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【小学館の名作文芸朗読】大正末期から昭和初期の日本における若い女性の気質や考え方を、短い断片的な描写や会話形式で書いたエッセイ。

H.H. Munro (Saki) is one of the undisputed masters of the short story. In this complete compendium, the full gamut of his subjects and themes is experienced. His stories are imbued with humorous satire, biting irony, and often the macabre, all of which have one target: the stupidities and hypocrisies of Edwardian upper-class society.

On her 12th birthday, Sierva Maria - the only child of a decaying noble family in an 18th-century South American seaport - is bitten by a rabid dog. Believed to be possessed, she is brought to a convent for observation. And into her cell stumbles Father Cayetano Delaura, who has already dreamed about a girl with hair trailing after her like a bridal train. As he tends to her with holy water and sacramental oils, Delaura feels something shocking begin to occur.

The ancient story and legend of Odysseus's return home.

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.

An ailing farmer in rural Iran unearths an extraordinary find: two parsnips, grown together and looking for all the world like entwined lovers. For now, the sublime treasure is his secret. Wrapping it in a silk handkerchief, he nestles it away in a dresser drawer. Day after day, he gazes at their unmistakable rapture, reminded of the long-gone youthful passions he once shared with his wife. So, too, he mourns the inevitable - the eventual decay of the parsnips in love. When he decides to share his discovery with the world, his life and the lives of those around him connect and change.

【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】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】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。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】大学生の中村は博物館の二階にある爬虫類の標本室に向かう。去年の夏以来、三重子と出合う場所にここを選んだのは、人目を避けるため。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】戦前の神戸港に停泊していたフランスの汽船での食事体験についてのエッセイ。

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.

【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。

Xuan Juliana Wang's remarkable debut introduces us to the new and changing face of Chinese youth. From fuerdai (second-generation rich kids) to a glass-swallowing qigong grandmaster, her dazzling, formally inventive stories upend the immigrant narrative to reveal a new experience of belonging: of young people testing the limits of who they are, in a world as vast and varied as their ambitions. In stories of love, family, and friendship, here are the voices, faces, and stories of a new generation never before captured in fiction.

Flowers in the Rain & Other Stories collects sixteen of #1 New York Times bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher’s romantic tales set across Britain from the Scottish countryside to the city of London.

【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。