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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, (1860-1904), was born in Russia at Taganrog on the Sea of Azov. His name has become synonymous with a certain literary style much admired and widely copied since his death. Typically, a Chekhov story is a "mood", a state of mind, usually with regard to relations between one person and another. Under the influence of the constant, infinitesimal, and unforeseen pinpricks of life, there occurs a gradual transformation of that state of mind.

Though The Arabian Nights are generally known as stories for children, they were originally tales for adults full of adventure, sexuality, violence, and the supernatural. They certainly inspired the imagination of Sir Richard Burton, the 19th century explorer, linguist, and erotologist who brought all his worldly experience and superbly expressive prose style to bear on the tales of Sindbad the Seaman and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

"He travels fastest who travels alone...but not after the frost has dropped below zero 50 degrees or more." (Yukon Code) Jack London’s best short story.

Herman Melville’s tale of corporate discontent, Bartleby, the Scrivener, tells the story of a quiet, hardworking legal copyist who works in an office in the Wall Street area of New York City. The business where he works handles the official financial paperwork of wealthy men. One day, Bartleby’s employer requests he proofread one of the documents he has copied. Bartleby declines the assignment with the inscrutable “I would prefer not,” the first of what will become many refusals.

To Build a Fire is the best known of all London's stories. It tells the story of a new arrival to the Klondike who stubbornly ignores warnings about the folly of traveling alone. He falls through the ice into a creek in 70-below weather, and his survival depends on being able to build a fire and dry his clothes—which he is unable to do. The famous version of this story was published in 1908.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

東京の芝区にある質屋で、女房が五、六歳の娘を残して病死したため、所天は後妻を迎えた。後妻は従順で愉快そうな女性で、継子にも真の母親のような愛情を示したため、継子も懐き所天も安心だった。しかし、しばらくすると後妻は黙り込み、口数が少なくなってしまう。

O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and clever twist endings. This collection includes "The Last Leaf", "The Love Philter of Ikey Schoenstein", "The Caliph", "Cupid and the Clock", "The Brief Debut of Tildy", "The Higher Abdication", "The Ransom of Red Chief", "One Dollar’s Worth", "Cupid a la Carte", "Girl", "Springtime a la Carte", "The Ethics of Pig", "The Social Triangle", "Witches Loaves", "The Romace of the Buys Broker", and more.

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左衛門という年老いた人相見が、三河の国の八ツ橋で泉谷という長者の家を訪れた。主の彦右衛門から継橋にまつわる憐れな伝説を聞いた後、菓子皿を持ってきた娘のお蘭の人相に不吉の形を見る。縁で二人だけになると、左衛門は死を覚悟したお蘭に正直に話すよう諭す。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

旗本家臣の塚三十郎は、愛人おきたのために辻斬りで得た金を使い贈り物をしていた。おきたは浮世絵に描かれて評判を得た茶汲み女だが、三十郎の金の出どころに不安を抱く。かつておきたと恋仲だった新発意(出家して間もない者)の源空は、過去の関係を想いながら彼女の姿を見守り続けていた。ある夜、三十郎とおきたが駆け落ちを決意するが、二人の背後に源空が現れる。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】彼は北海道に大きな農場を開墾させている父と共に現地を訪れる。父が農場を持とうとするのは彼の将来を思ってのことだった。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

北海道の家庭に三人の子供たちが生まれる。最初の子供の出産は困難を極めたが、無事に生まれた。その後、二人目、三人目と子供が生まれ、若い夫婦は三人の子供の親となった。しかし、幸せな日々は長く続かなかった。母親が結核を患い、入院することになる。父親は仕事と子育ての両立に苦心し、母親は一時退院することになったが、病状は悪化の一途をたどってしまう。

Dashing young Edmond Dantès has everything: a fine reputation, an appointment as captain of a ship, and the heart of a beautiful woman. But his perfect life is shattered when three jealous friends conspire to destroy him. Falsely accused of a political crime, Dantès is locked away for life in the infamous Chateau d'If prison. But it is there that Dantès learns of a vast hidden treasure.

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私がいそいそと見合いに出掛けたと嗤う人がいるが、華やかな結婚を夢見ているわけではない。約束の場所に行くと、相手は一時間も遅刻し、しかも酒を飲んでいた。こんな人とは結婚するものかと思ったが、婚約した。二人きりで夕食に誘われた時には、勘定書を見た途端、彼はみるみる蒼くなった。同僚に無心されて貸してしまい、払えないのだ。

Strong female protagonists grace this collection of passionate stories dedicated to mothers, daughters, wives, and lovers. A woman splurges on an irresistible coat that becomes her; a feisty teenager who has grown up as her activist mother¿s poster-child realizes the strength of her own convictions; and a young peasant woman saved from drowning is suddenly drawn to her rescuer and hopeful about her life.

