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『罪と罰』は、1866年に雑誌「ロシア報知」に連載された、フョードル・ドストエフスキーによる長編小説。今作はその前編。

ときは藤原道長の時代。美しい娘をめぐる恋模様と芸達者な牛の周りで浮かび上がる、登場人物たちの人間味あふれる人柄が、可笑しげに描かれる。恋にやぶれ権力や富を手にすることができずにいる男の目線で

6月19日は太宰治の誕生日で、また入水自殺を図った二人(太宰治とその愛人の山崎富栄)の遺体が見つかった日でもあります。太宰を偲び、6月19日は桜桃忌と呼ばれています。太宰の墓は三鷹市の禅林寺にあり、毎年6月19日には桜桃忌が開かれます。他に有名な文学忌としては、河童忌(芥川龍之介の命日7月24日)などあります。 ※本朗読作品中には現代ではふさわしくない表現が含まれていますが、著者が差別助長の意図で使用していないこと考慮し、原作に忠実に再現しています。(C)2007 TOKYO FM & Appleway

娼婦の子トビアスは戦争孤児を装って国境を越えた。異邦にて工場労働者となった彼は、来る日も来る日も惨めな単調作業に明け暮れる。トビアスに残された希望はただひとつ、自らの夢想のなかにだけ存在する

『幸福の王子』は、1888年に発表された作品、王子の像と１羽のツバメの献身的な愛、哀しくも心温まるオスカー・ワイルドの代表的童話。
今でも世界中の子どもたちに感動を与えている名作ですが、大人になって改めて読むと新たな感動と発見に満ち溢れた作品です。
オスカー・ワイルド（1854年 - 1900年）は、アイルランド・ダブリン生まれの詩人、作家、劇作家。童話『ナイチンゲールとバラ』『わがままな大男』や、長編小説『ドリアングレイの肖像』などの長編小説、又劇作家としても詩劇『サロメ』など数多くの作品を執筆した。

On a trip to the South of France, a shy young woman falls in love with Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower. Although his proposal comes as a surprise, she happily agrees to marry him. But as they arrive at her husband's home, Manderley, a change comes over Maxim, and the young bride is filled with dread. Friendless in the isolated mansion, she realises that she barely knows him. In every corner of every room is the phantom of his beautiful first wife, Rebecca, and the new Mrs de Winter walks in her shadow.

この話に出てくる「幽霊」は足の無い典型的な日本の「幽霊」です。肩のこらないシンプルなお話です。

When Elān trapped a salmon-stealing raven in his cupboard, he never expected it would hold the key to saving his people from the shapeshifting Koosh invaders plaguing their shores. In exchange for its freedom, the raven offers a secret that can save Elān's home: the Koosh have lost one of their most powerful weapons, and only the raven knows where it is. Elān is tasked with captaining a canoe crewed by an unlikely team including a human bear-cousin, a massive wolf, and the endlessly vulgar raven.

Nix Zaldanna was never meant to fall in love. As the infamous Nightshade of Rojas, she was trained to kill, to obey, to serve. But when she is captured and left to rot in the dungeons of the enemy king, she waits for the Empress to come for her.

Best known as the author of Moby Dick (1851), Herman Melville is one of America's greatest writers. His achievements range from popular novels and experimental fiction to powerful poetry. His works are tragic and funny, impassioned and ironic, obsessed with philosophical seeking and attuned to the details of everyday life.

When the Kitchen God is challenged by the Jade Emperor to fathom the workings of the human heart, he chooses to trace the lives of Jinyi and his wife, Yuying, from their blossoming love until their old age, in hope of finding an answer. The Kitchen God watches as government strictures split their family in two, living inside their hearts as they endure the losses of two children, homesickness, and isolation—all while keeping alive a love that survives famine, forced labor, and even death.

In the last years of the British Raj, an American missionary family stays on in Midnapore, India. Though the Hintons enjoy white privileges, they have never been accepted by British society and instead run a boarding house on the outskirts of town where wayward native Indians come to find relief.

Poema de Hernán Urbina Joiro a Cartagena de Indias, escrito en enero de 2000.

An intimate fictionalization, Autobiography of Cotton reveals a rich social history of agricultural colonization, labor activism, environmental degradation, and cross-border migration.

Primera serie de poemas cortos recitados por Hernán Urbina Joiro.

Dr. Walter Humphrey, a man of mixed race, must keep the dangerous secret of passing for white to survive. Alongside his lifelong companion Leatha, and a young woman named Betsy, they form an unconventional household, where they raise their brilliant daughter, Hannah. But it is Hannah whose story will capture your heart. Her journey as a surgeon leads her from the segregated South to the front lines of war-torn London. She must confront the complex legacy of identity and the powerful emotions that come with it.

Take one woman, her partner Antman and their dog Fleabag, pack up the car, turn up the country music and you've got one spirited road trip makin' room for all the good things in life, like family, laughin', travellin' and, best of all, love. Me, Antman & Fleabag is a funny and incisive look at contemporary Indigenous life and the family and friends that make it up.

Before I Knew I Loved You has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

When his client is railroaded in a DC court, Sam Lapidos decides to give up the practice of law and renew his long dormant interest in exploring nature. His maiden journey into the woods miscarries when an assassin tries to kill him. His friends rally to his defense and gather in his home. His attackers develop their own conflicts, as incompetence, confusion and dissension rile their ranks.

In an era when fantasy novels often rely on epic battles and world-ending stakes, Gig Harbor: The Enduring Mystery offers something far more sophisticated: a meditation on the quiet heroism of ordinary people protecting extraordinary secrets. This remarkable debut weaves together Pacific Northwest history, environmental conservation, and elements of magical realism into a narrative that feels both timeless and urgently contemporary.