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Arguably Jane Austen's most popular novel, Emma is a vivid, captivating, and irresistibly witty classic about love and marriage.

The orphaned Mary Lennox is sullen, ill tempered, and unloved when she's sent to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven. A man consumed by grief over the death of his wife, Archibald has allowed his sprawling estate on the moors to fall into grim disrepair. It's when Mary begins tending to her late aunt's mysterious garden - locked up and neglected for years - that she discovers its life-changing secrets and a flowering rejuvenation of the human spirit.

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。

人買いに騙され母と離れてしまった安寿と厨子王は、荘園領主・山椒大夫に売られ奴隷としてこき使われる。やがて二人は母が佐渡にいることを知り、厨子王はついに荘園からの脱走を計る…。

Pudd'nhead Wilson, like many other Mark Twain books, was read aloud by the author to his wife and daughters, chapter by chapter, as it was being written.

Samuel Pickwick, founder and chairman of the Pickwick Club, engages three fellow members to accompany him on a journey. By coach they’ll travel to the outreaches of London to explore, observe, and report back on the quaint wonders of the English countryside. What transpires is a picaresque romp of misadventures, hair-raising challenges, and romantic follies entangling the fates of a riot of colorful characters - a passel of villains, spinsters, poets, and sportsmen - and the unworldly Pickwick himself, who has much to learn about life outside his gentleman’s club.

Collected for the first time, here are the New York stories of one of the 20th century’s definitive chroniclers of the city - the speakeasies and highballs, social climbers and cinema stars, mistresses and powerbrokers, unsparingly observed by a popular American master of realism. Spanning his four-decade career, these more than 30 refreshingly frank, sparely written stories are among John O’Hara’s finest work, exploring the materialist aspirations and sexual exploits of flawed, prodigally human characters and showcasing the snappy dialogue.

A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together. Like most people left behind on an over-populated Earth, New York City police detective Elijah Baley had little love for either the arrogant Spacers or their robotic companions.

読み聞かせでもなく、サウンドドラマでもない。オーディオブックならではの圧倒的な表現力。誰もが知っている"はず"のシェイクスピア作品をダイジェストにして続々お届けします。 「さあ、聞かせてくれ、郷《さと》の様子はどうだ？...

【解説】 源氏物語当時、高貴な女人の部屋に忍び込むのには、側近の女房の助けなしには不可能でした。父帝の妃にして義母である藤壺への想いに駆られる源氏は、藤壺の女房、王命婦に藤壺との密会をせがみます。顔も知らない亡き生母桐壺の更衣に瓜二つの藤壺。密会は、源氏にとっても藤壺にとっても、手引きをする王命婦にとっても、身の破滅につながる出来事です。それを実現させたのは、王命婦の源氏への恋心があったからでは―と語る瀬戸内寂聴氏。寂聴の描く熱くも哀しい男女の恋路をご堪能下さい。 底本：講談社文庫『藤壺』 【朗読時間】５１分４４秒 【朗読】wis ※透明感と落ち着きのある声で親しまれている女性朗読家です。

"""平家の怨霊に祟られた場所、壇ノ浦。その霊を鎮める為に建てられた阿彌陀寺に、盲目の琵琶師・芳一が住んでいた。ある晩その技量を求め『ある高貴な方の家来』を名乗る侍が芳一の許を訪れる…。怪奇文学作品集「怪談」（1904年）より、表題作「耳無芳一の話」の他、「葬られたる秘密」「狢」計３編を収録。

George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel - a scathing satire on a downtrodden society's blind march towards totalitarianism. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.

The fantasy worlds of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass come to life in these audio theatre presentations with music and sound effects.

On the eve of his marriage to the beautiful Mercedes, having that very day been made captain of his ship, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on a charge of treason, trumped up by jealous rivals. Incarcerated for many lonely years in the isolated and terrifying Chateau d'If near Marseille, he meticulously plans his brilliant escape and extraordinary revenge.

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.

'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'; so the recording begins and ends with some of Dickens's best-known words, and between those lines is every Briton's view of the worst excesses of the French Revolution. Set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, the audiobook tells the story of a French doctor who is imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille in Paris. Upon his release, he moves to London with his daughter, Lucie, whom he had never met.

