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【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

庭の紅梅から連想される吉原遊郭の記憶を描いたエッセイ。紅梅の真紅の美しさを語りながら、吉川は若き日の吉原体験を回想する。戦後、吉原芸者が疎開先を訪れた思い出や、おまきさん、瀬川花魁など様々な女性との交流が綴られる。吉原を平家にたとえ、三百年来の「煩悩芸術」が失われる様を惜しむ。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

昭和2年12月、早稲田大学の11名の学生が大町に降り立つ。彼らは厳冬の大沢小屋でのスキー登山のため、綿密な準備をして山に入る。スキーの練習に励む彼らだったが、12月30日、針ノ木峠への途中で突然の雪崩に全員が巻き込まれる。数名が自力で脱出し必死に仲間を掘り出すも、近藤リーダーと案内人の大和は雪中を徹夜で下山し救援を要請した。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】豊富な良水を持つ京都は古来より豆腐作りで名高い土地である。特に精進料理を好む京都人の嗜好も相まって、上質な豆腐の産地として知られていた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

『日本文学の写実精神』などの著書があり、昭和期に活動した国文学者・随筆家の旅行記。久しぶりに京都の秋を観ようと東京駅を発つ。中京にある古風で小さな宿は、馴染みの客ばかりで、ふりの客は稀だという。折からの時雨に、中庭にある松の緑が土蔵の白壁を背景に美しい色を見せている。京都駅に着いた時にはもう降り始めていた雨は本降りになった。

The Antichrist is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1895. The reference to the Antichrist is not intended to refer to the biblical Antichrist but is rather an attack on the slave morality and apathy of Western Christianity. Nietzsche's basic claim is that Christianity is a poisoner of western culture and perversion of the words of and practice of Jesus.

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.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】北大路魯山人による芸術論・文化論のエッセイ。美術、書、建築、庭園など、生活を美化するものについて研鑽を重ねた経験から、日本のものの優秀性を主張する。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

自身の文学的成長と経験を綴った自伝的エッセイ。売れなかった時代や、文学の道へ進む転機となった徳田秋声との出会い、欧州旅行で日本語の美しさと詩の重要性を再認識した経験など。林が文学にかける思いと、当時の日本文壇の様子が描かれる。多くの文学者や出版社の名前が登場し、昭和初期の文学界の雰囲気を感じ取ることができる。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

昭和期に世界で初めて人工雪を作ることに成功した物理学者の随筆。敗戦後の日本がアメリカから輸入した六三制という新学制。十年の年月を経て、さまざまな欠陥が浮かび出ている。六三制が日本の国情に合わないのは、まずは入学試験のない国で生まれた学制を日本に適用したこと。

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.

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.

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.

Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town, The Grass Harp tells the story of three endearing misfits - an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies - who one day take up residence in a tree house. As they pass sweet yet hazardous hours in a china tree, The Grass Harp manages to convey all the pleasures and responsibilities of freedom. But most of all it teaches us about the sacredness of love, “that love is a chain of love, as nature is a chain of life.”

【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。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】新聞社から元日の記事執筆を依頼された漱石が、新年にちなんだ文章を書く難しさや、それをめぐる葛藤を語ったエッセイ。

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.

What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive speculation from the Hugo Award - winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy. An explorer returns to gather information from a climate-ravaged Earth that his ancestors, and others among the planet’s finest, fled centuries ago. The mission comes with a warning: A graveyard world awaits him. But so do those left behind - hopeless and unbeautiful wastes of humanity who should have died out ages ago.

Revenge, death, and destruction abound in this early short story by H.P. Lovecraft. The story follows Antoine, a count who is last in line to die at the age of 32 due to a curse put on his family hundreds of years prior. His ancestor, being responsible for the death, brought about the curse, and Antoine was left to watch all his family, including his manservant, die an early death. But when his time comes and he is exploring the castle in wait, he manages to successfully end the curse by deflecting the fatal blow of Charles - the son of the man who was killed so many years ago.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】ロシアの作家イワン・ツルゲーネフの人生と作品について書かれた評論。

This issue of Weird Tales presents a batch of entirely new short stories, flash fiction, poems, and an essay dealing with monsters who defy death, including zombies, vampires, mummies, and various and assorted revenants. There are some real heavy hitters here—bestsellers and names listeners might not yet know … but should. And will.