A collection of poignant, romantic and funny tales performed by Academy Award -winning actor William Hurt. This collection includes a bonus track of an exclusive interview with William Hurt. Hurt's readings are thoughtful, tender, romantic, and resonant. A treasure.

When nature gets up close and personal, it isn’t always pretty. A fallen tree sparks a poisonous feud between neighbors. A child searches the darkness for the gleam of a tiger’s teeth. A woman holds off a colony of oddly relentless prairie dogs. In unsettling stories that range from horror to magical realism, award-winning authors lay bare the secrets hidden in the land.

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昭和期に世界で初めて人工雪を作ることに成功した物理学者の随筆。敗戦後の日本がアメリカから輸入した六三制という新学制。十年の年月を経て、さまざまな欠陥が浮かび出ている。六三制が日本の国情に合わないのは、まずは入学試験のない国で生まれた学制を日本に適用したこと。

Dyma 8 stori newydd gan rai o awduron gorau Cymru (Lois Arnold, Mared Lewis, Siôn Tomos Owen, Elinor Wyn Reynolds, Bethan Gwanas, Guto Dafydd, Meleri Wyn James a Manon Steffan Ros) i ddysgwyr sy wedi cyrraedd Lefel Sylfaen. Mae rhai straeon yn digwydd yn ystod cyfnod y coronafeirws.

Eighteen of the very best American short stories, each a classic in its own right. Stories include "The Little Frenchman and his Water Lots", by George Pope Morris; "The Angel of the Odd", by Edgar Allan Poe; "The Schoolmasters’s Progress", by Caroline M.S. Kirkland; "The Watkinson Evening", by Eliza Leslie; "Titbottom’s Spectacles", by George William Curtis; "My Double and "How He Undid Me", by Edward Everett Hale; "A Visit to the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Punsters", by Oliver Wendell; and more.

This volume collects, for the first time, the entire Dream Cycle created by H. P. Lovecraft, the master of twentieth-century horror, including some of his most fantastic tales.

The first American book on personal finance, "The Way to Wealth" by Benjamin Franklin is still the best and wisest money book ever written. Originally published in 1758 as the preface to "Poor Richard's Almanack", this little gem has been through innumerable printings and sold millions of copies to those in search of smart but entertaining advice about hard work, earning and saving money and debt.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】譲吉は、久しぶりに上野図書館を訪れ、自分の苦しかった学生時代を振り返る。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】生きることの本質と反逆について論じた評論。著者は生の本質を自我という力と捉え、その力は活動と拡張を求めると説く。人類の歴史では支配者と被支配者の関係が繰り返され、双方の生を阻害してきた。主人と奴隷という社会構造の繰り返しこそが歴史の最大の誤りだと指摘し、真の生の拡充のためには支配の事実に対する反逆が必要だと主張する。

Read by two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks. A collection of seventeen 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...

Hailed by The New York Times as "a marvel of storytelling", The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing. Now, three-time Emmy Award winner-Bryan Cranston, star of the hit TV series Breaking Bad, delivers an electrifying performance that walks the book’s hallucinatory line between reality and fiction and highlights the emotional power of the spoken word.

The Best Audio Storytelling is a new collection of thirteen of the year’s best nonfiction audio stories from podcasters, radio journalists, authors, independent creators, and more. The stories within this anthology transport you to a lush garden, to life in prison, to a cruise ship bar, and even into outer space. Curated by Pushkin Industries Executive Editor Julia Barton, a longtime editor of podcasts and radio, with a foreword by lifelong audio junkie David Sedaris, The Best Audio Storytelling is a celebration of the most innovative and powerful audio storytelling of the year.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】大正・昭和期に、女性による近代俳句の草分け的存在として活動した俳人の随筆。五人兄妹の私には信光という病身の弟がいた。父が特命で琉球から新領土の台湾に赴任することになり、長兄と次兄を除く家族五人は汽船で異国へ向かう。目的地の嘉義県に到着した私達は県庁の中にある家に住み、病弟には母が付き添い、市の外れの淋しい病院に入る。母の献身的な看病も虚しく、家族四人が見守る

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小さな仕立屋さんがジャムの香りに包まれながら仕事をしていたとき、パンの上にハエがわらわらと集まってきた。布きれで思い切り叩いてみると、七匹も仕留めていたではないか。仕立て屋は自分のいさましさを自慢に思い、「ひと打ちで七つ」と刺繍した帯を作って腰に巻く。そして町だけでなく世界にその武勇を知らしめようと、仕立屋さんは誇らしげに旅へ出発する。

"The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing of any value in the world. Slipping into nihilism with the "terrible anguish", he is determined to commit suicide. A chance encounter with a young girl, however, begins the man on a journey that re-instills a love for his fellow man.

How well do you know people? How well do they know you? Six award-winning, bestselling authors of suspense explore the lingering threat of secrets and the inescapable fear that they can’t stay buried forever. No matter how dark the hiding place, the consequences of revealing the truth can bring out the worst in lovers, friends, family, and strangers.