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The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Included on the recording are several shorter works. The Ainulindalë is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabêth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age, and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age.

Clare and Henry have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was 36. They were married when Clare was 23 and Henry was 31. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.

厚木市上荻野出身のアナウンサー・ヨミガタリスト神﨑寿美代がお送りする民話シリーズ。 縄文時代にはすでに定住が始まったと言われている神奈川県、厚木そして相模には、民話も数多く残されています。

関東大震災が起きたさなか、偶然一緒に列車に乗り合わせた客と偶然一緒に降りて泊まる事になった。それは何かの導きだったのかもしれない。

山本周五郎は「文学には“純”も“不純”もなく、“大衆”も“少数”もない。ただ“よい小説”と“わるい小説”があるばかりだ」を信念とし、普遍妥当性をもつ人間像の造形を生涯の目的とした作家で、時代小説を中心に沢山の作品を残しています。
　その作風は今なお古臭さを感じさせず、繊細に描かれた人の心の機微や人情に、思わず笑わされたり、胸を打たれたりする魅力に溢れています。

＜あらすじ＞
梅雨時のある暮れ方のこと、宗吉という一人のみすぼらしい旅人が遠江のくに浜松の町はずれにある宿「柏屋」を訪れた。お滝という女中がしらが彼を受け持ったが、三日目の晩に宗吉は身の上を話し出した。
彼は幼くして両親を亡くし、伯父夫婦に引き取られて、太物問屋に十年間勤めた。やがて伯父は亡くなり、宗吉の十年の勤めも終わったが、彼が十年貯めたはずの金はたったの三両ぽっちだった。それは何かと理由を付けて伯母のお鈴が持って行ったためだった。その後も彼は必死に働いたが、今度は番頭に抜け商いの濡れ衣を着せられ、身ぐるみを剥がされた上に、店から追い出されたのだった。恋仲だったはずのおたまさえも、信頼していた同僚の清吉に奪われ、何もかも失った宗吉は、野垂れ死にするまでの旅に出たのだという。自棄を起こして、あとは死ぬばかりという宗吉に、お滝は心づけを渡し、明日には宿賃を払ってここを出

Dante's Divine Comedy is considered to be not only the most important epic poem in Italian literature, but also one of the greatest poems ever written. It consists of 100 cantos, and (after an introductory canto) they are divided into three sections. Each section is 33 cantos in length, and they describe how Dante and a guide travel through Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.' LOLITA is the story of Humbert Humbert, poet and pervert, and his obsession with twelve-year-old Dolores Haze. Determined to possess his 'Lolita' both carnally and artistically, Humbert embarks on a disastrous courtship that can only end in tragedy.

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.

山本周五郎は「文学には“純”も“不純”もなく、“大衆”も“少数”もない。ただ“よい小説”と“わるい小説”があるばかりだ」を信念とし、普遍妥当性をもつ人間像の造形を生涯の目的とした作家で、時代小説を中心に沢山の作品を残しています。 　その作風は今なお古臭さを感じさせず、繊細に描かれた人の心の機微や人情に、思わず笑わされたり、胸を打たれたりする魅力に溢れています。 ＜あらすじ＞ 吉村弥十郎は、三度奇妙な手紙を貰い、読んですぐに捨てた。 　その手紙は、ゆきという女からのもので、ゆきが乳母として育てた娘が弥十郎を見初め、思い焦がれるあまりに、病気のようになってしまった。どうか、一度この娘に会って欲しい、というものであった。縁談が決まったばかりの弥十郎は「ひまなやつもいるものだ」と取り合おうとしなかった。 　ところが、縁談が先方の娘の養生のために延期された頃、四度目の手紙が彼の元に届いた。その切実な内容に、弥十郎は「とにかく、いちどゆくだけいってみるか」と、そのゆきと彼女が仕える娘に会うことにしたのだが…… ＜山本周五郎＞ 1903～67年。小説家。山梨の生まれ。本名・清水三十六(さとむ)。名は生まれ年からつけられ、筆名は東京で徒弟として住み込んだ質屋「山本周五郎商店」にちなんだ。20代前半に作家活動を始め、39歳の時『日本婦道記』が直木賞に推されたが受賞辞退。その後も多くの賞を固辞する

Spring Snow is set in Tokyo in 1912, when the hermetic world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders -- rich provincial families unburdened by tradition, whose money and vitality make them formidable contenders for social and political power. Among this rising new elite are the ambitious Matsugae, whose son has been raised in a family of the waning aristocracy, the elegant and attenuated Ayakura.

