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The Metamorphosis is a story about a man who wakes up transformed into a bug and the repercussions it has on his life and the people around him. What does it all mean? It is most probably an autobiography of how Kafka himself experienced early life living with his parents. Kafka describes how he endured his mother and father's financial and emotional exploitations, to the point of detaching from them and thereby ceasing to be their son (the real metamorphosis).

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.” —Ann Patchett “Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The Song of Achilles, Madeline...

密かに呼び寄せた侍従から最近の浮舟の様子をお聞きになった匂宮。宇治を訪れて右近に真相を尋ねられた薫の君。いずれも激しくお嘆きで悲しみも薄らぎません。 しばらくして、明石の中宮が法華八講(ほうけはつこう)を催されました。薫の君は、懇意にしていた小宰相(こざいしょう)の君を見つけようとして、偶然、女一の宮の姿を御覧になり、切ない恋心を抱きます

Todos los cuentos de Borges reunidos en un audiolibro

Poeta, ensayista y narrador, Borges es una de las figuras primordiales de la literatura universal. Ahora se reúnen en este audiolibro todos sus cuentos, uno de los legados más influyentes y deslumbrantes de la literatura occidental.

Jack London was one of the most notable authors of his time, and this collection showcases some of his most popular short stories. Filled with reflections on the human condition, our interactions with wilderness, and the chance of underlying magic that surrounds us all, these short stories offer a brief respite from the bustling world around us. This collection of short stories contains "A Thousand Deaths", "An Odyssey of the North", "A Relic of the Pliocene", "The Law of Life", "The Minions of Midas", "To Build a Fire", "Grit of Women", "That Spot", "Flush of Gold", and "Lost Face".

Edgar Allen Poe is regarded as one of the greatest American writers and a pioneer of the horror genre, and this collection brings together some of his most celebrated tales. Themes of guilt, fear and revenge abound as the master of gothic horror transports audiences to mysterious worlds, carries them on dangerous sea voyages, and investigates gruesome murders. Exploring the hidden depths of the human mind, these are tales full of thrills and intrigue.

“Soseki is the representative modern Japanese novelist, a figure of truly national stature.”—Haruki Murakami The father of modern Japanese literature's best-loved novel, in its first new English translation in half a century No collection of Japanese literature is complete without...

Leo Tolstoy's classic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in world literature. Generations of readers have been enthralled by his magnificent heroine, the unhappily married Anna Karenina, and her tragic affair with dashing Count Vronsky.

すべてを知る女房の、右近と侍従に促され、薫の君、匂宮それぞれと和歌の贈答をされる浮舟。そんな我が身が情けなく、死を考えるほど深い悩みに陥りましたので、身体の具合まで悪くなり、母・中将の君は物の怪かと心配します。薫の君は浮舟を京へ移す日を決めますが、随身からの報告で浮舟と匂宮の情事を知ってしまいました。

This widely studied play is one of the "best sellers" of the Shakespeare canon. This production is the sixth Shakespeare play in the series undertaken by Naxos AudioBooks in conjunction with Cambridge University Press.

玉鬘の尚(ないし)侍(のかみ)と鬚黒の太政大臣との間には二人の姫君がおりました。大臣が亡くなり、後ろ楯を失った姫たちをどう縁づけようかと、玉鬘は頭を悩ませます。二人とも大層な器量よしですので、思いを寄せる者も大勢おりました。特に夕霧の息子・蔵人の少将は、姉大君に夢中でございました。碁を打つ姿を覗き見てからは一層思いが募ります。

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年も改まった春、所在無くお暮らしのところへ、三位の中将が源氏の君恋しさに、罪に問われる危険性も覚悟のうえ、訪ねてまいりました。積もる話は尽きず、夜を徹して友情をあたため、翌朝、短い逢瀬ゆえなおさら辛い思いでお帰りになりました。 三月、御禊(みそぎ)のため浜へ出ると、俄かに突風が吹きはじめ、未曾有の暴風雨となりました。

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源氏の院は、何かにつけて生前の紫の上を思い出し、胸を痛めておりました。春、花々が咲き乱れるのを御覧になっても悲しい。 久しぶりに明石の君を訪ね、夜更けまで昔話をしても泊まらずに帰ります。明石の君はそんな仕打ちを恨めしく思いますが、あまりに落胆している御様子がお気の毒で、恨みも忘れ涙ぐむのでした。

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The story begins with an investigation into some strange reports of an "opera ghost", legendary for making the great Paris opera performers ill-at-ease when they sit alone in their dressing rooms. Some allege to have seen the ghost in evening clothes moving about in the shadows. Nothing is done, however, until the disappearance of Christine during her triumphant performance.

The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a sprawling epic in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love’s absence...

When Cakes and Ale was first published in 1930 it roused a storm of controversy, since many people imagined they recognised portraits of literary figures now no more. It is the novel for which Maugham wished to be remembered.

Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt." So beginnt Kafkas wohl bekannteste Geschichte. Das Ungeheuerliche wird detailliert und sachlich, fast im Stile eines nüchternen Tatsachenberichts geschrieben.

Hamlet is one of the great classics, if not the greatest, of English drama. Set in Denmark, the play recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude, Hamlet's mother.

The definitive short story collection that established Ernest Hemingway's literary reputation, originally published in 1938. Ernest Hemingway is a cultural icon—an archetype of rugged masculinity, a romantic ideal of the intellectual in perpetual exile—but, to his countless readers...

"The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry," said Elizabeth Bennet. And so Elizabeth rejects the proud Mr Darcy. Can nothing overcome her prejudice against him? This famous novel by Jane Austen is full of wise and humorous observation of the people and manners of her times.