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To the Lighthouse is a landmark work of English fiction. Virginia Woolf explores perception and meaning in some of the most beautiful prose ever written, minutely detailing the characters thoughts and impressions. This unabridged version is read by Juliet Stevenson.

日本の古典芸能の一つ「能」　世阿弥が一子相伝の書として書いた能の真髄を原文のまま読み上げました。その心得は現代にも通じることが多く、ビジネスマンへの指南書として様々な本が出版されています。能の歴史から心得までがまとまった作品です。 　「秘すれば花なり。秘せずば花なるべからず」——見せ方の重要性 　「稽古は強かれ、情識はなかれと也」——我執の怖さ 　「上手は下手の手本、下手は上手の手本」——侮りへの警告 ーーこの文の香りに、言葉のえらびかたに、世阿弥のひととなりも感じていただければと願います。

『養生訓』の著者は、貝原益軒という江戸時代を生きた学者です。本名である諱は篤信ですが、晩年に名乗った別名の益軒が有名なので、こちらで通します。 益軒は1630年、福岡藩士の貝原寛斎（かいばらかんさい）の息子としてこの世に生まれました。

A disturbing tale of a young man's uncanny ability to remain both young and beautiful while descending into a life of heartless debauchery, The Picture of Dorian Gray was considered proof of both Wilde's genius and his perversion. Oscar Wilde's scandalous best seller of 1891 was one of the most damning pieces of evidence used against him in the trial that brought about his downfall.

The unapologetic intensity with which Emily Brontë wrote this story ensures that it will forever be considered one of the greatest works of English literature. A passionate tale of a chaotic and often violent love, Wuthering Heights transcends your average romance and, with its Gothic undertones, takes the listener on a journey through one man's lustful hunt for revenge.

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the classic story of fantasy that has delighted readers young and old for decades. Dorothy finds herself transplanted to the magical land of Oz when her house is sucked up by a tornado. To get back home she must follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard to help her get back to Kansas. Along the way she meets several interesting characters, including the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion, who join her on her travels to ask the Wizard for help.

わが国初の正史！　神代から推古紀まで。古典文学の主要作品をセレクトし、現代語訳と原文とで構成した「日本の古典をよむ」（全20冊）シリーズの1冊です。「日本書紀」は奈良時代初期に撰進された書物で、神々の時代から持統天皇までの日本の歴史を三十巻にわたって描いています。本書上巻には巻第二十二の推古天皇までを収めました。また、文学紀行コラム「日本書紀の風景」も収録しています。

Hollywood icon Laura Dern breathes new life into Louisa May Alcott’s classic. With their father away at war, Meg, the oldest and prettiest sister, and Jo, the tomboy, take care of Beth, the shy one, and Amy, the artist. When their beloved 'Marmee' must leave to nurse Father, who is badly wounded in the war, the girls sustain themselves by putting to use the lessons of loyalty and patience they had learned from their family.

相撲になるため江戸までお腹を空かせて歩いている茂兵衛を我孫子屋で酌婦(しゃくふ)のお蔦に呼び止められる。お蔦のありったけのお金を渡され、今に立派な横綱になると固い約束をした茂兵衛。しかし数年後に再会すると…。澤雪絵による音声説明付。

秋成の怪異の世界と近松の代表的世話浄瑠璃訳文で楽しむ「現代語訳編」古典文学の主要作品をセレクトし、現代語訳と原文とで構成した「日本の古典をよむ」（全20冊）シリーズの1冊です。上田秋成の怪異小説集「雨月物語」からの４編と、遊女との悲恋を描く近松門左衛門の世話物「冥途の飛脚」「心中天の網島」とを収録した本書から、現代語訳部分を集めたものです。

藤壺の宮から避けられ、また父帝を裏切った罪の深さに打ちひしがれる源氏の君でした 　が、あの北山の少女が尼君の死をきっかけに帰京することを知り、実父である式部(しきぶ)卿(きょう)の 　宮の先回りをするかのごとく、早々と二条院にお引き取りになりました。少女は紫の上 　として養育され、源氏の君を兄のように慕い、互いになれ睦んでいます。

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First published in 1843, it tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and unpleasant man who dislikes people generally and Christmas especially. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

藤原定家撰による、新古今期までの代表的な歌人百人について一人一首を選んで作られた私撰和歌集。

Renowned as much for her wit and satirical social commentary as for her stories of love and romance, Jane Austen remains unfailingly relevant and one of Britain’s best loved authors. In this Audible Original collection, an all-star list of narrators (Billie Piper, Claire Foy, Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) capture Austen’s pin-sharp humour and tone in these dramatisations of her six beloved novels accompanied by a full cast.

When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success, but moral and spiritual growth, the dream had, by Fitzgerald's time, become increasingly focused on money and pleasure - a phenomenon with which the high-living writer was all too familiar.

昭和18年（1943年）刊行。富士には月見草がよく似合う－執筆活動の為、井伏鱒二とともに富士・御坂峠に滞在した太宰治。結婚前の穏やかで幸福な心情がユーモラスに綴られた紀行文。

Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N. Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide. The tension escalates as the survivors realise the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again...and again.

Animal Farm is an allegorical satire of the events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917, and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. Orwell described the book as a satirical tale against Stalin and went on to say that it was the first book in which he tried “to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole”. All of the leading figures involved in this period are parodied as various animals.

平安朝中期を舞台に、天皇の皇子として生まれながら臣籍降下して源氏姓となった光源氏の数多の恋愛遍歴を描く。『桐壺』は源氏物語五十四帖の巻名の第１帖。