The outcast youth Ishmael, succumbing to wanderlust during a dreary New England autumn, signs up for passage aboard a whaling ship. The Pequod sails under the command of the one-legged Captain Ahab, who has set himself on a monomaniacal quest to capture the cunning white whale that robbed him of his leg: Moby-Dick. Capturing life on the sea with robust realism, Melville details the adventures of the colorful crew aboard the ship as Ahab pursues his crusade of revenge, heedless of all cost.

Les Misérables is set in Paris after the French Revolution. In the sewers and backstreets, we encounter "the wolf-like tread of crime", and assassination for a few sous is all in a day's work. We weep with the unlucky and heart-broken Fantine, and we exult with the heroic revolutionaries of the barricades; but above all we thrill to the steadfast courage and nobility of soul of ex-convict Jean Valjean, always in danger from the relentless pursuit of the diabolical Inspector Javert.

天皇の位・后の位を毬のようにうばいあう公卿政治はまさに欄れ堕ちようとしていた。ゆるやかに牙をむきはじめる武門にあってひたひたと昇りゆく平清盛。仏門も我欲に濡れ僧兵が闊歩する。そのなかで民衆もまた思い動く。･･吉川英治の、清盛の薫物も香るかのような語りをお楽しみください。(全1/24巻)(毎月第3水曜配信予定)

ジャン・ヴァルジャンの周りを中心に原作のおよそ半分以下にまとめた、こどものための「レ・ミゼラブル」です！童話作家 豊島与志雄による翻訳で世界的に超！！有名な作品を

On Liberty is an 1859 philosophical treatise by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873) which applies an ethical system of utilitarianism to society and the state. Mill starts with a brief overview of the meaning of liberty and proffers his basic argument in favor of liberty for the individual, to the degree that it harms no one else. The value of liberty of opinion and liberty of action are set forth in two chapters.