The unapologetic intensity with which Emily Brontë wrote this story ensures that it will forever be considered one of the greatest works of English literature. A passionate tale of a chaotic and often violent love, Wuthering Heights transcends your average romance and, with its Gothic undertones, takes the listener on a journey through one man's lustful hunt for revenge.

This newer edition of the King James Bible published in 1769 is usually preferred by most that read it over the older 1611 version. This 1769 edition is highly sought after due to being more reader/listener friendly than the 1611 since many typos were fixed.... We hope your new audio bible will go everywhere with you and be a blessing for years to come.

A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. She thought this would be a break. A week of hiking and hot tubs with two other couple friends. Then Claire’s minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel. But it turns out the woods aren’t as easy to navigate as they thought. Hours later, they are lost. Hopelessly lost. And as they navigate deeper into the woods, the members of their party are struck down mysteriously one by one.

この作品が発表された1885年、奴隷制度は廃止されています。しかし、20年ほど前には奴隷制を認めないアメリカ北部の自由州と、奴隷制を取り入れ経済を発展させようとするアメリカ南部の奴

The Karamazov brothers are as different as mind, body, and spirit. Ivan, an atheist and brooding intellectual; Dmitri, a volatile sensualist and his father's rival for the beautiful Grushenka; and Alexey, driven by unshakeable piety. In their shadow is their rejected half-brother, humiliated into servitude. Together they act to rid themselves of the dissolute Karamazov patriarch. Then, in a single shocking act, the fates of the brothers are inexorably altered.

Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She’s seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot. Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet. Then the brutal murder of a young woman—the latest in a string of deaths across the coast—confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.

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

Henry James' 1898 novella is one of the world's greatest ghost stories. Told by an unnamed governess who accepts a position looking after two children at a remote English country manor, the story is famously ambiguous. The governess gradually comes to believe that the house - and the two seemingly angelic children, Miles and Flora - are haunted by the ghosts of her predecessor and her brutish lover. But are the ghosts actually real? Or is the governess slowly going mad?

After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born, Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London and is unwittingly recruited into a scabrous gang of scheming urchins. In this band of petty thieves, Oliver encounters the extraordinary and vibrant characters who have captured audiences' imaginations for more than 150 years.

A century after it first appeared, Crime and Punishment remains one of the most gripping psychological thrillers. A poverty-stricken young man, seeing his family making sacrifices for him, is faced with an opportunity to solve his financial problems with one simple but horrifying act: the murder of a pawnbroker. She is, he feels, just a parasite on society. But does the end justify the means? Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov makes his decision and then has to live with it.

内容紹介 こども達が夢中になる探偵小説！当時、少年探偵団に憧れた子ども達が、次の世代に薦める!太鼓判の江戸川乱歩 少年探偵団シリーズ。

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ロシアの民話はおそロシア……！？
「ロシアのグリム兄弟」が集めた民話38話を収録しています。

世界に童話は数あれど、ロシアの童話は一味違う。とは言っても、怖い話が多い訳ではありません。正当な英雄物語もありますが、エスプリの効いた（効きすぎた？）ブラックジョークや強烈な皮肉が込められたお話も多々あり、それ故に面白いのです。お子様だけでなく、大人の方が聴いても魅力に満ち溢れているのがロシア民話なのです。

「謎解き女王」
むかし、ある王様に一人のお姫様がいました。ある時のこと、お姫様は王様に向かって言いました。
「お父様、私に謎を解くことを許して下さい。もし私が謎を解いたら、謎をかけた人の首を斬るのです。また、もし私が解けなかったら、私はその方のお嫁になりましょう」 王様がお触れを出すと、すぐに沢山に人がやって来て謎を出しましたが、皆お姫様に解かれて死刑にされてしまいました。
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Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries, meditations, personal anecdotes, and stories from Nhat Hanh's experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the listener already is - in the kitchen, office, driving a car, walking - and shows how deep meditative presence is available now.

The Odyssey is the greatest adventure story ever written, and one of the great epic masterpieces of Western literature For almost 3,000 years, it has been a storehouse of ancient Greek folklore and myth. It is also our very first novel, if we think of it in terms of romantic plot development, realistic characterizations, frequent change of scene, and heroic dramatic devices.

鎌倉円覚寺の茶会で、今は亡き情人の面影をとどめるその息子、菊治と出会った太田夫人は、お互いに誘惑したとも抵抗したとも覚えはなしに夜を共にする……。志野茶碗がよびおこす感触と幻想を地模様に、一種の背徳の世界を扱いつつ、人間の愛欲の世界と名器の世界、そして死の世界とが微妙に重なりあう美の絶対境を現出した名作