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Written by R.Austin Freeman, The Adventures of Dr Thorndyke (also sometimes known as The Singing Bone) present five tales of crime and forensic detection from the inventor of the inverted detective story: The Case of Oscar Brodski A lost diamond merchant chances upon the house of a fence and...

A four act play by Oscar Wilde, first performed in 1892, Lady Windermere's Fan is another one of his productions that takes a half-sardonic, half-serious look into the intrigues of life. In this play, Lady Windermere's idyllic life as the young wife of the rich Lord Windermere is disturbed by...

A humerous account of three men's boating holiday up the Thames that the author, Jerome K Jerome assures us is entirely factual, and definitely did happen as described. Even if the dog was somewhat more metaphorical than the other passengers. Especially George, who's realness is at least twice...

John Hannay, after surviving the actions of the Black Stone, the cabal of German spies from The 39 Steps, is now a soldier fighting in France during WW1. He receives a message from Bullivant, Head of the Foreign Office and his old ally from before the war. From there he and others are embroiled...

Written by the British author Hugh Lofting, is the first of his Doctor Dolittle books, a series of children's novels about a man who learns to talk to animals and becomes their champion around the world. In this book, we are told how Dr John Dolittle came to learn the language of animals, and...

Victor Frankenstein has no idea the horrors he is to unleash when at the University Town of Ingolstadt he create a living being from dead tissue. This begins a cycle of death, remorse, murder and horror that only his death will put to an end. Alternately well received and disregarded since its...

Two dramatisations of key novels by the award winning Vita Sackville West Vita Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry and 13 novels during her life. She was twice...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the road home led through a land of witches, wonders, false magic, and hidden courage? In *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*, L. Frank Baum creates one of the most beloved fantasy journeys in American literature. First published in 1900, this...

En 'Noviembre' apreciamos ya esa condición transgresora y algo irónica que caracteriza la escritura de Flaubert, así como su enfoque, tan contestado por la moral de su época, su fuerza literaria y sus obsesivas preocupaciones estéticas; en fin, todo lo que hará de él uno de los más...

The American Civil War was fought not only by armies, but by extraordinary individuals whose courage, ingenuity, and determination shaped the course of history. In these seventeen classic stories and historical accounts, daring raiders steal a locomotive deep behind enemy lines. Prisoners tunnel...

En pleno México del siglo XIX, Manuela, una joven provinciana, rechaza el amor del honrado herrero Nicolás para huir con 'El Zarco', el temido líder de los Plateados. Su búsqueda de una vida de lujos y emociones la sumerge en el brutal mundo del bandolerismo, obligándola a enfrentar las...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if a beggar wore a crown, and a prince learned the truth of his kingdom from the streets? In *The Prince and the Pauper*, Mark Twain transforms a simple exchange of clothes into a brilliant historical tale of identity, justice, cruelty, and...

Cuando su inquebrantable amor es puesto a prueba por un destino cruel, dos príncipes que ocultan su verdadera identidad deben emprender un peligroso y épico peregrinaje a través de la Europa del siglo XVII hacia Roma, enfrentándose a piratas sanguinarios, hechiceras implacables y tormentas...

Tras cumplir diecinueve años de condena por robar un pedazo de pan, un exconvicto en busca de redención adopta una identidad falsa y arriesga su libertad para salvar a la hija huérfana de una mujer explotada, mientras un implacable inspector de policía consagra su vida a darle caza en una...

Frankreich, 1348. Thomas, ein in Ungnade gefallener Ritter, findet ein junges Mädchen allein in einem verfallenen normannischen Dorf. Sie ist ein Waisenkind des Schwarzen Todes und ein geradezu beunruhigendes Bild der Unschuld, das seine Beschützerinstinkte weckt. Außerdem wird sie von Visionen heimgesucht und ist überzeugt davon, Gottes Plan zu folgen.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if beauty could remain untouched while the soul beneath it decayed in secret? In *The Picture of Dorian Gray*, Oscar Wilde creates one of the most seductive and unsettling novels of the nineteenth century: a Gothic masterpiece of art, vanity...

"Kidnapped" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a thrilling adventure novel set in the tumultuous period of 18th-century Scotland. The story follows young David Balfour, whose life takes a dramatic turn after the death of his father. Seeking his inheritance, David visits his uncle Ebenezer, only to be betrayed and sold into slavery aboard a ship bound for the Carolinas. The novel captures the essence of the Scottish Highlands and Lowlands, depicting the rugged landscapes and the complex social and political tensions of the time.

A Dream Play by August Strindberg stands as a revolutionary work in modern theater, renowned for its innovative approach to narrative and its profound exploration of the human psyche. Written in 1901 and first performed in 1907, the play delves into the depths of the subconscious, presenting a world where the distinction between reality and dreams dissolves.

Un viaje hacia un nuevo mundo se transforma en una experiencia inquietante cuando un joven inmigrante descubre que, a bordo del barco que lo lleva a América, nada es tan simple como parece. Un encuentro inesperado con un fogonero olvidado por todos lo arrastrará a una historia de injusticias, poder y decisiones que pueden cambiar destinos.

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『源氏物語』全五十四帖 与謝野晶子による現代語訳をすべて朗読し、
オーディオ化しました。

近代で最初に『源氏物語』を訳した与謝野晶子は、それぞれの帖の冒頭に、その 帖の内容をふまえた歌を一首詠んでいます。その晶子の歌もすべて収録しています。

第二帖 帚木 ははきぎ
光源氏 十七歳
主な登場人物 空蝉

中川の皐月(さつき)の水に人似たり
かたればむせび寄ればわななく

五月雨の夕刻、十七歳になった光源氏は、頭中将（とうのちゅうじょう）たちとともに、女性についての議論に花を咲かせていた。「雨夜の品定め」といわれる場面である。
それぞれが自分の体験や過去に関わった女性の話をする中で、頭中将は、女性は「中の品」（中流）が一番良いと言い、子どもを設けながらも正妻の嫌がらせによって姿を消してしまった内縁の妻のことを語るのだった。
翌日、源氏は方違えのために訪れた中川の辺りにある紀伊守の屋敷で、伊予守（いよのかみ）の後妻である空蟬（うつせみ）と出会い、強引に空蟬と一夜を共にする。 その後も、源氏は空蟬を忘れることができず、切々と恋心を訴えるのだが、かたくなに拒否をする空蟬の決意は固いのであった。