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老嬢はお互いを理解し合う老猫と一緒に暮らしていた。毎朝教会へ行くほかは部屋に引きこもるのが好きで、純潔でないものを毛嫌いした。

This collection arguably contains some of the most charming lyrics ever written in English. Blake’s poems can be enjoyed, not only for their historical importance in an age which was fiercely proud of its genius and its traditions, but also for their simple and beautiful expression of “two contrary states of the human soul.” Songs of Innocence was originally a complete collection of twenty-three poems, first printed in 1789. In 1794, a composite collection entitled Songs of Innocence and of Experience, containing forty-seven poems, was published.

First published in 1952, Herbert and Eleanor Farjeon’s Kings and Queens has attained the status of a children’s classic. The charming poems, each one dedicated to a different king or queen, tell the story of the 41 English monarchs from William I to Elizabeth II in a humorous and charming way that has delighted generations of children and their parents.

"Herodias" is a short story by Gustave Flaubert, one of the great masters of French literature. It is a reworking of the tale of Salomé and John the Baptist, in which faith and cruelty are blended in a deadly dance culminating in tragedy. A stylistic masterpiece, with orientalist sensuality and an inspired dive into religious fervor, this short story brings the ancient era to the most colorful possible life.

The Waste Land is a seminal work of modernist poetry by T.S. Eliot. Written in 1922, this five-part poem is a portrait of its time, a work that expresses the disillusionment of the modernist era and the desperation that the generation of writers of that time was feeling....

不貞をはたらいた嫁と主人にした作男の復讐。ジャン・マデックは地主の下で働く作男であった。

空家で真夜中に盗みをはたらく主人公。暗闇の中、じっとして瞬きもせず睨みつけてくる老人がいた。彼は死に物狂いになった獣のように、ナイフを振り上げては老人に突き刺す。

一人ぽっちで世の中をわたって来た、年取った男がいた。友達も持たないし、結婚をしないという決心に変わりはなかった。それを静かでいいと思っていたけれど……。

一丁のピストルに魅せられたように目が離せなくなり、手に取らずにはいられない抗いがたい誘惑。

ジャンは母が生前に彼に宛てて書いた手紙によって、ある事実を告白される。平穏な家庭生活もこれを限りだ。しかし目の前には、一点のくもりもない温情に満ちた父。

Self Help was published in 1859 by Samuel Smiles. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism". Self Help sold 20,000 copies within one year of its publication. By the time of Smiles' death in 1904, it had sold over a quarter of a million. Self-Help elevated Smiles to celebrity status; almost overnight, he became a leading pundit and much-consulted guru.

二人の乞食の間に生まれる優しさと、その先に待ち受ける容赦のない真実を描いたモーリスルヴェル原作の短編小説。

When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel", "Hansel and Gretel", and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in content and style.

ふられた元恋人に手紙の束を奪われて消沈し、そして復讐をする作家を描いた作品。創作家のランジェは、黙って、大きな卓机から一束の手紙を取りだした。

This widely studied play is one of the "best sellers" of the Shakespeare canon. This production is the sixth Shakespeare play in the series undertaken by Naxos AudioBooks in conjunction with Cambridge University Press.

Carmen es mas conocida en la version operatica y es una de las obras mas populares del genero, pero lo cierto es que la novela es un profundo retrato de una mujer que busca ante todo ser libre, sin ataduras, algo que era incompresible en el siglo XIX, cuando se hizo su creacion.

アルトヴェルという猟師とその夫人の間でおこる、人間の内なる狂気を描いたモーリスルヴェルの短編小説。

In The Celtic Twilight, Yeats explores the world of fairies, ghosts and spirits. The title refers to the pre-dawn hours when the Druids performed their rituals. The work comprises tales recounted to the poet by his friends, acquaintances and various country folk.

First published in 1925, The Painted Veil is an affirmation of the human capacity to grow, change, and forgive. Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, it is the story of the beautiful but shallow young Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to a remote region of China ravaged by a cholera epidemic.

Le mythe de "Faust" raconte l'histoire d'un homme très cultivé qui cherche à comprendre les mystères du monde qui l'entoure. Un jour, il passe un pacte avec le Diable qui lui promet de lui faire connaître tous ces mystères en échange de son âme. Les deux personnages commencent alors à errer dans le Royaume des Ténèbres, jusqu'à la rencontre de Faust avec Marguerite dont il tombe amoureux et dont il va causer la perte.