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In the world's most celebrated and lyrical love story, the sublime devotion of two young lovers transcends their earthly fate. The noble Veronese houses of Montague and Capulet are locked in a bitter feud. When Romeo (a Montague) and Juliet (a Capulet) fall in love, they are swept up in a series of violent events and cruel twists of fortune. Despite the passion and innocence of their love, they fall victim to the enmity between their families, and their story ends in tragedy.

The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the best-known and most influential prescriptive treatments of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading in US high school and university composition classes. The original 1918 edition of The Elements of Style detailed eight elementary rules of usage, 10 elementary principles of composition, a few matters of form, and a list of commonly "misused" words and expressions.

Step into the imaginative world of Youth by Isaac Asimov, a timeless science fiction story that explores innocence, discovery, and the wonder of the unknown. Set in a serene countryside, the tale follows two boys whose curiosity leads them to a remarkable discovery—alien creatures with a story of their own. As the boys navigate this extraordinary find, Asimov weaves a narrative filled with surprises, highlighting themes of exploration, friendship, and the intersection of humanity and the universe.

The second instalment of Tolkien's epic tale, adapted from the original BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Having fled the Shire in their escape from Sauron's Dark Riders, Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring have journeyed to Rivendell and beyond

Treasure Island is a timeless classic of adventure and piracy, following the young Jim Hawkins as he embarks on a thrilling quest for buried treasure. Along the way, Jim encounters a cast of unforgettable characters, including the enigmatic Long John Silver, a one-legged pirate with his own mysterious agenda. The story is filled with excitement, danger, and the spirit of adventure as Jim navigates treacherous seas, mutiny, and a battle for the ultimate pirate prize.

Here is a minor classic of the Orient. It is perhaps the most entertaining, most charming explanation and interpretation of traditional Japanese culture in terms of the tea ceremony. First published in 1906, it traces the custom from its roots in Taoism to its role as a Zen meditative discipline.

最期まで中の君のことを気にかけながら、大君は亡くなってしまいました。薫の君の悲しみようは尋常ではありません。もし中の君と一緒になっていたら誰もこんなに辛い思いをしなくて済んだのかもしれない、などと様々な思いを巡らせながら、ずっと宇治に籠っていらっしゃいます。 雪が降りしきる日、匂宮が訪ねて来ました。

八の宮の一周忌の支度で宇治を訪れた薫の君は、大君の態度があまりにそっけないので、意中をうまく伝えられず、匂宮と中の君とのことなどをお話になります。その夜、薫の君は大君のもとで過ごされますが、二人の関係が深まることはありませんでした。かえって薫の君を煩わしく感じた大君は、この先も独身でいようと決心します。

「ハル公、おれが戦場でぶっ倒れたら、上にまたがって防いでくれよな。それが友情ってもんだろう？
名誉？ それがぐさりとしやがる。いざってとき、その名誉が自分を大けがさせたらどうするね？
なくした手足を治してくれるか？ 痛み止めになるか？名誉は手当の名人か？
そんなのありゃしねえ。
じゃあ何だ名誉ってのは。言葉だ。なら名誉って言葉はなんなんだ？ 何者だ名誉って。


……空気だ。結構なお勘定じゃねえか。
誰が名誉を持ってるよ。水曜日に死んだあの男か？名誉を実感してんのか？ いいや。


名誉が耳に響いてるか？ いいや。
なら感じないものか？ その通り、死人にはな。
じゃあ生きてれば、名誉も生きてるってか？
んなこたあない。なぜか？...

On the glistening surface of Virginia Woolf’s groundbreaking novel is the Ramsay family, a seemingly stable group of characters, but a group that is ultimately subject to the same alterations and losses that come with the passing of time. Set at the Ramsays’ summerhouse over two September days, ten years apart, Woolf’s influential landmark of twentieth-century literature explores the hopes, frustrations, and small moments of grace and change that permeate everyday life.

The best way to experience this classic of the American South is by joining five-time Academy Award nominee and Best Actress winner Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking, Thelma & Louise) as she guides the listener on a journey through the anguish of adolescence and isolation.

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.

With the same suppleness, energy, and range of voices that won their translation of The Brothers Karamazov the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky offer a brilliant translation of Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky's astounding pyschological thriller, newly revised for his bicentenniel.

Leo Tolstoy: The Short Stories includes unabridged recordings of Leo Tolstoy's 5 greatest short stories in one audiobook.

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.

The definitive American novel. A great success since it was first published. Required reading. One of the most enjoyable novels ever written.

If you want to understand the daily life and psychology of the late Middle Ages, Ronald Ecker’s classic translation of The Canterbury Tales provides one of the very best means of doing so. Within its audio is to be found a broad range of society - high and low, male and female, rich and poor - who express their innermost beliefs and extravagant fantasies in a series of stories they tell as they make their way to Canterbury Cathedral.

During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the 'whisky priest', is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny, reluctant to abandon those who need him, and those he cares for.

漢字一つ一つが持つ個性的な形と意味、それらの組み合わせからさまざまにひろがってゆく境地が幻想的でもあり、夢のようでもある「ファンタスティック」な漢詩。

Here is the full-cast production of Shakespeare's classic love story, fully dramatized from the complete text, and starring Michael Sheen as Romeo and Kate Beckinsale as Juliet.