell hatches a daring plan to retrieve a highly sensitive government document before it reaches the German Ambassador. In...

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】十二歳の頃、中根の叔父から突然「鹿狩りに連れて行こうか」と誘われた。おっかさんは危なかろうと止めにかかったが、おとっさんが「勇壮活発の気を養うためだから行け」と言う。十二月三日の夜、同勢十一人で町を出発し、かの宇港から船に乗った。翌朝、つの宇崎に着くと、六人の猟師と十頭の猟犬が現れた。僕は今井の叔父さんと一緒に草藪の中を進み、持ち場に着いたーー。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】老獣医の糟谷は家族とともに暮らし、貧しいながらも診療所を運営していた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】大垣藩の郡玄一郎は藩主からの使命で彦根への道中、伊吹山で山賊に遭遇する。

年間100冊を読破、無類の読書好きで知られるニシダがついに小説を執筆。繊細な観察眼と表現力が光る珠玉の5篇。【収録作品】「遺影」じゃあユウシはアミの遺影を作る担当な――。中1の夏休み、ユウシはいじめら

When the luxurious overnight passenger train from Calais to the Riviera, known as the Blue Train, arrives in Nice, a guard goes into the compartment of American heiress, Ruth Kettering and attempts to wake her. Unfortunately, she will never wake up, as she is dead, having been killed by a heavy blow to her head, disfiguring her almost beyond recognition. What is more, her precious ruby, known as the 'Heart of Fire', is missing. The prime suspect is Ruth’s estranged husband, but detective Hercule Poirot, who also just happens to be a passenger on the train, is not convinced.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】ゴッホの人間性と芸術についての評論。著者は、ゴッホを支えた三つの柱として、高度に純粋な創造的性格、徹頭徹尾「貧乏人の画家」であったこと、彼の中に生きていたキリスト教を挙げる。また、ゴッホを「人生の画家」「絵を生きている」画家として捉え、唯美主義やキュービズムとは異なる存在だと論じる。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】日本人の「海外礼賛」と外国での日本料理をめぐる体験を通して、「本物の味」「客としての主体性」「日本的な食」を語る随筆。

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes tales are rightly ranked among the seminal works of mystery and detective fiction. Included in this collection are all four full-length Holmes novels and more than forty short masterpieces - from the inaugural adventure A Study in Scarlet to timeless favorites like “The Speckled Band” and more. At the center of each stands the iconic figure of Holmes - brilliant, eccentric, and capable of amazing feats of deductive reasoning.

With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English. In Japan, Murata is particularly admired for her short stories, which are sometimes sweet, sometimes shocking, and always imbued with an otherworldly imagination and uncanniness.

This year's shortlist of six exceptional stories each take the listener on an intense and gripping journey into the human heart. With poise, precision, and a light-footed grace, they conjure dramatically different, starkly real worlds. Hailing from Ireland, the United States and The Bahamas, the finalists of 2020 share stories on subjects as far apart as their settings, exploring among them romantic and marital discord, dark secrets, homelessness and even a high school football team; yet each one opens doors into its characters' lives in surprising and moving ways.

The Odyssey tells of the heroic journey of Odysseus after the Trojan war. In his attempt to return home to Ithaca, this ancient hero is faced with obstacle after obstacle, mythic creature after mythic creature. This is an epic poem encompassing an epic journey as famous as it is classic. Translated by Stanley Lombardo.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】画家のエゴール・サヴィチは士官の後家の別荘に間借りしており、明日都会へ引っ越す予定である。後家の娘カーチャは彼に結婚を望むが、エゴールは芸術家は自由でなければならないと拒む。彼は有名になって洋行(西洋へ留学)することを夢見ており、絵が一枚売れさえすればそれが叶うというものの、この夏は一枚の絵も完成させていなかった。それどころかここの間代すら払っていなかったの

With the same deadpan mania and genius for dislocation that he brought to his internationally acclaimed novels A Wild Sheep Chase and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Haruki Murakami makes this collection of stories a determined assault on the normal. A man sees his favorite...

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【小学館の名作文芸朗読】かつおぶしの良否は、叩き合わせたときにカンカンと音がするものが良く、湿っぽい匂いのするものは悪い。亀節が本節より美味で値段も安い。削り方は、切れ味の良い鉋を使い、雁皮紙のように薄くガラスのような光沢のあるものに削る必要がある。だしを取る際は、グラグラと沸騰した湯にサッと入れた瞬間で十分であり、長く煮るとかえって味を損なう。

Collected for the first time anywhere, the nine tales in The Egg and Other Stories highlight Andy Weir's trademark wit and unexpected twists. For the few who have yet to experience The Martian, it's a perfect appetizer. For passionate Weir fans, it's a delicious dessert.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】北大路魯山人による芸術論・文化論のエッセイ。美術、書、建築、庭園など、生活を美化するものについて研鑽を重ねた経験から、日本のものの優秀性を主張する。