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Startling, unusual, and yet irresistably readable, Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and SF, and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient enchantment.

Deeply distressed at thought of his singularly money-minded family circling around his inevitable death bed, when Old Martin Chuzzlewit comes across a young and kindly orphan girl, he immediately decides to take her into his employment. Offering her a comfortable living in exchange for her care and protection, Martin rests easy in the knowledge that her comfort will last only as long as he does; upon his death, Mary the orphan will find herself on the cold and dirty streets from whence she came.

Capote's previously lost and unpublished tale "Yachts and Things" was recently discovered by Vanity Fair contributing editor Sam Kasher in the Manuscripts and Archives Division of the New York Public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".

駆け落ちの最中に、思いがけずはぐれてしまった栄治と紀久子。栄治は不運にも事件に巻き込まれ、生死の境をさまよった結果、記憶を失ってしまい、別人としての人生を送りはじめる。

迫られる攘夷か、開国か――。嘉永六年(一八五三年)六月、浦賀にその姿を現した四隻のアメリカ軍艦。強大な武力をもって日本に開国を求める艦隊司令長官・ペリーの対応に幕府は苦慮していた。

「あつ子、すまなかった、探し出すのが遅過ぎた」──陸一心こと松本勝男は、三十六年ぶりにめぐりあった妹・あつ子に泣いて詫びた。妹は張玉花という名で、寒村での過酷な労働の果てに、重い病いの床にあった。

Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by society and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar fate, and while Nettie escapes to a new life as a missionary in Africa, Celie is left behind without her best friend and confidante, married off to an older suitor, and sentenced to a life alone with a harsh and brutal husband. In an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear, Celie begins writing letters to God. The letters, spanning 20 years, record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment guided by the light of a few strong women.

五味司郎太は、都電の中で紙入れをスラれかかった男を救った。赤穂浪士の一人不破数右衛門の末孫不破数馬と名のるその男はその晩お礼に五味を自分の邸宅に泊めた。それが縁となって、彼はこの邸の一間を権利四万で借りることになった。ヴァイオリン弾きの彼は、この大金を高校事務員の恋人浪子から、ヴァイオリンをカタにトイチの約束で借りた。赤穂で県会に立候補すると称して、不破が姿をくらました後、この家を買う約束をして不破に手付けを打ったという野呂なる人物が引越して来た。彼は浪子の学校の教師で、彼女に想いをよせている男である。野呂と五味が借家権、居住権でいざこざを起している折、今度は陳根頑と称する中国人がやって来た。善後策の相談ということで、野呂、五味、浪子は陳の経営する文福飯店に招かれた。へべれけに酔った浪子にせかれて、二人は陳の持ち出した書類に捺印してしまった。この書類、貸金のカタに陳が邸を差し押えるというものだった。そこへまたサカエという女が引越して来た。彼女は野呂の学校の校長の二号だったが、お払い箱になり、先住者立退きを条件に不破からこの家を買ったという。そんな時、不破の消息が分った。サカエのお色気戦術に乗せられた五味と、それを怒って反動的に親しくなった野呂に頼まれた浪子の二人は、赤穂へ駈けつけた。そこには陳の手下である孫伍風も来ていた。三人三様の手管で権利証を不破から受けようとしていた時、不破が

Emma can be enjoyed as a charming love story, a detective story, and a comic and lively picture of English life 200 years ago. Austen's beautiful, clever, wilful but fallible heroine Emma Woodhouse believes she knows best. Perfectly content with her life she sees no need for either love or marriage, yet nothing pleases her more than meddling in the romantic lives of others.

明治・大正期の文学者、森鴎外の代表的な短編小説作品。本作が森鴎外の処女小説である。初出は「国民之友」［1890年（明治23年）］。初期の代表作であり、1884年から5年間のドイツ留学時の体験を下敷きにして書かれた。主人公、太田豊太郎はエリート官吏である。彼はドイツ留学中に舞姫エリスと出会い、二人で暮らし始める。しかし、そのことによって周囲から中傷され官職を辞することになる。やがて、豊太郎は、前途を案じる友人からの勧めに応じて、エリスとの別れを決意。事情を知り発狂した身重のエリスを残し、豊太郎は日本へと帰国する。近代文学の代表的なロマンチシズム溢れる作品である。

杉原爽香は、病院で居合わせた余命いくばくもない老人・汐見忠士から、米川由衣という女性への遺言を託されてしまう。一方、高校一年の笹井友美は、以前家庭教師だった篠原純代と街中で再会。誘われるまま、純代と行動を共にするが……。

大ヒットシリーズ『後宮の烏』著者、初の単行本!高級旅館の主人×龍王の血を引く娘風変わりな夫婦がおりなす中華退魔帖!成都(せいと)随一の高級旅館、張家楼(ちょうかろう)。

This quintessential coming-of-age novel describes the early life of Stephen Dedalus. It is set in Ireland during the 19th century, which was a time of emerging Irish nationalism and conservative Catholicism. Highly autobiographical in nature, the work is also notable for its being the first one in which Joyce uses innovative “stream of consciousness” writing style. A Portrait... follows Stephen Dedalus from his babyhood into early adulthood.

When his closest friend, Benjamin Sachs, accidentally blows himself up on a Wisconsin road, Peter Aaron attempts to piece together the life that led to Sachs' tragic demise and determine the reason for his death.

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.

「松本先生どうしてここへ？」「陸さんこそ、なぜ」実の妹の臨終を看取り、悲嘆にくれる一心の前に、東洋製鉄の松本耕次が現れた。松本は、娘の消息がわかって駆けつけたのだった。

Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman gives an understated and exemplary performance of this satiric look at the unreality of American media culture. Chance, the enigmatic gardener, becomes Chauncey Gardiner after getting hit by a limo belonging to a Wall Street tycoon. The whirlwind that follows brings Chance to his new status of political policy advisor and possible vice presidential candidate. His garden-variety political responses, inspired by television, become heralded as visionary, and he is soon a media icon.

The story traces the journey of four Japanese tourists on a tour to India. Each of these tourists goes to India for different purposes and with different expectations. Set against the backdrop of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination, each of these tourists finds their own spiritual discovery on the banks of the Ganges River.

Der 1774 erschienene Briefroman "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spielt in der Zeit um 1771 in der deutschen Kleinstadt Wahlheim und handelt von dem jungen Rechtspraktikanten Werther, der sich unglücklich in die bereits verlobte Lotte verliebt und am Ende Selbstmord begeht. Seine Gedanken und Handlungen hält er in den Briefen an seinen Freund Wilhelm fest.

Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour, and wit. Maybe Adrian was more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life. Now Tony is retired.