《孟子》是《四书》之一，记录了孟子的治国思想、政治观点（仁政、王霸之辨、民本、格君心之非，民为贵社稷次之君为轻）和政治行动，属儒家经典著作。…… 《孟子》是《四書》之一，記錄了孟子的治國思想、政治觀點（仁政、王霸之辨、民本、格君心之非，民為貴社稷次之君為輕）和政治行動，屬儒家經典著作。

　桐壺院の一周忌の法要に引き続き、中宮の御八講(みはっこう)が催されます。その最後の日、苦悩の果てに中宮は自ら出家を願い出、髪を落としてしまわれました。源氏の君は悲しみ尽きず、東宮(とうぐう)の行く末もご心配です。一方、朧月夜の君は病のため実家の右大臣家に下がっておりましたが、源氏の君は危険を顧みず密会に現れました。

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六条の御息所(みやすどころ)は、源氏の君への一切の未練を断ち切るため、斎宮(さいぐう)について伊勢へ下向す 　る決心をなさいました。お名残惜しくお手紙を交わし、六条の御息所を見送ると、源氏 　の君はうら淋しくなり、物思いに沈むのでした。 　ご病気を悪くされた桐壺院は、後々のことは源氏の君を頼るよう帝に遺言し、お崩(かく)れに 　なってしまいました。

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This is another beautifully crafted and nurturing Burnett tale about a young girl growing up, learning humility and compassion...the hard way. Sara Crewe’s young life is filled with wealth and pampering. But when her father dies in India and his wealth is lost, like a hot-house plant cast into the snow her life is reduced to shear survival. Turned into a beggar, her courage and strong-will are all she inherited from her father.

"怒涛の４時間！　ＣＤ３枚組！！低賃金で酷使される蟹工船の労働者たちの闘いを描く、２００８年異例の４０万部増版でブームとなった超話題作。

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and civil servant, made a nine-month journey through the eastern United States. The result was Democracy in America, a monumental study of the strengths and weaknesses of the nation’s evolving politics. His insightful work has become one of the most influential political texts ever written on America.

オペラ抜粋朗読劇　第５弾は「ウェーバー　魔弾の射手　より」第一幕　抜粋。こちらは、本作品のための書き下ろし台本。

In the century's darkest time, one man became the most unlikely of heroes. German-Catholic industrialist and Nazi Party member Oskar Schindler used his wealth and influence to save the lives of more than 1,300 Jews who would have otherwise died in the concentration camp at Plaszow. Here is the story on which Steven Spielberg based his powerful motion picture. If you like this, try Ursula Hegi's Stones from a River.

Heinrich Heines „Harzreise“ gehört zu der Reihe der Reisebilder, die er in sehr frühen Jahren seines literarischen Schaffens schrieb. Es ist ein prosaischer Text voll Ironie und Sarkasmus. In den Text eingewoben sind einige wenige lyrische Abschnitte, die sich bemerkenswert vorzüglich in den Text einfügen. Jeder, der dieses Buch hört, wird es lieben.

Little Women, closely based on Louisa May Alcott’s own experience of family life, was first published in 1869 and follows the lives of the four March sisters and their mother, "Marmee". With the heartrending story of gentle Beth, the humorous adventures of tomboyish Jo, Meg’s vain attempts to cut a fashionable figure in "society", and the artistic ambitions of the youngest sister Amy, it has never lost its extraordinary power to move and delight.

Best-selling books have played a critical role in influencing the tastes and purchasing habits of American readers for more than 100 years. But there is more to America's great best-selling books than the sales figures they rake in. American bestsellers also offer us ways to appreciate and understand particular periods of American culture.In this series of 24 lectures you'll enjoy a pointed look at key best-selling works and their places within the greater fabric of American cultural history.

A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters. Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, The Left Hand of Darkness stands as a landmark achievement.

So what would Al Gore choose if he had a book club? Gore named Stendhal's The Red and the Black, a 19th century classic chock full of adultery, betrayal, and moral vacuity, as his favorite book on a recent broadcast of Oprah. It's a bit shocking of a choice, given his wife and running mate's position on clean, wholesome literature. Listen and decide for yourself the merit of this presidential pick.

Personaggio buffo e melanconico, Marcovaldo è il protagonista d'una serie di favole moderne, dove Italo Calvino va segnando avvenimenti impercettibili nella vita di una grande città industriale. Partite come divagazioni comico-poetiche sul tema della più elementare lotta per la vita, le venti favole di Marcovaldo arrivano alla rappresentazione della più complicata realtà d’oggi, alla satira del "miracolo economico" e della "civiltà del consumo"; ma sempre restano fedeli a una classica struttura narrativa: quella delle storielle a vignette dei giornalini per l'infanzia.