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The book is designed to teach students to speak English at an intermediate level. The volume contains 20 short stories and special training drills based on the speech plasma method. This volume will enable foreign students of English to feel more comfortable with the language at an advanced level. The book is a collection of stories told by people in an everyday conversational manner. The stories are accounts of incidents or ideas that the people interviewed consider interesting or entertaining.

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.

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.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】何十年も前、麻布の女学校の寄宿生だった頃、Ｌ氏殺人事件という騒ぎが起きた。

In the past 50 years, the American short story has changed dramatically. New voices, forms, and mixtures of genres have brought this unique US genre a thrilling burst of energy. This rich anthology celebrates this avalanche of talent. Beginning in 1970, it culls together a half century of powerful American short stories from all genres, including - for the first time in a literary anthology - science fiction, horror, and fantasy.

The grand-prize winner of a writing contest sponsored by the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, "The Gold-Bug" was one of Poe's most popular stories during his lifetime. Similar to his ratiocination tales - early versions of what we now call detective fiction - "The Gold-Bug" is full of mystery and adventure and includes a cryptogram, invisible ink, a scarab-like bug, and pirate treasure.

A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer and series editor Heidi Pitlor.

Recently rediscovered in the archives of the New York Public Library, these short stories provide an unparalleled look at Truman Capote writing in his teens and early twenties, before he penned such classics as Other Voices, Other Rooms, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and In Cold Blood. This collection of more than a dozen pieces showcases the young Capote developing the unique voice and sensibility that would make him one of the twentieth century’s most original writers.

Three disparate and suspenseful looks at ourselves in three very different worlds. These engaging short stories by three of the masters of American science fiction literature, Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and Philip K. Dick, open windows into our psyches, our souls, and our surroundings that presage the world we find ourselves in today. Like episodes of The Twilight Zone, cinematic in their language and characters, the stories connect with our times in surprising ways.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】お父さんの大事にしている植木鉢のゆずが、今年も大きな実を二つ付けた。これを見ると、年雄君はまだ小さかった日を思い出し、悲しくなる。

Billboard magazine had this to say about The World's Shortest Stories Vol. 1, "What is most impressive in this collection of great stories is the sheer variety. Let's hope a second volume of these tiny gems will not be long in coming!"

In this acclaimed collection of short stories, Pulitzer Prizewinning author Stephen Millhauser shares the dark suspense and humor that have gained him a cult following. Millhauser’s imagination and creativity are on full display with stories featuring artists gone mad, egomaniacal architects, and a historical society that’s given up its chronicling of history. Characterized by “phenomenal clarity and rapacious movement” each story “focuses on the misery wrought by misdirected human desire and ambition.” ( Publishers Weekly)

When wealthy spinster Emily French is found murdered, suspicion falls on Leonard Vole, the man to whom she hastily bequeathed her riches before she died. Leonard assures the investigators that his wife, Romaine Heilger, can provide them with an alibi. However, when questioned, Romaine informs the police that Vole returned home late that night covered in blood. During the trial, Ms. French's housekeeper, Janet, gives damning evidence against Vole.

Volume 12 begins with Doug Bradley's well-researched insight into the stories and their authors. This is followed by what H. P. Lovecraft considered to be one of his best stories, "The Music of Eric Zann". "The Tool" by W. F. Harvey is a horrifying tale narrated by an inmate of a mental institution. Next Edgar Allan Poe revisits his terrifying fear of being buried alive in "The Premature Burial". Then an eavesdropper overhears five creepy and scary ghost stories in Charles Dickens "To Be Read at Dusk".

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】私はある絵画展覧会の一室で、「沼地」と題された小さな油絵を発見した。画家は知名の人ではなく、尋常の見物からは一顧さえも受けなかったであろう。

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.

謎の怪奇事件に巻き込まれる学生たち。変わり者の心理士が真相に迫る「臨床心理学×ホラーミステリー」――僕、怪異譚は好きだけど、臨床の現場に出ているときはすべてを信じないよ。

This last volume in the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas published between 1929 and 1964 contains 11 great classics. No anthology better captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field. Published in 1973 to honor stories that had appeared before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced thousands of young listeners to the wonders of science fiction and was a favorite of libraries across the country.

Listeners know that few authors are able to create an atmosphere of unease and terror as well as Oates, a fact confirmed by the four novellas presented here. All the novellas in this collection revolve around the theme of love gone wrong - horribly, shockingly wrong.

Selected Shorts is an award-winning, one-hour program featuring readings of classic and new short fiction, recorded live at New York's Symphony Space. One of the most popular series on the airwaves, this unique show is hosted by Isaiah Sheffer and produced for radio by Symphony Space and WNYC Radio.

This magisterial collection of short works by Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner reminds listeners of his ability to compress his epic vision into narratives as hard and wounding as bullets. Among the 42 selections in this audiobook are such classics as "A Bear Hunt", "A Rose for Emily", "Two Soldiers", and "The Brooch".

With tales from Laird Barron, Stephen King, John Langan, Peter Straub, and many others, and featuring Datlow’s comprehensive overview of the year in horror, now, more than ever, The Best Horror of the Year provides the petrifying horror fiction readers have come to expect - and enjoy.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

青森市の郊外に住む男は、軍隊から帰還後、母方の伯父が局長を務める郵便局で働いていた。ある日から、男は「トカトントン」という音を聞くようになる。この音は彼の意欲や感情を打ち消してしまう。花江という女性に恋をしたとき、労働者のデモを目撃し感銘を受けたとき、駅伝競走を見て感動したとき。決まって「トカトントン」という音に邪魔されてしまうのであった。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

太宰が客を前に自身のアルバムを見せる形式で展開される。文学への倦怠感を語った後、高等学校時代の集合写真や下宿での気取った姿、大学時代の映画俳優との記念写真など、写真を介して自伝的な話を紹介していく。病気で痩せ細った時期や太り過ぎた時の写真からは、人生の浮き沈みが映し出される。

【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】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。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】三日前、赤ん坊を背負った乞食が訪れた町は不人情だった。その町が海嘯（つなみ）にさらわれたという噂を聞いて再び訪れると、荒れ果てた野原に変わっている。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】日本美術における女性の描き方と美の表現についての随筆。美人画についての上村自身の美学観が述べられている。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】いつもなら、家でわずかの間に姿が見えなくなれば、必ず子供はどうしたと尋ねるのが常であるのに、その日の午後は、なぜか数時間の間、子供を尋ねることをしなかった。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】龍夫と源吉は共に台風が好きであった。龍夫の父は南洋で亡くなり、その魂は台風に乗り帰ると母に聞かされて以来、龍夫は台風を待ち焦がれていた。