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Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850 - 1894), was born in Edinburgh. His life has always held a fascinating romantic attraction, especially for his contemporaries. His mercurial temperament, expressed so eloquently with his flashing pen, was best revealed when he took up a cause in defense of justice. Although known primarily for the novels Kidnapped and Treasure Island, his works are by no means reserved for the youth market.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

不景気な村で暮らす仙太は、妻に隠れて大切な納税用の五円札を握りしめ、「今日は山だ！」と唐鍬を担いで家を出る。実は競馬場へ向かうのだ。村人たちは地道な農作業では小遣い銭も稼げず、一攫千金を夢見て馬券に熱中していた。一枚の馬券がたった五分間で五円も十円も稼いでくれる―そんな誘惑に村全体が疫病のように取り憑かれている。

The tale of a man who unwittingly angers a sorcerer, who is assumed by some Monty scholars to be based on the self-styled 'Great Beast,' occultist Aleister Crowley. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】房江は四十前後の独身男の家に雇われて行く。近くに住む小母によれば、泥棒が職業らしい。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】食べ物の記憶を通して戦前の東京の風景や社会変化を描くエッセイ。

The American Classics Collection is a century-spanning collection of 17 classic novels, short stories, essay, and poetry by American authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Kobna Holdbrook-Smith; Nathan Osgood; Robert G. Slade; Jonathan Keeble, and more. Included here are stories by some of the greatest writers of all time, including Ernest Hemingway; Mark Twain; F. Scott Fitzgerald; Edith Wharton; Frederick Douglass; and H.P. Lovecraft, amongst a host of others.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

小説『吾輩は猫である』『坊っちゃん』などで知られる明治・大正期の作家による講演録。子供に昔の英雄についてどちらが偉いかと問われることがある。複雑な内容を簡略な形式にして説明するのは難しい。大人も同じで、内容を知り尽くしている人間は形式に拘泥しないが、門外漢は中味が分からなくても形式を知りたがる。

A gripping collection of over 50 of the greatest short stories written by great British writers. 1."The Missing Years" by Barry Pain, 2. "His Brother's Keeper" by W. W. Jacobs, 3. "A Madman's Manuscript" by Charles Dickens, 4. "The House of Cobwebs" by Barry Pain, 5. "Old Fags" by Stacy Aumonier, 6. "A Long-Ago Affair" by John Galsworthy, 7. "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey, 8. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey, 9. "Rose Rose" by Barry Pain

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】探偵小説に対する考えを綴ったエッセイ。友人らと犯人当てをして楽しむ中で、日本の探偵小説はミステリー要素が強く、推理が弱いと気付く。

遊び相手を探して外に出たゆり子は、道で菊の花のような模様の金色のボタンを拾う。おまわりさんに届けなくていいかと考えるうち、仲よしの正ちゃんにせがまれ、勲章のように胸へつけたいという彼にあげてしまう。だが原っぱで年上の清二に空へ投げられ、ボタンは行方知れずになる。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】私は二十余年ぶりに故郷に帰ってきた。老屋が公売され、家を明け渡すためである。母は、かつて私と仲良くしていた閏土が訪ねてくると言う。私は少年時代に閏土と出会い、海辺の西瓜畑の見張りや土竜退治、様々な珍しい話を聞いた。閏土は私の知らない世界を教えてくれ、親しく過ごしたが、正月が過ぎると彼は帰郷し、それ以来の再会であった。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】戦争に負けて、北海道へ出征中のお父さんが三年ぶりに帰ってきた。ようやく会社に勤めるようになり、今にきっといいことがあると真面目に働く。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】職業としての新聞記者の苦労について語った随筆。筆者は幼少の頃、女弁護士になりたいと答えていたが、最終的に女新聞記者となった。社会に出て、名士や夫人を訪問する仕事を与えられたが、東京の地理も分からず、訪問先を探すのに二時間もかかってしまった。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】昭和当時の社会背景、恋愛観、結婚観についての随筆。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】昔、京都に利助という陶器を造る名人がいた。彼は薄手の純白の陶器に藍と金粉で花鳥や動物を繊細に描いた。

The story tells the tale of an introverted academic who happens upon a strange whistle while exploring a cemetery on the East Anglian coast. When blown, the whistle unleashes a supernatural force that terrorises its discoverer. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

The story of Paxton, an antiquarian and archaeologist who holidays in "Seaburgh" and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which legendarily protect the country from invasion. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

The tale of a man who unwittingly angers a sorcerer, who is assumed by some Monty scholars to be based on the self-styled 'Great Beast,' occultist Aleister Crowley. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

A holiday classic by Charles Dickens. Originally published in 1843, Dickens worried about the disparity between the wealthy and the impoverished, and it was his attempt to bring this disparity into the light of day, to appeal to the die-hard capitalists to take care of the downtrodden masses. Since this inequity continues, this story is still popular, and will probably continue to be so for the foreseeable future. 

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】むかし、冬の日、王妃が血のように赤い頬、雪のように白い肌、黒檀のような黒髪の子を望み、白雪姫が生まれるが、王妃は亡くなる。