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【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

北大路魯山人が、明治時代の京都の食文化を記録したエッセイ。魯山人は、幼少期に京都で初めて猪肉の美味しさを知り、それが食の記憶として鮮明に残っていた。彼は特に仔猪の肉を好み、「当歳」と呼ばれる生後一年の脂身のある仔猪を最高とし、年取った大きな猪は固くて美味しくないと語る。

This is a story from the Classic Women's Short Stories collection.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】彼は北海道に大きな農場を開墾させている父と共に現地を訪れる。父が農場を持とうとするのは彼の将来を思ってのことだった。

Though The Arabian Nights are generally known as stories for children, they were originally tales for adults full of adventure, sexuality, violence, and the supernatural. They certainly inspired the imagination of Sir Richard Burton, the 19th century explorer, linguist, and erotologist who brought all his worldly experience and superbly expressive prose style to bear on the tales of Sindbad the Seaman and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Collected for the first time, here are the New York stories of one of the 20th century’s definitive chroniclers of the city - the speakeasies and highballs, social climbers and cinema stars, mistresses and powerbrokers, unsparingly observed by a popular American master of realism. Spanning his four-decade career, these more than 30 refreshingly frank, sparely written stories are among John O’Hara’s finest work, exploring the materialist aspirations and sexual exploits of flawed, prodigally human characters and showcasing the snappy dialogue.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】ある百姓が市場で牝牛を７ターレルで売った帰り道、「アク、アク（アクトは８の意味）」と鳴きたてるカエルに腹を立て、勘定しろと金を水の中へ放り込む。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】夫をシベリアで亡くした未亡人が、息子の行雄と古くからの使用人・作衛と暮らしていた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

堀川保吉は英語教師と小説家として生きていたが、経済的な困窮状態にあった。月給60円の教師で、小説の原稿料も少なく、浪費の傾向にもあった。保吉は事情を知った粟野──尊敬している教官から10円札をもらうが、それを返すべきか、それとも自己発展のために使うべきかで葛藤する。彼は雑誌社からの前借りを検討するが、その雑誌社を嫌っていたのだ。

【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。

All of Edgar Allan Poe’s great short stories in one 16-hour collection.

In the long title story, we accompany Sophia Kovalevsky - a late-19th-century Russian émigré and mathematician - on a winter journey that takes her from the Riviera, where she visits her lover, to Paris, Germany, and Denmark, where she has a fateful meeting with a local doctor, and finally to Sweden, where she teaches at the only university in Europe willing to employ a female mathematician.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

斎藤茂吉の実体験に基づいた随筆。関東大震災を海外で経験した日本人留学生の視点から、震災直後の混乱と情報不足の状況、そして徐々に真相が明らかになっていく過程が描かれる。1923年9月3日、ミュンヘンに滞在中の斎藤茂吉は、日本で大地震が発生したという新聞記事を目にする。

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!

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】ある村の尼寺にある「ごんごろ鐘」が、戦時下の金属供出により献納されることになった。

From the opening story, "Willing" - about a second-rate movie actress in her 30s who has moved back to Chicago, where she makes a seedy motel room her home and becomes involved with a mechanic who has not the least idea of who she is as a human being - Birds of America unfolds a startlingly brilliant series of portraits of the unhinged, the lost, the unsettled of our America. Lorrie Moore explores the personal and the universal, the idiosyncratic and the mundane, with all the wit, brio, and verve that have made her one of the best storytellers of our time.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

泉鏡花によって書かれた紀行文。5月中旬に平泉を訪れ、毛越寺と中尊寺を巡ったときの様子が綴られている。大池の畔に佇む芭蕉の句碑、藤原氏三代の栄華を偲ばせる古塚。山吹やツツジが咲き乱れる風景が見られる、中尊寺へ続く道中。七宝荘厳の柱と黄金の装飾に圧倒される金色堂など。平泉の風景や仏像に感銘を受ける様子や、旅の道中での食事や宿での体験が描かれる。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】7年ぶりに町へ戻った北鳴四郎は、避雷針の実験を行うため、町内に高い櫓を建て始める。

Haunting, harrowing, and downright horrifying, this classic collection from the modern master of the fantastic features: "The Small Assassin": a fine, healthy baby boy was the new mother's dream come true - or her nightmare.... "The Emissary": the faithful dog was the sick boy's only connection with the world outside - and beyond.... "The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone": a most remarkable case of murder - the deceased was delighted! And more!

A story by Edgar Allan Poe about a black cat, or rather two black cats. The narrator relates his own story about how he deteriorated from a man who loved animals to a cruel abuser. He thought that he had gotten away with murder, but the second black cat exposed his crime.

The first anthology of original short stories featuring the confluence of two iconic properties, as the Predators seek the ultimate prey: the Xenomorphs from Alien. With fifteen new and original stories, this first-of-its-kind anthology is inspired by the events of the original Aliens vs. Predators movies, graphic novels, and novels. Includes a new story written by Jonathan Maberry and Louis Ozawa (“Hanzo” from the movie Predators) as Hanzo’s brother faces the eternal threats of both the Yautja and the Xenomorphs.