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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of My Name is Lucy Barton and the Oprah’s Book Club pick Olive, Again “Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive Kitteridge. . . . You’ll never forget her...

Dr. Margaret Richter has it all. She’s rich, thanks to her best-selling self-help books. She has a beautiful home in Cape Cod overlooking the beach. And she has a monthly book club that everyone is dying to get invited to. Literally. Because behind the crystal wine glasses, the fine linens and the catered hors d'oeuvres lies a tangled web of secrets, of deceit, of murder. No member of the book club is innocent—and many are guilty. And the person with the most to hide is Margaret Richter herself.

A seriously entertaining collection of feelgood stories guaranteed to put the smile back on your face written especially by 10 best-selling novelists. From a hilarious race against time to a moment of unexpected eavesdropping, from righting wrongs in rural India to finding joy in unlikely places, these stories are all rich in wit and humour, guaranteed to lift your spirits and warm your heart.

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.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】明治以降の教育の変化と文学の「浪漫主義/自然主義」を対応させて論じた講演記録。昔の教育は忠孝や聖人像を絶対的理想とし、感激と情緒を強調する一元的な徳育だったのに対し、近代の教育は、事実から出発して人間の欠点や二面性も認める二元的な教育へ移った。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】自己の内面的葛藤と愛について語った書簡形式の随筆。筆者は秋の雨の日、すべての人を愛で抱きたいという気持ちが湧き上がるが、その直後、自分の子供に対して不機嫌な態度をとってしまう。すべての人を愛したいと思いながら、最も近い存在である子供さえ十分に愛せない自分を呪う。筆者は自分のイゴイズムと戦い、仕事に集中する時に愛する者を顧みなくなることを反省するようになる。

幕末の儒学者・安井仲平の妻となった佐代の生涯を描いた伝記的作品。日向国清武村の安井家に生まれた仲平は、幼少時の疱瘡で片目となり、加えて背が低かった。学問の才は誰もが認めるものの、「仲平さんは不男だ」という蔭言が郷里では絶えない。

A man stands on a railroad bridge in northern Alabama. A rope is around his neck. Soldiers wait. From that stark beginning, Ambrose Bierce unfolds one of the most precise and unsettling short stories in American literature—a masterpiece of suspense, perception, and the final instant of a human life. As the moment of execution approaches, the world sharpens. Sound intensifies. Seconds stretch into something vast and vivid. What follows feels like escape—urgent, detailed, and utterly real. But is it?

Here in one recording is every Sherlock Holmes story ever written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally appearing in serial form, these famous stories are here presented in the order in which they were first published beginning in 1887. Included in this definitive, award-winning collection are four novels and 56 short stories, a total of 60 titles. The 56 short stories are aggregated into five named collections, just as they were originally published in book form.

「殺人があったのは二十二年前の今日――」。ディケンズ『バーナビー・ラッジ』とポーによるその書評、英国最初の長篇推理小説と言える「ノッティング・ヒルの謎」を含む、古典的傑作八篇を収録(本邦初訳を含む)。

Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor: 'An Inscrutable Masquerade', 'The Conundrum of Coach 13', 'The Trinity Vicarage Larceny' and 'The 10.59 Assassin'. Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four more mysteries featuring the world's greatest detective. Read by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch, these new adventures share all the suspense of the original tales.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】若いころ人生に迷い、「どう生きればよいか」と懐疑していた新渡戸は、ソクラテスの伝記に出会い、その生き方に深く心を惹かれる。

Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels: City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room - haunting and mysterious tales that move at the breathless pace of a thriller.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】日本における名字は、家族の分化や居住地の変遷と密接に関連し、その数は非常に多い。

食べ物屋や寺社、暮らしぶりを通じて「大阪らしさ」を描く随筆文。前半は夫婦喧嘩の絶えない御寮人さんが高津の黒焼屋でいもりを買う話から始まり、喧嘩のたびに「月ヶ瀬」で栗ぜんざいを食べて憂さを晴らすという大阪的な気質が紹介される。

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.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】小泉八雲（ラフカディオ・ハーン）夫人である著者が綴った、八雲に関する記録。八雲が日本へ渡ったのは明治23年のことである。

岐路に立ち、惑う人々に贈る 喪失と再生の記憶。この物語は、あなたの明日をやさしく照らす――絵本作家として活躍する高城好子はかつて美弥子の継母だった。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

時事新報社記者時代に湯島天神で偶然見てもらった手相について語るエッセイ。冗談半分に友人の久米や芥川と訪れた境内の易者に見てもらったところ、菊池が三十歳を越えてから栄達し、一群の人の上に立ち、金銭に不自由しなくなることなどが予言された。当時貧乏で文壇に出ることなど夢にも思わなかったが、十年後にはこの予言が悉く適中し、やがて手相に興味を持つようになる。

「私」は、ある自殺者がテーブルの上に書き残していた手記を手に入れた。手記を書いた男は五十七歳、暮らしに不足はない。しかし三十年にわたって同じ時刻に起き、同じ料理屋で同じ料理を食べ、同じ家具に囲まれて暮らすうち、すべてが色褪せてしまった。