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太宰治による随筆形式の短編小説。男は「禁酒」を決意する。昔は酒が人間を豪放にするものと考えられていたが、現代では精神を浅薄にするものとなっていたためである。男は配給された少量の酒を分割して飲み、さらに水で薄めるといった工夫や、居酒屋で客が店主に媚びへつらい、少しでも多くの酒を得ようと奮闘する姿を目にし、酒がもたらす悲惨さを見出す。

Enter Rosamunde Pilcher's world of simple joys, of crisp country air and crackling log fires, the pleasures of family reunions and rediscovered friendships. Through thick mist and a cold east wind, Lavinia returns to Scotland. Up at the big house, Mrs Farquhar is dying. Seeing Lachlan again, Lavinia remembers her childhood holidays there: swimming in the loch, the picnics, bottle-feeding the lambs down at the farm and the evenings when they danced reels. Most of all, she remembers Mrs Farquhar's grandson Rory.

This new selection of ghost stories, by Michael Newton, brings together the best of the genre. From Elizabeth Gaskell's 'The Old Nurse's Story' through to Edith Wharton's 'Afterword', this collection covers all of the most terrifying tales of the genre. With a thoughtful introduction and helpful notes, Newton places the stories contextually within the genre and elucidates the changing nature of the ghost story and how we interpret it.

Hailed by Thomas Pynchon as "graceful, dark, authentic, and funny," George Saunders gives us, in his inventive and beloved voice, this best-selling collection of stories set against a warped, hilarious, and terrifyingly recognizable American landscape.

Widely anthologized, The Garden Party is considered Katherine Mansfield's finest piece of short fiction. First published in 1922, it immediately became a classic example of the short story form.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】北海道の農村を舞台に、秋の風景描写や自然観察を中心に綴ったエッセイ。霜に覆われた北海道の農村風景が描かれる。

【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。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

『堕落論』『白痴』『二流の人』などの代表作で知られ、昭和期に活動した小説家・評論家の随筆。私の想念は電光の如く流れ走っているのに、私の書く文字はたどたどしく遅い。もしも私の筆力が走るが如き速力を持てば、想念をそのまま文章として表わせるのだ。けれども私達の用いる文字は、余りにも非速力的だ。

With accomplished precision and gentle eloquence, Jhumpa Lahiri traces the crosscurrents set in motion when immigrants, expatriates, and their children arrive, quite literally, at a cultural divide. The nine stories in this stunning debut collection unerringly chart the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】ある若い婦人が外科手術を極度に恐れ、健康を取り戻せる機会があっても手術を受けることを拒んでいた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】ロンドン北郊に住むスルイヤとその娘アグネスは仲の良い母娘だった。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】『小さな町』『落穂拾ひ』『犬の生活』などの著書がある昭和期の小説家による三編の回想録。幼い頃、私の父は摂津大掾の弟子で文楽座に出ていた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】伊丹は、人間の顔は寿命が尽きる頃に、その人にとって最も完成された形に到達すると述べる。自身の顔が未完成であると感じるたびに、まだ死期が遠いと安心するとも語る。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】お通は、町の呉服屋で見つけたレーヨン錦紗を買うために一生懸命お金を貯めていたが、買い物に向かう途中で蟇口を紛失してしまう。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】文芸評論家である高山樗牛(ちょぎゅう)の作品や思想に対する、芥川自身の印象の変化を語ったエッセイ。

Capote's previously lost and unpublished tale "Yachts and Things" was recently discovered by Vanity Fair contributing editor Sam Kasher in the Manuscripts and Archives Division of the New York Public Library. Written at the height of his career and socialite life, this short, thinly-veiled work of fiction tells the story of two friends about to take an "idyllic three-week cruise in the Mediterranean aboard a friend's chartered yacht".

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】1948年の新年を迎え、日本社会は戦後の困難な状況に直面していた。宮本百合子は、戦争の影響で大切な人々を失いながらも、平和な新年を願う人々の心情を語る。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】秘密警備隊員の笹枝弦吾（コードネーム：QX30）は、同僚帆立介次と共に、敵スパイの副司令が潜む「間諜座」という劇場に潜入する任務を受ける。

O audiolivro Seleta de Fernando Sabino inclui uma seleção de contos e crônicas de Fernando Sabino lidas por Ivam Cabral, que é hoje um dos mais reconhecidos profissionais do teatro brasileiro, onde atua como ator, autor e diretor. Fernando Sabino (1923-2004) é mestre em explorar o viés engraçado de situações do cotidiano, vividas por pessoas comuns.

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 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.

New American Stories presents diverse stories of contemporary American life and dreams lost and found, by four of the best young contemporary writers - Jhumpa Lahiri, Sherman Alexie, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Aleksandar Hemon - as performed by terrific stage and screen actors. All four writers have a unique perspective on the American experience, which is reflected in their work.

At once fiercely immediate and complex in their implications, “The Shawl” and “Rosa” succeed in imagining the unimaginable: the horror of the Holocaust and the emptiness of its aftermath. They were written in 1977 but were first published in the early 1980s in The New Yorker. Both “The Shawl” and “Rosa” won first prize in the O. Henry Prize Stories and were chosen for Best American Short Stories.

Ursula K. Le Guin has enthralled fans with her imagination, clarity, and moral vision. The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and five Hugo and five Nebula Awards, this renowned writer has created a provocative, ever-evolving universe filled with diverse worlds and rich characters reminiscent of our earthly selves. Now, in The Birthday of the World, this gifted artist returns to these worlds in eight brilliant short works, including a never-before-published novella, each of which probes the essence of humanity.

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.

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.

CONTENTS: 01. The Nameless City 02. The Festival 03-04. The Colour Out of Space 05-07. The Call of Cthulhu 08-17. The Dunwich Horror 18-25. The Whisperer in Darkness 26 . A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson 27-28.The Haunter of the Dark 29-33. The Shadow Over Innsmouth 34. Discarded Draft of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" 35-42. The Shadow Out of Time 43-54. At the Mountains of Madness 55-79.The Case of Charles Dexter Ward 80. Azathoth 81. Beyond the Wall of Sleep 82. Celephaïs 83. Cool Air 84. Dagon 85. Ex Oblivione.

【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。

A blinding snowstorm - and a homicidal maniac - traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate. Out of this deceptively simple setup, Agatha Christie fashioned one of her most ingenious puzzlers, which in turn would provide the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in history. From this classic title novella to the deliciously clever gems on its tail (solved to perfection by Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple), this rare collection of murder most foul showcases Christie at her inventive best.

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 American Midwest, this definitive audio collection traces the development and maturation of Hemingway's distinct and revolutionary storytelling style - from the plain bold language of this first story to his mastery of seamless prose that contained a spare, eloquent pathos, as well as a sense of expansive solitude.