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【小学館の名作文芸朗読】かね子は生まれた時から目がよく見えない。毎日、遊びに来る次郎が、浦島太郎の絵本を読んで聞かせていると、龍宮の絵がわからないかね子は、涙ぐんでしまう。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

病気で工場を追われた若者は、ある町で汚れた風貌の少年をみかける。少年は口笛を吹いて鳥を呼び寄せる特技を披露し、それをもとに宿代を得ようとするも、町の人々は嘲笑したり気味悪がるだけで少年を追い払ってしまう。後日、若者は少年が五、六人の男に殴りつけられているのを見る。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

身寄りのない少年は、病気で働けず、死ぬことさえ考えていた。ある日、おばあさんから西の山奥にある温泉の話を聞き、そこへ行くことを決意する。少年は旅費を稼ぐため、四つ街道で道案内をしてお金を集めはじめる。木賃宿で他の乞食たちと出会うが、彼らの脅しにあい、宿を追い出されてしまう。途中、石を積んだ車を押す男に出会う。

First there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond...then came the "suicide" that was murder...the mystery of the absurdly cheap flat...a suspicious death in a locked gun room...a million-dollar bond robbery...the curse of a pharaoh's tomb...a jewel robbery by the sea...the abduction of a prime minister...the disappearance of a banker...a phone call from a dying man...and finally, the mystery of the missing will. What links these fascinating cases? Only the brilliant deductive powers of Hercule Poirot!

Ernest Hemingway's first new book of fiction since the publication of A Farewell to Arms in 1929 contains 14 stories of varying length. Some of them have appeared in magazines but the majority have not been published before. The characters and backgrounds are widely varied. "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" is about an old Spanish Beggar.

A star-studded cast of readers presents unabridged tales of horror and suspense from master storyteller Stephen King. The Stephen King Amusement Park - an unnerving experience, with rides every which way to hell...and a few to glory. A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. The Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile, the legend of Castle Rock returns...and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean?

Tackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these stories will change the way you think, feel, and see the world. They are Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic, revelatory. Ted Chiang tackles some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine.

Perfect vacations or last resorts? In this collection of short psychological thrillers, bestselling authors bring trouble to paradise. Today’s itinerary: surfing, sailing, hiking, facing your worst fears . . . Most dream vacations never live up to expectations—but few cause this many nightmares.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

江戸時代に活躍した測量家・伊能忠敬の生涯と偉業について書かれた伝記文学。伊能が延享二年、上総国山武郡小関村で生まれてから、地図作成に至るまでの人生。地図作成における苦労や努力、使用した測量技術や道具、全国を巡る大規模な測量プロジェクトの詳細について述べられる。

In this classic collection of four novellas, the grand master takes you on irresistible journeys into the far reaches of horror, heartache and hope. 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption' is the story of two men convicted of murder - one guilty, one innocent - who form the perfect partnership as they dream up a scheme to escape from prison. In 'Apt Pupil' a golden schoolboy entices an old man with a past to join in a dreadful union.

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.

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】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。

In Sherlock Holmes' first mystery short story, the great detective saves the future king of Bohemia from a possible blackmailer.

【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。

O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.

【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。

Complete with fascinating biographies by Tony Medawar of all the featured authors, this latest volume in the annual Bodies from the Library series once again brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost and the unknown, and is an indispensable collection for any bookshelf.

Joseph Sheridan LeFanu was one of the major figures of 19th centrury supernaturalism. He helped move supernaturalist fiction away from the Gothic's emphasis on external sources of terror and toward a focus on the effects of terror, thus helping to create the psychological basis for supernaturalist and horror lit that continues today.

In this batch of sweet, short murder mysteries, three cooks don’t spoil the broth. New York Times best-selling author Joanne Fluke pens the title story, in which a box of Hannah Swensen’s gingerbread cookies is found near the corpse of her neighbor. Popular co-authors Laura Levine and Leslie Meier offer “The Dangers of Gingerbread Cookies” and “Gingerbread Cookies and Gunshots”, respectively.