Poems by Emily Dickinson is a compilation of the poetry of Emily Dickinson in three different series, each composed of the following subjects: Life, Love, Nature, Time, and Eternity.

The notoriously reclusive New England poet broke all the rules of Victorian-era poetry to create a new, uniquely American style. Despite the fact that the majority of the poems recited here were never published in her lifetime, Dickinson remains one of the most influential voices in American literature.

読み聞かせでもなく、サウンドドラマでもない。オーディオブックならではの圧倒的な表現力。誰もが知っている"はず"のシェイクスピア作品をダイジェストにして続々お届けします。 『あえて申し上げれば、大公様、毒舌屋が大挙して押しかけてもこの熱は冷えませんよ。ちょっと冷やかされたくらいでどうだと言うんです。 つまり結婚すると決めたからには、世界中が反対しても、こっちの決心はびくともせんのです。』 当時の演劇界では、舞台上での「舌戦」が大人気で、この『から騒ぎ』も大入り満員だった模様。そしてこの「舌戦」は陰湿なものというより、騙し欺されの知的スポーツとして受け入れられている。言い合いは「本心」ではない、という前提がこの作品が恋物語として成立する背景である。また同時に聞き耳（立ち聞き・盗み聞き）も人気劇の要素として、舞台上の演出として、非常に効果的である。当の本人たちはわからないが、観客からは企みの全てが見えている点の喜劇的効果は、現代の演劇の基礎ともなっている。 片や信じた真が嘘となったり、嘘から出た真で幸せになったりもする。 魅力的でデフォルメされたキャラクター達が織り成すドタバタ劇の大幹には、こういったNotingとNothingの間を行き来する人間の心理模様を浮き上がらせるという狙いがある。

Nato da esperienze autobiografiche (un incidente aereo che costrinse l'autore a un atterraggio di fortuna nel Sahara), "Il piccolo principe" uscì negli Stati Uniti nel 1943 e, postumo, in Francia nel 1946. La vicenda del piccolo, delicato personaggio piovuto sul nostro pianeta e desideroso di tornare dalla sua amata rosa dopo avere appreso - e insegnato a milioni di lettori nel mondo - che "l'essenziale è invisibile agli occhi" è un fenomeno editoriale globale.

Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, agrees to lend Antonio, a Venetian merchant, three thousand ducats so that his friend Bassanio can afford to court his love, Portia. However, Shylock has one condition: Should the loan go unpaid, he will be entitled to a pound of Antonio's own flesh. Meanwhile in Belmont, according to the terms of her father's will, Portia's many suitors must choose correctly from three caskets. Bassanio arrives at Portia's estate and they declare their love for one another before he picks the correct casket.

死地に赴く父、勲士トマス・レミュエル・ホーク最後の手紙。命で繋ぐ20の智慧と生き方の物語。俳優イーサン・ホークが贈る、人生がもたらす意味と美しさを描いた珠玉の短編集。

Three Stories and Ten Poems is a collection of short stories and poems by Ernest Hemingway. It was privately published in 1923 in a run of only 300 copies. While not as well known as Hemingway’s later works (For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea, etc.) the three stories show the early development of Hemingway’s writing techniques.

The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.

Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel takes place over the course of a single June day in the lives of some very different Londoners: wealthy society hostess Clarissa Dalloway, who is preparing for a party; her old friend Peter Walsh, recently returned from India, whose proposal of marriage Clarissa rejected years ago; Septimus Warren Smith, a WWI veteran suffering from shell shock; and his Italian-born wife, Rezia, who is trying to care for him as best she can. Woolf's beautiful prose captures the minds and souls of these vivid characters.

Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The stories comprise a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle-class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences.

The evil Saruman has been defeated by Gandalf, but in Mordor the battle for the Ruling Ring continues. Wounded by the giant spider, Shelob, Frodo has been captured by the dreaded orcs