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【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

春の朝、たね子は一枚の招待状を手にやや浮き足立っていた。帝国ホテルで行われる実業家令嬢の結婚披露式――華やかな場に自分も出席していいのか、そして何より「洋食の食べ方」がわからない。夫に「出るべきではない」と軽くいなされ、かつての家政読本を引っぱり出し必死に食卓作法を探すが見つからない。

As society gathers at Kingstag Castle for the wedding of the year, matrimony is in the air. But who will be the bride? With swoonworthy lords, witty ladies, eccentric relatives, and a gaggle of free-spirited girls - not to mention the world’s best high perch phaeton - it’s a recipe for mayhem...and romance. Award winning, best-selling authors Katharine Ashe, Caroline Linden, Miranda Neville, and Maya Rodale serve up delectable Regency fun and a sexy contemporary twist in this anthology of original novellas. Four authors, four couples, four deliciously romantic surprises.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】明治～昭和期に活躍した日本画家の上村松園が幼少期を回顧する母の思い出を綴る随筆。母は二十六歳の時に私を生んだが、茶舗を始めた父は亡くなったばかり。

Before he gained wide fame as a novelist, Ernest Hemingway established his literary reputation with his short stories. Set in the varied landscapes of Spain, Africa, and the Americam Midwest, this definitive audio collection traces the development and maturation of Hemingway's distinct and revolutionary storytelling style: from the plain bald language of the first story to his mastery of seamless prose that contained a spare, eloquent pathos, as well as a sense of expansive solitude.

A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers' best stories, including her beloved novella The Ballad of the Sad Cafe. A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl, the novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, a formidable southern woman whose cafe serves as the town's gathering place. Among other fine works, the collection also includes "Wunderkind", McCullers' first published story, written when she was only 17, about a musical prodigy who suddenly realizes she will not go on to become a great pianist.

Una mujer hermosa e ingenua que roba con destreza a altos ejecutivos, un pintor habitado por fuerzas misteriosas y un sacerdote que se enfrenta a un caso de posesión demoníaca en La Candelaria, historias que se tejen en torno a la de Campo Elías, héroe de la guerra de Vietnam, quien inicia su particular descenso a los infiernos obsesionado por la dualidad entre el bien y el mal, entre Jekyll y Hyde, y se convertirá en un ángel exterminador.

23 stories, all unabridged, from a diverse group of star writers and readers. A truly memorable collection with a wide appeal. Includes "The Years Midnight" by Helen Simpson, read by Harriet Walter; "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful Morning" by Haruki Marukami, read by Walter Lewis; "Bablady" by A. S. Byatt, read by Roslaind Eyres; "Hotel des Vaoyaguerus" by William Boyd, read by Martin Jarvis; and "Who?" by Fay Weldon, read by Julie Christie.

A group of mountain climbers, caught in the dark, fight to survive their descent; in the British countryside, hundreds of magpies ascend into the sky, higher and higher, until they seem to vanish into the heavens; a professor and his student track a zombie horde in order to research zombie behavior; an all-girl riding school has sinister secrets; a town rails in vain against a curse inflicted upon it by its founders; and much more.

This is a story from the Fall of the House of Usher collection. The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly, he touches upon some of our greatest nightmares: Premature burial, ghostly transformation, words from beyond the grave. Written in the 1840s, they have retained their power to shock and frighten even now.

This year's shortlist of six exceptional stories each take the listener on an intense and gripping journey into the human heart. With poise, precision, and a light-footed grace, they conjure dramatically different, starkly real worlds. Hailing from Ireland, the United States and The Bahamas, the finalists of 2020 share stories on subjects as far apart as their settings, exploring among them romantic and marital discord, dark secrets, homelessness and even a high school football team; yet each one opens doors into its characters' lives in surprising and moving ways.

A collection of 17 wonderful short stories showing that Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor. A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game - and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves.

At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive’s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】「からたち」は、古くから垣根として使われた植物であり、茨のような鋭い棘を持つ。特に明治や大正時代の建物や寺院に多く見られるが、現代の東京では急速に姿を消しつつある。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

上野の博覧会で毎日軽気球に乗る「私」と、同じく毎日気球に乗りに来る西洋人との不思議な交流を描く。彼──ミハエルは、風船の上から双眼鏡で何かを必死に探している。来る日も来る日も双眼鏡を覗く姿に、「私」は彼が軍事探偵ではないかと疑うようになるのだが……。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

ある朝、夫を見送った小夜子のもとに、一通の奇妙な手紙が届く。差出人の名もなく、ただ「牛込区富久町」とだけ書かれた封書。中には、「九年前、小夜子の夫との間に子をもうけた」と語る“花”という元小間使からの、切実で長い告白が綴られていた。彼女は、嫡男として育てられている達也と、自らの子・松吉をすり替えたのだという――。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

ある田舎の街道で、おじいさんは毎日、チャルメラを吹いて子供達を呼び集めて飴を売ると、屋台の傍らに立って、面白い節で唄を歌っていた。ある日、おじいさんがチャルメラを吹くと、いつも自分が笛を吹いた後で歌う唄を、すぐ側で歌うカラスがいた。カラスが次第に馴れてくると、おじいさんはカラスに唄わせれば飴が売れると考え、カラスを連れて町へ飴を売りに行く。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】少年は、父が学生時代に古道具屋で購入した外国製の置き時計に親しみを抱いていた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

永井荷風による短編小説。戦後の日本社会を背景にしている。17歳の季子は、母の死後、姉夫婦の家に引き取られて暮らしていた。姉の家はありふれた家庭であったが、季子にはどこか居心地の悪さがあり、この家にいるのが嫌だと感じていた。ある日、鳥打帽をかぶった20代半ばの男が現れ、季子に話しかける。二人は夜店のある通りを歩き、汁粉屋で一緒に汁粉を食べた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

近所の人に「今朝は、お早いですね」と言われて、自分がいかに寝坊だったかを改めて思い知らされた。実際、僕の一日は昼頃から始まり、夜になってから原稿の仕事をする梟のような生活を続けてきた。娘のミミコと女房と三人、友人の家の一室で暮らす詩人の生活。夜中まで仕事をして明け方に眠る毎日で、うなされる癖もある。そんなある朝、「どろぼうだって」とミミコに起こされ―。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

万年一等兵の白崎恭助と赤井新次は、戦争が終わると汽車で大阪に向かう。途中の駅で窓から乗車するのを助けた女性は、高射砲陣地に慰問に来た歌手だったが、彼女はトランクを忘れたまま京都で下りてしまう。大阪に着くと、白崎は彼女のトランクを持ってバラックとなった我が家で、父と一緒に暮らし始める。一方、赤井の家は焼跡になっていて、妻や子の姿は消えていた。